When the work day is over for most folks on Friday, June 17, Julie Wilnoty will join hundreds of others to kickoff the overnight Relay For Life of Cherokee. But her cancer journey actually started nearly five years ago when she received the news: “You have cancer.”

Chief’s Community Report – June 2

Fallen warriors were honored during a special ceremony held on Memorial Day at the Yellowhill Veterans Memorial Park in Cherokee. Hosted by the Steve Youngdeer American Legion Post 143, the event had the theme of “Honoring our Fallen Heroes”.

“Together, we have experienced life, separately we will pursue our dreams and forever our memories will remain,” states the class motto of Cherokee High School’s Class of 2011. A total of seventy-two members of the class graduated in the arena at Cherokee Central Schools on Friday, May 27.

Tribal Council Agenda – Thursday, June 2

The roar of the go-karts and the blinks and blings inside the arcade are back. After an almost two-year hiatus, the Cherokee Fun Park is back.

Budget Council Agenda – Tuesday, May 31

On the evening of Tuesday, May 24, search dog teams called in by Great Smoky Mountains National Park Rangers found the body believed to be that of 58-year-old David Harrington of Largo, Fla., whose SUV had been parked for nearly a week in a pullout along Newfound Gap Road.