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Snowy start in higher elevations prompts some school closures, delays

Some parts of the mountains woke up to snow Wednesday morning, prompting some school districts to delay or cancel classes for the day.

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Tahlequah and Cherokee Nation sign revenue-sharing agreement over traffic citations

The city of Tahlequah and the Cherokee Nation have signed an official agreement today, making the tribe’s capital city the 30th municipality within the Cherokee

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Four charged with contributing to the delinquency of a juvenile after missing teen located

A previously reported missing teenager in Cherokee, NC has been located, and now four people face charges.

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Man charged with murder in Buncombe County shooting death, four charged after a missing teen is found safe, and an Asheville Big Lots store is closing.

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Alabama governor celebrates completion of highway linking Etowah and Cherokee counties

U.S. Highway 411 opens to the public Nov. 30.

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$500 reward offered for information on missing Cherokee girl last seen in November

A $500 reward is now being offered for any information that leads to the safe return of a missing girl in Cherokee.

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911 calls from a fatal shooting released, Hendersonville's nighttime Christmas parade returns, and Cherokee police seek missing teen.

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Cherokee man arrested in cold case murder

Nearly a decade after 26-year-old Marie Walkingstick Pheasant’s body was found in a burned-out vehicle in Cherokee’s Big Cove community, her husband E.

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Oklahoma Gov. alleged support of game fowl commission further scrutinized

Questions are emerging regarding whether Governor Kevin Stitt actively encouraged the Oklahoma Gamefowl Commission to rally against the Cherokee Nation's former

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An arrest has been made in a 2013 cold case killing in Cherokee. The Cherokee Indian Police Department said the body of 26-year-old Marie Walkingstick Pheasant

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