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Find out what's going on in your town. en-us CHEROKEE -- Mixed Martial Arts fights are shown almost nightly somewhere on the cable television dial, but Western North Carolina fans can now participate in person, training at the Birdtown Recreation Center. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6716388/cherokee-fighters-plan-mixed-martial-arts-event Sun, 13 Sep 2009 20:15:08 -0700 CHEROKEE -- As architecturally impressive as the late-19th-century Renaissance Revival stone buildings may be, the vast expanse of green around the Cherokee Mental Health Institute may be even more striking. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6720887/cherokee-mental-health-institute-are-facility-s-days-numbered- Sun, 13 Sep 2009 05:31:08 -0700 CHEROKEE -- Dot Conner didn't know she was a vintage apron collector until someone told her she was. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6598151/cherokee-s-saunooke-village-inaugurates-new-festival Sun, 23 Aug 2009 04:48:08 -0700 CHEROKEE -- A motorcyclist and his passenger were killed in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6571911/two-dead-in-smokies-head-on-wreck Thu, 20 Aug 2009 11:52:08 -0700 CHEROKEE -- The victims of the fatal motorcycle crash in Great Smoky Mountains National park were from South Carolina, a park spokesman said. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6571926/smokies-motorcycle-wreck-victims-identified Thu, 20 Aug 2009 09:52:08 -0700 District 3 City Council candidate Karl Hulcher has had several legal run-ins from 2000 to 2006 in both Cherokee and Tulsa counties, a Tulsa World review of records shows. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6533482/arson,-assault-and-dui-charges-are-in-candidate-s-past Thu, 13 Aug 2009 01:06:08 -0700 CHEROKEE -- The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians on Friday opened its new school complex on land it acquired five years ago in a trade with the National Park Service. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6508620/eastern-band-opens-new-school-campus Fri, 07 Aug 2009 20:15:08 -0700 CHEROKEE -- The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians today will officially opened its new school complex on land it acquired five years ago in a trade with the National Park Service. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6504528/eastern-band-to-open-new-school-campus-today Fri, 07 Aug 2009 06:02:08 -0700 CHEROKEE -- On a second day of exchanges over zoo bears, Chief Michell Hicks of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians brushed off complaints by Bob Barker as the former game show host vowed to keep pressing for change. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6441456/eastern-band-dismisses-barker,-peta-protest Wed, 29 Jul 2009 20:15:08 -0700 CHEROKEE -- Game show icon Bob Barker made a plea to change the living conditions for bears in private zoos on the Cherokee reservation. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6439855/barker-calls-for-release-of-cherokee-bears Tue, 28 Jul 2009 20:15:08 -0700 CHEROKEE -- The Talking Trees Children's Trout Derby in Cherokee will offer free fishing for children ages 3 to 11. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6371454/cherokee-offers-free-trout-derby-for-kids Sat, 18 Jul 2009 20:15:08 -0700 CHEROKEE -- Biologists released 1,000 rare sicklefin redhorse fish into the Oconaluftee River on Tuesday as part of a study on increasing the fish's population. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6338436/cherokee-project-aimed-at-restoring-rare-fish Tue, 14 Jul 2009 11:10:08 -0700 CHEROKEE -- Officials with Harrah's Cherokee Casino & Hotel signaled faith in the slumping gambling industry Friday during the groundbreaking of the business' third hotel tower. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6322507/cherokee-casino-traffic-levels,-third-tower-to-go-up Fri, 10 Jul 2009 20:15:08 -0700 CHEROKEE -- Joyce Dugan, external relations director for the Cherokee casino and a former principal chief of the tribe, has been tapped to lead the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians' school system. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6322508/former-chief-dugan-to-head-cherokee-schools Fri, 10 Jul 2009 20:15:08 -0700 Police sketches of the suspected killer are taped to windows of downtown stores. Strangers and friends ask one another if he has been caught, or if he's struck again. And the headline in the paper summed up the mood of this town 50 miles southwest of Charlotte:... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6271834/gaffney-on-edge-as-killer-is-hunted Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:10:08 -0700 CHEROKEE -- The Museum of the Cherokee Indian will go digital -- among other changes -- as it tries to expand research and outreach opportunities. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6231927/cherokee-museum-expanding Mon, 29 Jun 2009 07:47:08 -0700 CHEROKEE -- The Great Smoky Mountains National Park's Mountain Farm Museum will host "Women's Work" 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, paying tribute to women settlers in will come alive as national park . http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6152082/mountain-farm-museum-hosts-women-s-work- Wed, 17 Jun 2009 20:15:08 -0700 CHEROKEE -- Memorial ride for Shawn Blanton http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6152103/memorial-ride-for-slain-trooper-shawn-blanton Wed, 17 Jun 2009 20:15:08 -0700 CHEROKEE -- Beer, wine and cocktails could hit the gaming floor at Harrah's Cherokee Casino within six months, a gambling board member said Tuesday. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6093339/alcohol-coming-to-cherokee-casino Tue, 09 Jun 2009 20:15:08 -0700 CHEROKEE -- Beer, wine and cocktails could hit the gaming floor at Harrah's Cherokee Casino within six months, a gambling board member said Tuesday. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6089004/alcohol-at-casino-months-away Tue, 09 Jun 2009 09:47:08 -0700