NEWS ᎧᏃᎮᏓ
Taylor sentenced for trafficking methamphetamine
U.S. District Judge Martin Reidinger sentenced a Cherokee, N.C. man on Thursday, Aug. 24 for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, announced Dena J. King, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Edward Dwayne Taylor, who is 35-years-old and a member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, was ordered to serve 87 months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release.
Museum receives grant for welcome signs to Cultural District
A grant from the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation will provide for two artistic welcome signs to be installed designating the Cherokee Cultural District on the Qualla Boundary (Cherokee, N.C.).
Visitors to Great Smoky Mountains National Park spent $2.1 billion in local communities in 2022
A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 12.9 million visitors to Great Smoky Mountains National Park in 2022 spent $2.1 billion in communities near the park. That spending supported 32,590 jobs in the local area and had a cumulative benefit to the local economy of $3.3 billion.
Talking Trees Children’s Trout Derby
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COMMUNITY ᏍᎦᏚᎩ
Jones-Bowman Leadership Award Program holds Summer Retreat
The Fellows of the 2020-2021 Jones-Bowman Leadership Award Program assembled lakeside at Lake Junaluska on July 6-8 to meet with their mentors and begin their journey through the program year.
Pipestem inducted into Oklahoma Indian Student Honor Society
Parrish Pipestem was inducted recently into the Oklahoma Indian Student Honor Society in Tulsa, Okla.
New Kituwah Academy Class of 2020
New Kituwah Academy Class of 2020
OPINIONS ᏃᎵᏍᎬᎢ
SPEAKING OF FAITH: Waste not, want not
“God wastes nothing,” Pastor Melton made clear, “Not one of your tears. Not one breath. Not even one hair, as each one is numbered.”
COMMENTARY: When it is time to dance, who leads?
A small group of people have been diligently at work in an attempt to engage community input for a tribal constitution.
SPEAKING OF FAITH: Bearing much fruit…
“Go back to Isaiah, yes, and we see this is the Day. We see what happens on Day One of the first year, Year Two and then in Year Three, we see it is where we will reap what has been sown by us.
SPORTS ᏍᎦᏚᎩ
TRACK & FIELD: CHS team participates in Fast Track Invitational
Several members of the Cherokee High School track team participated in the Champion Fast Track High School Invitational indoor track meet in Winston-Salem on Saturday, Jan. 14.
BASKETBALL: Braves 71 Andrews 66
The Cherokee Braves defeated the Andrews Wildcats 71-66 in a game at the Charles George Memorial Arena on Friday, Jan. 13.
BASKETBALL: Lady Braves 83 Andrews 52
The Cherokee Lady Braves defeated the Andrews Lady Wildcats 83-52 at the Charles George Memorial Arena on Friday, Jan. 13.
OBITUARIES ᏧᏂᏲᎰᏒ
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.
OBITUARY: Stephanie Dawn Jones
Stephanie Dawn Jones, 41, of 53 Myers Drive in Cherokee, passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, June 4, 2022 at her home.
OBITUARY: Mark Welch Crowe
Mark Welch Crowe, 74, of the Big Y Community of Cherokee, went to meet his heavenly Father on Sunday, June 5, 2022 while at the Cherokee Indian Hospital. Mark was a servant of God and loved to share the Word. He was a member of the Big Witch Baptist Church.
HAPPENINGS
Volunteers sought for breeding bird survey
A partnership of organizations is seeking volunteers for the fifth year of a volunteer breeding bird monitoring and education program that will be conducted this spring and summer at two early-successional habitat sites along the Little Tennessee River. The program is...
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Harrah’s Cherokee to attempt to break world record
Harrah's Cherokee will attempt to assemble the largest gathering of Elvis impersonators in the world. The first 1,400 ticket holders for the finale of the Ultimate Elvis Tribute Artist competition will receive a complimentary full Elvis costume, or guests are also...
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