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Canoe accident in the Park
Sixty-five year-old Steve Senior of Bridgenorth, Ontario was seriously injured on Monday, March 11 in a canoe accident above The Sinks area in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. At 12:41 on Monday afternoon, the Park Communications Center received an emergency...
Cherokee Boys Club Report – week of March 14
CLUB SCHEDULE Wednesday, March 13 – BOD Resolution Deadline – 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, March 19 – Health Screen – 7:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. (Lobby) Wednesday, March 20 – Board of Directors Meeting – 8:30 a.m. Thursday, March 21 – Safety Committee Meeting – 11:30 a.m. Friday,...
Harrah’s Cherokee to celebrate expansion completion
Harrah's Cherokee Casino Resort is celebrating the completion of its spectacular $650 million dollar expansion. The resort includes over 1,100 luxury guest rooms, 4,000 games including traditional slots and table games, 10 restaurants, shopping, entertainment venues,...
Cherokee Hardware Building to become new Yellowhill Community Building
The Yellowhill Community will soon have a new community building. Tribal Council approved a resolution on Thursday, March 7 to authorize the renovation of the old Cherokee Hardware building to be used as the new community building for Yellowhill. “I think it’s great...
EBCI Health & Medical to kick off Tribal Health Assessment
What is the EBCI Tribal Health Assessment? A community health assessment explores and describes the health of a community and changes needed to improve community health. It is the basis for a community health improvement process that includes listing community...
EBCI Health & Medical Program Highlight: Cherokee Community Health
The Mission of Community Health is to serve as a resource in coordinating health care, environmental, and social services by providing quality health care through various programs to the Cherokee communities; in a way that is individual to their needs and consistent...
FEMA meets with Tribal officials
The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians recently became the first federally recognized American Indian tribe to garner a Presidential disaster declaration, signed March 1, under the recently amended Stafford Act. FEMA officials are in Cherokee this week accessing damages relating to flooding that occurred Jan. 14-17 as a result of heavy rainfall.
How will sequestration affect Cherokee?
Sequestration officially took effect on federal programs on Friday, March 1. Now, the big question…how will this affect Cherokee and the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians?
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