I am a journalist born in Laurinburg and I now live in Allentown, Pa. where there is legal medical marijuana.  It is grown in the state and provides a lot of jobs. The pot is sold through dispensary locations.  In the state capital, Harrisburg, the Department of...

By ROBERT JUMPER One Feather Editor   I don’t know if it is what you would call a result of premature COVID relief, but if you will peep around the parking lots and commonly walked areas of the Qualla Boundary, you can’t help but notice that there has been an...

By LEW HARDING   Many of us live our entire lives without the privilege of serving with a great leader. I am not one of those. In my 42 years back in my hometown of Cherokee, I have been blessed to know, watch, serve with, and be mentored by extraordinary leaders...

By REV. TIMOTHY L. MELTON, PASTOR (Transcribed by Myra D. Colgate) Cherokee Pentecostal Holiness Church   Read 2 Timothy 3:1-7;  John 14:26 The Church “in having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof:  from such turn away.”  The Church is being built...

By TIMOTHY L. MELTON, PASTOR (Transcribed by Myra Colgate) Cherokee Pentecostal Holiness Church   Read Hebrews 11:32-35, 36-40 (the Faith chapter) Not all of these believers received every part of their promise.  What promise did they receive?  Verse 40 is the...

When Tribal Council members gather on Thursday, July 29 for a work session on Ordinance No. 471, they will assemble at the smoke-free Council House. 

Not long ago, I had a supervisor tell me that I seemed to be trying to portray myself as smarter than I really was. During one evaluation session, this supervisor said there were those who thought I did exemplary work, but as for this supervisor, they “just didn’t see it”.

“God is not done with me, yet” Jeffrey McKinney, assured the congregation.