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.

Truman Taylor retired on Friday, Nov. 11, with 30 years of service to Cherokee Indian Hospital.

CULLOWHEE – Western Carolina University, Wake Forest University and the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians have reaffirmed their partnership to promote Native health initiatives.   Since 2006, the three institutions have collaborated to support the Culturally Based...

The Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Prisons implemented a key provision of the Tribal Law and Order Act of 2010 on Friday, Nov. 26 by launching a four-year pilot program to begin accepting certain tribal offenders sentenced in tribal courts for placement in Bureau of Prisons institutions.