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Whittier Pastor to celebrate 25 years of service
Sunday, April 29 will be a special day for the Whittier Church of God. Their Pastor, Ned Pressley, will be celebrating 25 years of service there. The church is planning a special service at 11am giving honor to Pastor Ned and his wife Alice Pressley. Ned...
Vermicomposting opportunity available to 20 local residents
Many gardeners as well as people interested in living a sustainable lifestyle use vermicomposting systems for their kitchen wastes, using neat, indoor worm boxes to compost their kitchen scraps and reduce their garbage by up to a third. The young leaders in the...
Park announces temp closures of Chimney Tops Trail
Officials at Great Smoky Mountains National Park have announced that the popular Chimney Tops Trail will be closed each Monday through Thursday from Monday, April 30 through Thursday, October 18 while the trail undergoes a major facelift.
Qualla Boundary team participates in Special Olympics Spring Games
The Qualla Boundary Special Olympics team participated in the Spring Games at Macon Middle School in Franklin on Friday, April 20. A total of 23 athletes and 30 volunteers made the trip from Cherokee along with family, friends and supporters.
Early voting starts in Cherokee
North Carolina will have a primary election on Tuesday, May 8, but voting has already begun in Cherokee. A one-stop voting precinct has been set up by the Swain County Board of Elections in the Cherokee Life Center.
Dept. of Labor releases proposed tribal consultation policy
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor today published in the Federal Register a proposed tribal consultation policy, creating a formal process through which the department will engage in consultation with federally recognized tribes on actions or policies...
Tribal Court Judgments from April 17
Tribal Court Judgments from April 17
New Kituwah Academy celebrates eight years
A recent report by the Kituwah Preservation and Education Program stated that there were 318 fluent Cherokee language speakers in the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians as of March 2012. The New Kituwah Academy is doing its best to increase that number by creating fluent speakers in its daily immersion school classrooms.
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