Jo Blaylock (right), Harrah’s Cherokee vice president of human resources, presents a donation check for $2,300 from the Tribal Casino Gaming Enterprise and Harrah’s Cherokee to Aneva Turtle-Hagberg, EBCI Public Health and Human Services health operations director, on Wednesday, May 21.

A new sign was unveiled on Tuesday, May 20 for the Ledford-McCoy Community Housing in the Birdtown Community.

On Memorial Day, Monday, May 26, our nation honors its fallen heroes. In Cherokee, at the Yellowhill Veterans Memorial Cemetery, our ceremony will be at 11am. Please come and be with us as we pause to remember those who gave all of their tomorrows to ensure that ours would be free. We are all indebted to them. Their names are chiseled in stone on thousands of white markers standing in uniform rows around the world.

A total of 225 volunteers completed 10 projects in 10 communities on EBCI trust lands during the annual Cherokee Day of Caring on Thursday, May 15.

The annual Elders Walk was held, in conjunction with Older Americans Month, on Friday, May 16.

Diane Humetewa, Arizona State University Special Advisor to the President for American Indian Affairs, has been named the first American Indian woman to serve as a federal judge.

National Park Service Southeast Regional Director Stan Austin announced on Wednesday, May 14 that Cindy MacLeod has been selected as the acting superintendent of Great Smoky Mountains National Park effective June 1.  MacLeod is the superintendent of Independence...