Suspected diesel leak into Oconaluftee River

  On April 2, there was a suspected release of diesel fuel leaking into the Oconaluftee River by the Cherokee Mini Mart underground storage tanks (USTs). On April 3, petroleum product was identified along the river bank by the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians’...

Cherokee missing children case ongoing

  The investigation in the matter of Shira Raman Mattocks and the three children she has with her is still on-going according to the EBCI Public Safety Office. This case has been going since November 2014 when civil complaints for custody of the minor children...

Francois Elliot (Dump) French – obituary

  Francois Elliott (Dump) French, 72, of the Big Cove Community, went home to be with the Lord Tuesday May 12, 2015 at Cherokee Hospital with his family by his side. A native of Cherokee, he was the son of the late Meroney and Viola Twin French. He was a member...