NEWS ᎧᏃᎮᏓ
Park sets visitation record with 14.1 million visits in 2021
Great Smoky Mountains National Park experienced the busiest year on record with 14,137,812 visits. Visitation exceeded the 2019 record by 1.5 million visits and 2020 visitation by more than 2 million visits.
Tennessee Army National Guard assists Park with winter rescue
Great Smoky Mountains National Park received emergency assistance from the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency (TEMA) and the Tennessee Army National Guard (TANG) to rescue a stranded hiker on Tuesday, Jan. 18.
Cynthia Chavez Lamar named director of the National Museum of the American Indian
Cynthia Chavez Lamar has been named director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian, effective Feb. 14. She is the first Native woman to be named as a Smithsonian museum director. Chavez Lamar has been at the museum most recently since...
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COMMUNITY ᏍᎦᏚᎩ
William Barnhill exhibit featured at WCU’s Mountain Heritage Center
Western Carolina University’s Mountain Heritage Center is hosting an exhibit on William A. Barnhill, a photographer who documented early 20th-century regional craftsmanship, in the museum’s second-floor gallery at Hunter Library.
EBCI Remember the Removal Riders welcomed home
As the sun heated small puddles of water from an early morning rain, eight members of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians road bicycles to officially complete a journey.
WCU hosts Judaculla Camp
After two years in the making, Western Carolina University and Eastern Band of Cherokee Education and Training program partnered this summer to host the very first Judaculla Camp.
OPINIONS ᏃᎵᏍᎬᎢ
COMMENTARY: Before you cross the road, look right, then left…
Covid-19, or coronavirus, seems to be a very serious, highly infectious virus that’s hit every continent in the world except Antarctica.
SPEAKING OF FAITH: True life is ‘Walking in the Spirit’ – and Holiness
“So there is no condemnation for those who belong to Christ Jesus.
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: We still need the sidewalk
My husband and I believe that a sidewalk was promised for the roadside from the old Holiday Inn to Fisher Branch in the Birdtown Community.
SPORTS ᏍᎦᏚᎩ
JV FOOTBALL: Swain tops Braves 16-0
The JV Braves (0-3) had a tough homecoming game against the visiting Swain JV Maroon Devils on Thursday, Sept. 17. Several turnovers hurt Cherokee as Swain took a 16-0 win.
FOOTBALL: Mintz leads Braves in big win
Tye Mintz, Braves sophomore quarterback, accounted for six touchdowns and 300 total offensive yards as he led Cherokee to a big win over the visiting Cosby (Tenn.) Eagles at home on Friday, Sept. 11.
JV FOOTBALL: Cherokee falls short against the Black Knights
The Cherokee JV Braves (0-2) lost to the Robbinsville Black Knights (3-0) by a score of 26-6 on Wednesday, Sept. 9 at the Big Oaks Stadium in Robbinsville.
OBITUARIES ᏧᏂᏲᎰᏒ
OBITUARY: James “Bo” Parris
James “Bo” Parris, of the Big Cove community in Cherokee, walked through Heaven’s Gates on Monday, Sept. 21, 2020. Bo was born in Tryon, Ga. on Jan. 8, 1935.
OBITUARY: William Paul Owle “Poppy”
William Paul Owle “Poppy”, 86, of Cherokee, passed away on Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020.
OBITUARY: Geraldean Elizabeth (Ward) Webb
Geraldean Elizabeth (Ward) Webb, 66, of the Cooper’s Creek community in Bryson City, received her glorified body Sunday, Sept. 20, 2020.
HAPPENINGS
Benefit for Teena Watty
March 21 at 11am at the Cherokee Youth Center. Chili and Frybread $8.00. For orders, call Francine 497-2321
EBCI Energy Tip of the Week (week of March 20)
WCU School of Music to present April Fools’ Day concert
CULLOWHEE – The Western Carolina University School of Music will present an April Fools’ Day concert Tuesday, April 1, that will feature surprises and unusual talents of faculty musicians. Faculty members performing in the concert will include Shannon Thompson,...
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