NEWS ᎧᏃᎮᏓ
Stamper sentenced for abusive sexual contact of a minor
Forrest Cole Stamper, 28, of Cherokee, was sentenced on Monday, Jan. 31 to 48 months in prison and 15 years of supervised release for abusive sexual contact of a minor in Indian Country, announced Dena J. King, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.
“We are resilient”: Cherokee women bringing MMIW awareness with podcast
According to the U.S. Dept. of Justice, over 84 percent of American Indian/Alaska Native women have experienced violence in their lifetime and they face a murder rate 10 times the national average. Three Cherokee women have started a podcast to bring the issue of missing and murdered Indigenous women (MMIW) to light.
A Tribal prosecutor’s shadow
Imagine working through a docket that consists of 308 cases and talking to 11 different defense attorneys. That’s just Wednesday.
ONE FEATHER PHOTOS
COMMUNITY ᏍᎦᏚᎩ
Cherokee High School graduates largest class in school history
A total of 76 Cherokee High School students crossed the stage and received their diploma at Ray Kinsland Stadium on the morning of Saturday, June 2. The CHS Class of 2018 is the largest class in school history.
Cherokee High School names its top students
Cherokee High School has named its top students for the Class of 2018. Scarlett Guy is this year’s valedictorian and Robin Reed is the salutatorian.
Cherokee Elementary School Awards List (1st – 4th grades)
Cherokee Elementary School Awards List (1st – 4th grades)
OPINIONS ᏃᎵᏍᎬᎢ
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.
COMMENTARY: Opportunity knocks
It is time to nag you about voting again. This time we are looking at federal, state, and local elections.
SPEAKING OF FAITH: Holiness is our reward and a stronghold
“Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God
SPORTS ᏍᎦᏚᎩ
ON THE SIDELINES: My top eight sports movies list
High school sports are finished for the school year and football is still about 80 days away, so what’s left? Well, summer is a great time to watch movies.
ON THE SIDELINES: Cherokee High School should try lacrosse
Cherokee High School has some outstanding athletes – many of whom excel on a regional and state level in basketball, cross country, track and field, football and other sports. But, there is one sport that just seems like such a great fit for the school that isn’t played there – lacrosse.
BASKETBALL: Johnson signs with Sandhills
Dustin Johnson, Braves senior point guard, is taking his #22 to the next level. He signed a scholarship on Wednesday, May 27 to play basketball next season for the Sandhills Community College Flyers in Pinehurst.
OBITUARIES ᏧᏂᏲᎰᏒ
OBITUARY: Perry Dean Sequoyah
He was born in Cherokee to the late Gilbert Smith and Jesse Kay Sequoyah.
OBITUARY: Jody Mark Davis
Jody Mark Davis, 47 of Cherokee, never met a person he didn’t like, and everyone who met him loved him.
OBITUARY: Johnny Michael McCarter
Johnny Michael McCarter, age 85 of Barnesville, Ga. passed away at home Thursday, Sept. 10, 2020.
HAPPENINGS
Congressman Mark Meadows’ Cherokee office hours
A staffer will be on hand to assist constituents with any federal agency such as the VA, BIA, Park Service, Social Security, IRS, USFS, passport expediting, etc. at the Ginger Lynn Welch Complex on the fourth Tuesday of every month from 10am – 3pm.
Have It Your Way Healthy Snacks Cooking Demo flyer
Cherokee Yoga classes
Tuesdays from 12-12:50pm and Thursdays from 12-12:50pm at the GLW Complex Community Room. The classes, sponsored by Cherokee Choices, are free and open to everyone. All props are provided. The Tuesday class is an All Levels Flow and Relax Class with Robin and...
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