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Drug arrests made following traffic stop
Two people were arrested on Wednesday, Dec. 1 after a traffic stop near the intersection of HWY 441 South and Tee Pee Drive in Cherokee.
Low wages fuel child care labor crisis
Many of North Carolina’s childcare centers were struggling for labor before the pandemic – now those facilities are barely holding on.
Welch arrested on drug, firearms charges
On Monday, Nov. 22, officers from the Cherokee Indian Police Department served a search warrant at 71 Flora Mae Smith Lane in Cherokee.
Justice Department boosts efforts to solve American Indian and Alaska Native Missing Person and Unidentified Remains Cases
The Department of Justice announced on Tuesday, Nov. 23 a commitment of $800,000 to the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System, or NamUs, specifically to increase the program’s capacity to provide outreach, investigative support and forensic services to cases involving American Indians and Alaska Natives.
EBCI Heart to Heart Program granted detective
The EBCI Public Health & Human Services’ (EBCI PHHS) Heart to Heart Child Advocacy Program now has a full-time detective solely dedicated to investigations of crimes against children. Alicia Case, detective with the Cherokee Indian Police Department (CIPD), was sworn in by Judge Barbara “Sunshine” Parker on Tuesday, Nov. 16.
Cherokee Police Commission meets with Police Chief
Most of Thursday’s (Nov. 18) meeting of the EBCI Police Commission was spent with Cherokee Indian Police Department (CIPD) Chief Josh Taylor.
CIPD makes drug arrest at Valley River Casino
At approximately 3 a.m. on Thursday, Nov. 18, Officer Dewitt Chekelelee, of the Cherokee Indian Police Dept., responded to Harrah’s Valley River Casino in reference to possible drug activity in the parking lot.
Interior Secretarial Order declares “squaw” a derogatory term, announces process to remove term from federal usage
Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland formally established a process to review and replace derogatory names of the nation’s geographic features as announced on Friday, Nov. 19. She also declared “squaw” to be a derogatory term and ordered the Board on Geographic Names – the federal body tasked with naming geographic places – to implement procedures to remove the term from federal usage.
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