The Cherokee Police Commission held its November meeting in the conference room of the BIA offices on Thursday, Nov. 10.

The Museum of the Cherokee Indian won the top award as the 2021-22 SOAR (Success in Operations, Accountability, and Reporting) Awards were presented during a Reports to Tribal Council session on the morning of Wednesday, Nov. 16. 

The Cherokee Central Schools (CCS) Board of Education met with several guests on Monday, Nov. 7 and covered a number of subjects.

Veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces were honored during an event at the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month in the Council Fire Ballroom at Harrah’s Cherokee Casino Resort. 

Medical cannabis is in the works for the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI) and will be dispensed in 2023. Qualla is the corporation set up to run the business for the Tribe, and the dispensary will be located at a building known to many on the Qualla Boundary – the old Tribal Bingo Building. 

This year’s Capitol Christmas came to Cherokee, N.C. on the evening of Sunday, Nov. 6, and the event saw the signing of two landmarks agreements between the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI) and the U.S. Forest Service. 

Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials reported that the wildfire near Chilhowee Lake is currently 90 percent contained. Incident Commander Erik Newell coordinated wildland firefighter response to the wildfire which is estimated to be approximately 40 acres in size and is located on the western boundary of the park along Highway 129 near mile marker 4.5.