Bill to help Tribal Courts passed in Senate

By SCOTT MCKIE B.P. ONE FEATHER STAFF Tribal Law and Order Act of 2009 Tribal Courts may soon have more leeway in sentencing thanks to a Senate Bill passed on June 23.    Senate Bill S.797, aka Tribal Law and Order Act of 2009, grants Tribal Courts the authority to...

CMS Students in FUNtana Summer Program

SUBMITTED By ROSE GARRETT SOUTWESTERN COMM. COLLEGE “A new book is like a box of chocolates; you never know that you’re going to get,” said Olivia Stewman, a sixth-grader at Macon Middle School. Stewman and other sixth-graders in Macon, Jackson and Swain counties and...

Tribal Court Judgment Summary for July 13

PROVIDED By CHEROKEE TRIBAL COURT CEDILLO, Abel Torres 14-5.2 Communicating Threats – Dismissed at the Request of the Prosecuting Witness 14-40.56 Assault on a Female (DV) – Dismissed at the Request of the Prosecuting Witness PEPION, James D. 14-70.22 Failure to Obey...