Effective tomorrow (Tuesday, Dec. 1), it will be illegal for you to read or compose text messages while driving in the State of North Carolina including the Qualla Boundary.

The Department of the Interior has launched a new effort to develop a Department-wide policy on tribal consultation, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and Assistant Secretary-Indian Affairs Larry Echo Hawk announced on Nov. 24.

Tribal Grounds Coffee House in Cherokee hosted their Open Mic Night - Round 2 on Saturday, Nov. 28.

Cherokee Choices, along with other tribal programs, hosted a Cancer Support 5K Run/Walk on Saturday, Nov. 28.

Budget Council Agenda for Tuesday, Dec. 1 at 8:30am

Tribal Council Agenda for Thursday, Dec. 3 at 8:30am

Managers at Great Smoky Mountains National Park announced plans to close the 11-mile Cades Cove Loop Road to all vehicular traffic on Tuesday, Dec. 1, and to impose a partial closure on Wednesday, December 2nd.

Soldiers and Civilian employees at First Army were enlightened by the facts and stories told by Cherokee County – Snowbird Rep. Diamond Brown Jr. during the First Army program celebrating Native American Heritage Month.