The Cherokee Indian Fair will take place Oct. 7-11 at the Cherokee Indian Fairgrounds. The Destination Marketing Department has prepared the lineup for this year’s event. The theme for this year’s Fair is Cherokee People: Our Legends and Tales. Each week, leading up to the Fair, the Cherokee One Feather will print a day schedule showing all the activities at the Fair.

EBCI Fisheries and Wildlife Management has been working with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission, and Conservation Fisheries Inc. to conserve and restore the imperiled sicklefin redhorse since 2007. “This project is focused...

A little more than three years ago, various tribal officials stood on a hill in the Yellowhill Community in front of a mound of dirt and officially broke ground on the new Cherokee Justice Center. Now, the facility is just about finished according to Damon Lambert, EBCI Building Construction manager.