Fire management personnel at Great Smoky Mountains National Park reported on Tuesday, Nov. 20 that the Raven Fork Fire is now 100 percent contained. Firefighters from the Park and the Bureau of Indian Affairs worked jointly to manage the wildfire which was first...

Principal Chief Michell Hicks has organized his top initiatives for the Fiscal Year 2013. These initiatives were developed by the executive staff and have integrated comments and concerns from community members. The administration will work diligently to address each...

EBCI college students participating in the Jones-Bowman Leadership Award Program established by Cherokee Preservation Foundation have been developing their leadership skills over the past month by going north to Alaska and east to Greensboro and Chapel Hill.  The...

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...