Sixty years to the day, Pfc. Charles George was honored and remembered for an incredible act of bravery and heroism that saved two of his comrades and cost him his life.

Blount County Sheriff’s Office deputies arrested a LaFollette, Tenn. man, Brian Ivey, age 38, who was suspected of breaking into a car parked at Chimney’s Tops Trailhead inside the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.  Rangers turned over pursuit of Ivey to Blount...

9:00 a.m.      Perry Shell request for time to recognize Aubry Little for writing award   9:10 a.m.      William Harris, Jr. request for time to discuss Juanita H. Hornbuckle will   9:20 a.m.      Recognize successors in interest of Roderick Lee Taylor...

9:00 a.m.      Tabled Res. No. 369 - $2 million to carry out all work necessary to complete site evaluations for the purpose of determining the estimated infrastructure cost related to a Class III gaming facility in Cherokee County (Item No. 1)   9:10 a.m.     ...

The Cherokee language recently became the 57th language offered in Gmail, the email system powered by Google.    The project was a collaboration between Google and the Cherokee Nation. Joseph Erb, language technologist at the Cherokee Nation said, “Projects like these...

The Right Path Adult Leadership Program welcomed the class of 2012-13 last month. This is the third cohort of the program. The new class includes: Kelly Bradley, from EBCI/IT; Nikki Crisp, business owner/stylist; Sky Kanott, Cherokee Youth Council; Lana Lambert,...

Keredith “Tooter” Owens (left) presents a check in the amount of $1,535 to Leslie Lossiah of the Family Support Services Department of the Cherokee Boys Club.  The check was donated by Owens on behalf of the Jackson County Moose Lodge who  recently sponsored the...