Early voting started Thursday, April 28 for Swain County residents at Birdtown Gym in Cherokee and Swain County Board of Elections in Bryson City. 

The day after the feeding of the crowd, the Bible tells us, Jesus took a stroll walking on the sea.  

“I came by today to say the Righteousness is Jesus. Hallelujah!  

During EBCI Community Services program reports last week, Natural Resource Enforcement (NRE) reported that out of 908 total calls for the previous reporting period (typically a month), 123 calls were requesting help with elk. That is roughly 13.5 percent of all call activity for that period being elk related.

This week the Lord led me to the place of the first Passover in the Scriptures. 

“Grab your pens, your pencils, highlighters and that kind of thing.  Let us just get ready today.  We’ll be moving around a bit in your Bibles, to see what the Lord has for us today,” encouraged, Pastor Melton.

Our heritage, benefits, and personal identity have long been wrapped up in a system that identifies us as enrolled members of a body of people. In an ironic twist of fate, we are identified as Cherokee due to our connection to a federal roll established in 1924.