The North Carolina Press Association held its annual awards ceremony on Thursday, March 21, and the Cherokee One Feather will have five new plaques to hang up.  Reporter Scott McKie Brings Plenty won four awards in the 2012 News, Editorial, and Photojournalism Contest...

The Cherokee Indian Police Department (CIPD) received a BOLO from Clark County, Arkansas on Wednesday, March 20 in reference to a missing/endangered person.  The missing person was reported to have been with a suspect that was wanted in connection with an armed...

Senator Kay Hagan (D-NC) welcomed Vice Chief Larry Blythe to a meeting hosted by the Democratic Steering and Outreach Committee on Wednesday, March 20.

“Native Americans have the third highest rate of HIV in the U.S.,” read a placard at an event hosted by Cherokee Community Health at the Acquoni Expo Center on Thursday, March 21 to celebrate Native HIV Awareness Day. The official day was Wednesday, March 21, but Cherokee’s celebration was held a day later so that special guests from the University of Tennessee – Knoxville nursing program could attend.

Bears and three local bear zoos were the hot topic at a Tribal Council work session and public meeting held on the night of Tuesday, March 19.

Cherokee Indian Hospital Emergency Department has a new “employee” to serve the community.  Its name is De Da Nu Weski, meaning healer, and it’s a Telestroke Robot. Over the past year (2012), 37 patients at Cherokee Indian Hospital (CIH) were diagnosed with acute...

Cherokee Preservation Foundation (CPFdn) announced on Tuesday, March 19 it has awarded 21 new grants totaling $1 million that support cultural preservation, economic development, job creation and environmental preservation.  They include: A grant to the Junaluska...

There are over 2.3 million Total Rewards card members in a 180-mile radius of Cherokee, but only 20 percent have ever visited Harrah’s Cherokee Casino Resort. The Tribal Casino Gaming Enterprise (TCGE) hopes that building a casino near Murphy in Cherokee County would help the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians get some of their gaming revenue.