NEWS ᎧᏃᎮᏓ
Kituwah, LLC breaking ground on ‘Smoky Gap’ Entertainment District at The 407: Gateway to Adventure
Kituwah, LLC will begin development of “Smoky Gap” on Tuesday, April 11, a unique entertainment district located within The 407: Gateway to Adventure in Sevierville. Smoky Gap will be the first of several phases of development and is expected to open in 2025.
Council approves $64 million for medical cannabis business
EBCI (Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians) Enterprises, LLC will receive $64 million for its medical cannabis business for operational costs including staffing, increased infrastructure at its grow site, and to finish a retail facility.
Cherokee Historical Association aiming for growth and expansion
After several years of surviving, the Cherokee Historical Association (CHA) now wants to start thriving.
ONE FEATHER PHOTOS
COMMUNITY ᏍᎦᏚᎩ
THANK YOU LETTER: Museum interim director thanks dedicated staff
I need to thank wholeheartedly, the people that work with the Museum of the Cherokee Indian.
Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle discusses her debut novel
I sat down with Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle a week before the official publication date of her new novel “Even As We Breathe”.
Tribal member publishes first in series of children’s books
Flip and Flop, two lovable twin rabbits, are the creations of Leslie Pearson and will be featured in a series of 10 children’s books.
OPINIONS ᏃᎵᏍᎬᎢ
SPEAKING OF FAITH: What’s needed is all of each of us.
The Lord has placed in my heart for the year 2022 that this shall be a year of soul-winning for this church.
COMMENTARY: Show me the commodities!
The Lloyd Welch constitution came from our desire to be free. It was a constitution because we wanted not to be governed, but to govern. Why allow us to then, decades later, throw ourselves under a charter?
COMMENTARY: Language is not a requirement for federal recognition
I’ve read comments several times over this past week alone where people state that federally recognized tribes must maintain their language or risk losing their federal recognition. This is absolutely, unequivocally untrue.
SPORTS ᏍᎦᏚᎩ
FOOTBALL: Braves roll in big win over rival Swain
Cherokee (6-0) scored 45 unanswered points to top cross-county rival Swain Co. (2-4) on Friday, Sept. 29.
ON THE SIDELINES: Take a knee, don’t take a knee…just get on with it
Ok, I’ll bite. I’ve tried, in vain apparently, to avoid commenting on the one controversy that has completely taken over professional football – people taking a knee during playing of the “Star Spangled Banner” aka the national anthem.
FOOTBALL: Braves improve to 5-0 with big Homecoming win
Cherokee improved to 5-0 on the season with a big win on Homecoming Night.
OBITUARIES ᏧᏂᏲᎰᏒ
OBITUARY: Lucy B. Teesateskie
Lucy B. Teesateskie, commonly known as “Lucy T”, age 77, passed away on Wednesday, June 15, 2022 at Tsali Care Center after a brief illness.
OBITUARY: Ralph Elliot Burgess
Ralph Elliot Burgess, fondly known as “Bud”, passed away on Thursday, June 9, 2022 at Cherokee Indian Hospital after an extended illness. He was 80 years old, born April 12, 1942.
OBITUARY: Geraldine Sarah Jackson Thompson
Geraldine Sarah Jackson Thompson, of the Painttown Community in Cherokee, went home to be with the Lord, Tuesday, June 7, 2022. A native of Jackson County, she is the daughter of the late Ed Jackson and Marjorie Arneach Rattler.
HAPPENINGS
‘Summer Reading Adventures’ to be offered July 28-Aug. 1 at WCU
“Summer Reading Adventures,” a program for rising first- and second-graders, will be offered Monday, July 28, through Friday, Aug. 1, by Western Carolina University’s Office of Continuing and Professional Education.
GLW pool closed
Per Cherokee Life Center: Ginger Lynn Welch Pool is closed until further notice.
Park proposes firewood changes
Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials are proposing changes that will help protect park forests by further limiting the type of firewood brought into the park. Non-native, tree-killing insects and diseases can unknowingly be introduced into the park through...
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