Kathleen Moore “Kitty” Byrd – obituary

  ASHEVILLE – Kathleen Moore Byrd (“Kitty”), 88, of Asheville, NC died peacefully on Saturday, Sept. 23, 2017. She was born June 15, 1929 in Webster, WV the daughter of the late Dane Wood Moore, Sr. and the late Linnie Brown Patrick. She was a...

Cherokee Preservation Foundation awards 41 grants

  The Cherokee Preservation Foundation recently awarded 41 grants for 2017 for a total of more than $5.8 million.  Grants were awarded to partners that meet the Foundation’s mission of improving the quality of life for the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indian...

Four in marriage fraud conspiracy plead guilty

  A federal criminal bill of indictment, unsealed in June, charged 12 individuals with marriage fraud conspiracy and related charges, for entering into sham marriages for the purposes of evading United States immigration laws.  Now, four of those individuals have...