Tribal Council Results for Feb. 21 and 28

Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians – Public Safety Dispatch received a call at 8:13pm on Thursday, Feb. 27 in reference to the Pageant Inn, located at 739 Tsali Blvd, on the Cherokee Indian Reservation. The initial report was smoke coming from the rear of the motel. The...

One year ago, President Obama issued major disaster declaration 4103 to the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians for severe storms, flooding, landslides and mudslides that occurred Jan. 14-17. The March 1 declaration was the sixth major disaster declaration the president had signed in 2013, but, this declaration was unique. It was the first time a tribal nation had received a direct disaster declaration, rather than as a part of a state declaration.