The Snowbird Youth Center was opened by the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians in 2002 – four years after the Tribe opened the Cherokee Youth Center Boys & Girls Club. For the first 12 years of its existence, the Snowbird Youth Center was housed in other programs, but now, it has a new home all its own.

Most cases of Hepatitis C (Hep C) are not reported. According to the CDC, an estimated 3.2 million people in the United States have the disease with many having no idea they are infected.

Cherokee Tribal Court Docket for July 22

The EBCI Budget and Finance Department presented the FY13 audited financial statements to Tribal Council on Tuesday, July 8. Each year, the Tribe has an independent audit to provide reasonable assurance that the financial statements are fairly presented in accordance with generally-accepted accounting principles (GAAP).

895 Elvis impersonators assembled at Harrah’s Cherokee Casino Resort to make a new record for the “Largest Gathering Of Elvis Impersonators.”

The EBCI Public Safety Communication Center received a report at 8:32am on Thursday, July 10 of a house fire at 495 Tooni Branch Rd. in Cherokee.  The initial reporting party said the structure was fully involved. Cherokee Fire & Rescue responded and found the...

“What are they digging a hole for?”

“Are they building a playground?”

Those were just a few of the questions asked as elementary school students at the Cherokee Youth Center (CYC) toured the construction site for the new Cherokee Indian Hospital on Thursday, July 10.