Federal Highways Administration (FHWA) awarded the contract to repair the Newfound Gap Road landslide to Phillips & Jordan, Inc. (P&J) of Robinsville. The contract was awarded for the submitted bid of $3,989,890.00 with a completion date set at May 15. P&J...

The TCGE Board of Advisors will be presenting information on Cherokee County Casino at the following times: Thursday, Feb. 21 at 6pm, Yellowhill Community (Special Called meeting) Monday, Feb. 25 at 5:30pm, Painttown Community Meeting Tuesday, Feb. 26 at 6pm –...

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...

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...

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...

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)

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...