Cherokee recently passed legislation during the August Session of Tribal Council which updated the Cherokee Criminal Code and finalized the full implementation of the enhanced sentencing authority granted by the federal Tribal Law and Order Act of 2010.  Cherokee...

Hugh Nolan Queen, 48, of Cherokee, was convicted on Aug. 21 in The Cherokee Court in file number 12-CR-1318 for Domestic Violence Assault with a Deadly Weapon Inflicting Serious Injury and Weapons Offense, and was sentenced to two years imprisonment.  The sentence was...

Joshua Levi West, 22, an EBCI tribal member from Cherokee, was sentenced Thursday, Aug. 16 to serve 57 months in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm.

As Gov. Bev Perdue and other state officials looked on, Rebecca Chiltoskie dealt a hand of blackjack to Principal Chief Michell Hicks and Vice Chief Larry Blythe at Harrah’s Cherokee Casino & Hotel on Tuesday, Aug. 21.

Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials announced new developments on Tuesday, Aug. 21 in the case of a Michael Giovanni Cocchini, a man thought to be missing in the Park since March of this year. On Friday, Aug. 17, park employees discovered items thought to...

The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians is moving forward in its goal of running a child support services program.