NEWS ᎧᏃᎮᏓ
Second busiest year ever recorded at Great Smoky Mountains National Park in 2022
Great Smoky Mountains National Park experienced its second busiest year ever in 2022 with 12,937,633 visits. Last year’s visitation was more than 1.5 million above the park’s ten-year average, and more than the visitation of Yellowstone, Yosemite and Grand Canyon national parks combined.
National Park passes will now be required, how to get yours.
Starting on Wednesday, March 1, visitors to the Great Smoky Mountain National Park (GSMNP) will be required to display a parking pass when on Park property.
CAMPAIGN BIO: Peanut Crowe
(Note: The Cherokee One Feather sought candidate bios and posed several questions to candidates in the upcoming Special Election in the Wolftown Community. Bios are published exactly as they were sent to us with no editing.) Question 1: What qualities,...
ONE FEATHER PHOTOS
COMMUNITY ᏍᎦᏚᎩ
Cherokee Elementary School Honor Roll – 3rd Nine Weeks
Cherokee Elementary School Honor Roll – 3rd Nine Weeks
New Kituwah students named semi-finalists in state art contest
Several students at New Kituwah Academy have been named semi-finalists in the North Carolina Dept. of Transportation (NCDOT) Aviation Art Contest.
Arts Council Grant sustains Cherokee metalwork tradition
Two Cherokee artists and their teacher are the recipients of a prestigious North Carolina Arts Council grant.
OPINIONS ᏃᎵᏍᎬᎢ
EDITORIAL: Tribe mourns the loss of a true champion
Cherokee One Feather Editorial Board A dark cloud fell over the Qualla Boundary and the entirety of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians on Friday morning as word spread about the tragic death of a young tribal member who was a true champion in life. Anthony...
SPEAKING OF FAITH: Is there a hidden mystery inside?
By REV. TIMOTHY L. MELTON, PASTOR (Transcribed by Myra D. Colgate) Cherokee Pentecostal Holiness Church Read Haggai 1:14; 1 Corinthians 2:6-16 “God is looking for men and women in whom to stir up in their spirit their righteousness, holiness, and in stirring up...
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Reader supportive of medical marijuana
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...
SPORTS ᏍᎦᏚᎩ
BASKETBALL: Lady Braves 69 Andrews 23
The Cherokee Lady Braves defeated the Andrews Lady Wildcats by a score of 69-23 at Andrews on Tuesday, Dec. 13.
BASKETBALL: Braves 67 Hayesville 28
The Cherokee Braves defeated the Hayesville Yellow Jackets 67-28 at the Charles George Memorial Arena on Friday, Dec. 9.
BASKETBALL: Lady Braves 65 Hayesville 36
The Cherokee Lady Braves defeated the Hayesville Lady Yellow Jackets 65-36 at the Charles George Memorial Arena on Friday, Dec. 9.
OBITUARIES ᏧᏂᏲᎰᏒ
OBITUARY: Arlene Frances Squirrel
Arlene Squirrel, age 58, passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, Jan. 8, 2022, at her residence in Big Cove.
OBITUARY: William Richard Welch
William Richard Welch went to be with his Lord on Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2022 with family by his side.
OBITUARY: Rachel Smoker
Rachel Smoker, 72, of Little Snowbird in Robbinsville, went home to be with the Lord Tuesday, Dec. 28, 2021.
HAPPENINGS
CCS approved as free feeding site
Cherokee Central Schools has been approved as a free summer feeding site for the Seamless Summer Option Program from June 10-30. Breakfast will be served from 7:30-8am and lunch from 11:30am – 12pm. The summer feeding program operates under the USDA. All individuals...
Breakfast Fundraiser
May 31 from 7:30-10:30am at Tsali Manor Senior Center. This is a fundraiser for Ricky Mathews to attend summer camp at Camp Lakey Gap, a residential camp for people with autism. $6 plate – eggs, bacon or sausage, biscuit and gravy. Info: Scott Mathews (828)...
WCU to host summer outdoor film series
Western Carolina University will host an outdoor summer film series in Central Plaza on campus on Thursday nights in June and July. Movies start at 9:30 p.m. and are free and open to the public
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