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Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians receives Homeowner Assistance Funds
The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI) has received $2,646,585 in Homeowner Assistance Funds (HAF) under the American Rescue Act Plan. HAF will be administered by the Tribe’s Cherokee Indian Division of Housing. The HAF was established to mitigate financial...
Smith sworn in as assistant D.A. in Haywood County
Sworn-in Monday, July 19, Haywood County native Christopher Smith is now an assistant district attorney assigned to the 43rd Prosecutorial District’s Waynesville office. Smith graduated Tuscola High School. He earned a Batchelor’s degree in criminal justice and...
‘We are opening face-to-face’: CCS preps for fall semester
Cherokee Central Schools (CCS) will be returning to full numbers starting Monday, Aug. 9.
In the CCS Board of Education meeting on Thursday, July 15, Superintendent Michael Murray made it abundantly clear that all three schools on campus would be offering full capacity learning on a normal school schedule for the upcoming semester.
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COMMUNITY ᏍᎦᏚᎩ
President Obama writes to New Kituwah students
Earlier this month, students in a first grade class at New Kituwah Academy received a letter from a very special person.
New Kituwah Academy Honor Rolls – 2nd Nine Weeks Grading Period
New Kituwah Academy Honor Rolls – 2nd Nine Weeks Grading Period
Cherokee Chamber Singers perform at Disney
Members of the Cherokee (Central Schools) Chamber Singers group had their dreams come true by being able to perform at Disneyworld in Orlando, Fla. recently.
OPINIONS ᏃᎵᏍᎬᎢ
COMMENTARY: Running for you in 2019
November 2018 brought us a historical event and this past week we witnessed something that is quite inspiring – 110 new women members of Congress were elected for a total of 127 women now elected to Congress… and two of those are the first ever Native American women!
EDITORIAL: Mourning the death of the role model
Role model = a person whose behavior in a particular role is imitated by others. (merriam-webster.com)
COMMENTARY: Cherokee contingent represents Tribe well in London
What started as a conversation in my living room turned into an experience over 200 years in the making.
SPORTS ᏍᎦᏚᎩ
FOOTBALL: Saunooke signs to play college ball at Bacone
Jeremy Saunooke, an EBCI tribal member and senior at Swain County High School, signed a letter of intent on Friday, June 13 to play college football this fall at Bacone College in Muscogee, Okla.
BASEBALL: McMillan chosen for Baseball Factory
Cherokee High School shortstop Jason McMillan has been chosen to participate in this year’s Baseball Factory National World Series at Pirate City in Bradenton, Fla. on July 30 – Aug. 3. Pirate City is the spring training home of the Pittsburgh Pirates, and players...
EBCI athletes honored at Swain banquet
Swain County High School held its annual athletic banquet on Monday, June 2. Several EBCI tribal members were honored including Valerie Arkansas and Raymius Smith who were named Athletes of the Year.
OBITUARIES ᏧᏂᏲᎰᏒ
Alexander Hornbuckle – obituary
Alexander Hornbuckle, 81, of Cherokee, passed away following a period of declining health at the Cherokee Indian Hospital on Oct. 6, 2019.
Donald B. Wood – obituary
Donald B. Wood, 72, of Whittier, went home to be with the Lord, Saturday, Oct. 5, 2019. A native of Jackson County he was the son of the late Walter and Bessie Brown Wood.
Evelyn Taylor Wachacha – obituary
Evelyn Taylor Wachacha, 73, of Robbinsville, passed away peacefully at home with her family by her side on the night of Friday, Oct. 4, 2019.
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