An important cultural site is close to being returned to the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians after a city council in North ...

Samantha Brawley got hooked on painkillers after high school, an addiction that stole nearly a decade and cost her most of the savings that were supposed to help improve her life. Finding her next ...

The Cherokee have set a date for expanding sales at the tribe’s marijuana dispensary in the North Carolina mountains to any adult. Great Smoky Cannabis Company is the first and only place people can ...

CHEROKEE, N.C. -- The marijuana retailer owned by the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians on western North Carolina tribal lands announced Thursday that it will begin selling cannabis products to anyone ...

The Great Smoky Cannabis Company made history on April 20 by opening the first dispensary in a state where cannabis is illegal on both the medical and recreational level. North Carolina is one of only ...

His grandparents imbued his childhood with tales about the strip of land at the center of a Cherokee town built by their ancestors more than 1,000 years ago. But for about two centuries, the Eastern ...

Editors note: The online version of this story previously said that Forrest Parker graduated from "Western North Carolina University." He graduated from Western Carolina University. CHEROKEE – On an ...

Twenty-five North Carolina counties and the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians of North Carolina received approval for disaster unemployment assistance [DUA], the Division of Employment Security [DES] ...

SWAIN COUNTY, N.C. (FOX Carolina) - The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI) has issued a response after North Carolina Senator Thom Tillis asked the Department of Justice to investigate their ...

A Republican state lawmaker — the only Native American in the General Assembly — is objecting to Democratic Gov.-elect Josh Stein choosing a Cherokee chief for his transition team. Rep. Jarrod Lowery ...