2013 Garden Contest dates set

By SARAH MCCLELLAN-WELCH EBCI AGRICULTURE AGENT   Does your garden look good this year? Call EBCI Cooperative Extension at 554-6939 to sign-up. Judging for adult gardeners will occur on June 17, 18, 25 and 26. Youth and Community Gardens will be judged July 1-2....

James Edward Youngbird – obituary

James Edward Youngbird, 50, of Cherokee, passed away on May 26, 2013 at the Cherokee Indian Hospital following an extended illness. Eddie is the son of the late James Youngbird and Jean Hornbuckle Youngbird. He is preceded in death by a brother Johnny Youngbird. Eddie...

Jeff “Hoss” Howard – obituary

Jeff “Hoss” Howard, 45, passed away on May 22, 2013 at Duke Medical Center in Durham. Jeff was a Nashville recording artist and songwriter. He made his home in Cullowhee, but also had resided in the Wolftown community in Cherokee for many years. Jeff is a...