Tribal Council Results – Dec. 2

President Barack Obama signed the Claims Resolution (aka Settlement) Act of 2010 on Wednesday, Dec. 8 officially bringing the decades-old Indian Trust Fund debacle to a close.

With the theme of “Old Time Christmas”, the annual Cherokee Christmas Parade will roll on Saturday, Dec. 11 at 5:30pm.

Three Cherokee residents have been charged in U.S. District Court with armed robbery as they allegedly stole medications and cash from a Yellowhill family after holding them at gunpoint.

Criminal Complaints have been filed in U.S. District Court on three people alleged to have been involved in robberies at three Cherokee businesses.

It may still technically be fall, but it is surely beginning to look and feel like winter outside. And, now is the time to take precautions to prepare yourself and family for winter weather.

Three years after the Oconaluftee Job Corps Civilian Conservation Center (OJCCC) almost had its doors closed for good, the Center is thriving. “It is ranked 36th out of 122 Job Corps Centers nationwide,” Danny Muse, OJCCC academic manager, told the members of the Job Corps Community Relations Council at a meeting held at the Center on Thursday, Dec. 2.

Several weeks after the Senate passed a similar bill, the House passed the Claims Settlement Act of 2010 on Tuesday, Nov. 30 bringing the decades-old Indian Trust Fund debacle one step closer to being settled.