Fire management personnel at Great Smoky Mountains National Park reported on Monday, Nov. 19 that the Raven Fork Fire is 70 percent contained at this time.  Approximately 30 firefighters from the Park and Bureau of Indian Affairs worked throughout the day to secure...

Miss Cherokee 2012 Karyl Frankiewicz is off to a busy start of her reign.

Four years ago, it was decided by the Health Board that it would be more feasible to build a completely new Cherokee Indian Hospital than try to remodel the current one. Now, a site has been selected for the new facility.

Louise Erdrich was named the National Book Award winner in the Fiction category on Wednesday, Nov. 14.  She won the award for her novel, The Round House, which is about an attack on a woman on a reservation in North Dakota and the ensuing drama that unfolds. Erdrich...

The Great Smoky Mountains National Park recorded 1,112,474 visitors during October which is a 1.9 percent decrease over October 2011. The yearly visitation, however, is up 7.3 percent, or 581,244 more visitors, than what was recorded between January and October 2011....

Pfc. Charles George is an American and Cherokee hero. He sacrificed his life to save his comrades in 1952 in the Korean War and won the Medal of Honor and other awards for his heroic actions.