Granny’s Kitchen Fundraising Lunch

Feb. 6 from 11am – 3pm at Granny’s Kitchen.  Proceeds raised will fund an educational trip for Cole Saunooke, a 9th grader at Smoky Mountain High School, to attend the alumni session of the Junior National Young Leaders Conference in Boston this summer.  Lunch menu:...

Journey to Forgiveness documentaries available

In May 2012, the Cherokee Healing and Wellness Coalition sponsored a Journey to Forgiveness and Healing where 16 Eastern Cherokees and six non-Cherokee friends met with members of the Cherokee Nation and United Keetoowah Band in Tahlequah, Okla. before retracing the...

Letter to the editor: Holiday Blessings

By CRIS WEATHERFORD On behalf of the children and staff of the Cherokee Children’s Home, I would like to send a heart-felt thank you to all those in the community who reached out to us this Christmas season.  The children were truly blessed with a wonderful holiday...