Harrah’s Cherokee Valley River Casino and Hotel is moving forward, and all is on track and on budget, according to Lumpy Lambert, general manager of the facility. According to Lambert, Cherokee Enterprises is on the verge of completing the mass grading which shapes the property into the proper dimensions to begin other, more advanced, land development.

A seven-year project involving 143 hymns has culminated in the Cherokee Hymnbook. The hymns were derived from an 1830 Cherokee hymnbook that contained only the words in the Cherokee syllabary but no music.

The CDC released a report on diabetes on Tuesday, June 10 that states that a total of 29 million Americans now have the disease. Even more startling is the revelation that 25 percent of those with the disease don’t even know they have it.

Andrew Conseen Duff, an EBCI tribal member, has been in IT and technical engineering for over 30 years. He has made numerous contacts at companies throughout the world, and he organized the EBCI Technology Expo to bring representatives of some of those companies to Cherokee to meet with community and tribal leaders.

The North Carolina Republican Party (NCGOP – “Grand Ol’ Party) held its Convention at Harrah’s Cherokee Casino Resort this past weekend. Hundreds of delegates filled the floor of the Event Center to cast their votes for various Republican candidates including Thom Tillis, NC Speaker of the House, who is challenging Sen. Kay Hagan for a Senate seat this fall.