Cherokee Indian Hospital’s Dr. Blythe Sanders Winchester has been selected for the Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC) Geriatric Medicine Fellowship, which is affiliated with the Department of Family Medicine of the UNC-Chapel Hill School of Medicine.

James Ernest Lespier, 33, an EBCI tribal member from Cherokee, was sentenced on Thursday, March 29 to serve two consecutive life sentences by U.S. District Judge Martin Reidinger, announced Anne M. Tompkins, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.

Men wearing high heel shoes paraded through downtown Cherokee on Thursday, April 5. No, it wasn’t a drag show, and none of them lost a bet. The brave men donned the shoes, as part of a “Walk a Mile in Her Shoes” event which drew over 100 people, to help bring awareness to the problem of violence against women.

8:30 a.m. – Reports & Announcements 9:00 a.m. – Requests for time:  -         David Wolfe - Recognition of CCS Wrestlers -         David Wolfe - Recognition of Lady Braves -    Frosti Adams –Cherokee Middle School Student Council -         Lois Dunston – Child...

8:30 a.m.      Request for time:  Political Candidate: Mark Meadows 8:40 a.m.      Donation requests:  Kendra Panther (Item No. 1) 8:50 a.m.     Fireside Sobriety Circlerequest for $8,500 donation (Item No. 2) 9:00 a.m.      EBCI require 5% or greater of contract cost...