Paxton Myers, an EBCI tribal member, participated in a recent Obama campaign event at the Chicago headquarters. Myers joined other interested Native Americans in assisting the Obama campaign in outlining issues important to Native communities. Myers participation...

     PokerTek, Inc.  announced on Monday, June 25 that it has installed 50 additional PokerPro player positions at Harrah's Cherokee Casino, into the property's newly constructed poker room. This brings the total number of installed PokerPro player positions to 150 at...

If you have driven through downtown Cherokee lately, you may have wondered what those large “tree-like” structures are. Well, they are solar trees and they are helping the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians save money and energy.

     Cherokee Indian Hospital awarded the 2012 Hayes Award for Quality and Safety to Mary Beth Dorgan from the Physical Therapy Department.  The Hayes Award is a perpetual award presented annually to an employee who has led or facilitated a system or process change,...

Money for a fundraiser was taken out of a jar at Rick’s Smoke Shop around 3:30pm on Sunday, June 17.

     The Great Smoky Mountains National Park saw a 10 percent increase in visitors in May as compared to a year ago.  Year-to-date visitation is up by 13.5 percent which works out to 329,712 more people than last year.        All of the three main entrances were...