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Park visitation down slightly in January
Total visitation to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park for January 2013 was down 1.4 percent as compared with January 2012. During January 2013, a total of 265,633 visitors came into the Park as compared with 269,282 in 2012, a decrease of 3,649 visitors....
Tribal Court Judgment Summary for Feb. 13
COLE, Brad Kelly 14-95.5(c) Drugs: Simple Possession of Marijuana – Guilty plea, 30 days jail time, $1000 DARE 14-95.11(c) Drugs: Possession of Drug Paraphernalia – Dismissed on Plea DRIVER, Randall Damian 14-15.1 Public Intoxication – Guilty Plea, credit for...
Letter from Chief Hicks to Chairman Owle re: housing and maintenance of captive animals
February 14, 2013 Chairman Jim Owle EBCI- Tribal Council PO Box 455 Cherokee, NC. 28719 Dear Chairman Owle, As you are well aware, the issue of how captive animals are housed and maintained on tribal lands continues to be a public relations problem that...
Chief’s Community Report – week of Feb. 21
By PRINCIPAL CHIEF MICHELL HICKS I would like to take a little bit of your time to update you on things that I have been involved with over the past few weeks and the Cherokee County Casino that is currently being considered by Tribal Council. The past few...
2013 Cherokee Pow Wow Head Staff announced
Host Northern Drum: Medicine Tail Host Southern Drum: Scissortail MC – Rob Daugherty (Cherokee Nation) Head Dance Judge – Will Tushka (EBCI) Head Singing Judge – Shannon Ross (EBCI) Arena Director – Randy Medicine Bear (Lakota)
Riders selected for 2013 Remember the Removal Ride
The Remember the Removal Ride is a grueling 950- bicycle ride from New Echota, Ga. to Tahlequah, Okla. that retraces the footsteps taken by Cherokee people on the Trail of Tears. In June, members of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians will once again team up with...
NCDOT awards $3M to resurface Jackson, Swain roads
The N.C. Department of Transportation has awarded a $3 million contract to Harrison Construction Company Division of APAC-Atlantic of Knoxville, Tenn. to resurface five miles of U.S. 74 from Grindstaff Road to U.S. 23 Business in Jackson County, as well as the...
Cherokee Boys Club Report – week of Feb. 21
CLUB SCHEDULE Monday, Feb. 18 – Presidents’ Day – Club, School and Tribal Holiday Tuesday, Feb. 19 – Health Screen – 7:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. – Club Lobby Wednesday, Feb. 20 – Board of Directors Meeting – 8:30 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 21 – Safety Committee Meeting – 11:30...
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