Cherokee News

Love it or hate it, mountain vernacular architecture has stubbornly planted its roots in Western North Carolina and shows no signs of abandoning the area.

Western North Carolina has so embraced mountain vernacular architecture that local planning boards across the area are prodding developers into adopting the style.

Harrah's Cherokee Casino and the North Carolina Wine and Grape Council present an exquisite Wine Tasting Getaway event to benefit The Rathbun Center, western North Carolina's only hospital hospitality house.

Published: Saturday, October 31, 2009 at 5:00 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, October 30, 2009 at 10:36 p.m. When I first met my future wife in college, I'm pretty sure when I asked where she was from she replied Charlotte.

Asheville's world music super-trio Free Planet Radio plays its final show of the year, 'Up Close and Personal,' at 8 p.m. at Jubilee, 46 Wall St.

It could take up to three months to completely clear debris on Interstate 40 after a rock slide early Sunday morning closed the highway in both directions at mile marker 3 in Haywood County, according to officials with the N.C. Department of Transportation.

If a dog will not come to you after having looked you in the face, you should go home and examine your conscience.

Don Putnam, one of the Korean War veterans spearheading the effort to build the NC Korean War Memorial in Mint Hill , said they raised more than $2,000 at last week's fundraiser.

The state's history office is taking the last steps on a long road toward writing a 600,000-word essay on North Carolina - at about 400 words a clip.

The holiday celebration of Catch the Spirit of Appalachia's writing program will begin at 7 p.m. Nov.

Located in a field in the rural Caney Fork community of Jackson County is Judaculla Rock, a soapstone boulder covered with mysterious carvings.

Police on the Cherokee Indian Reservation arrested a woman at Harrah's Cherokee Casino after finding a pound of crystal methamphetamine hidden in a tampon box.

Editor's note : This is the third in a weekly series on hikes to enjoy fall colors in Western North Carolina.

The 75th Anniversary of the Blue Ridge Parkway will officially get underway Nov.

In a courtroom filled to the brim with North Carolina sheriffs and officials from the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, lawyers argued today over whether video poker should be legalized statewide.

State lawmakers who banned video poker in North Carolina had an idea that the Eastern Band of Cherokee might prove to be the sticking point in their efforts.

With the rhythm of drums beating in the background, Dean Swimmer peered through tiny blue beads strung together by hand and hung in the shape of sunglasses over his black-brown eyes.

Most of the expensive restaurants in Cherokee, North Carolina are located at the Harrah's Casino and Hotel.

I love movies and I especially love going to the movies. For a long time, the people of Bryson City, North Carolina had to travel 20 miles to Sylva, North Carolina to find a movie theatre.

John Ehle, an Asheville born author, will read and sign books at 2 p.m. Oct 10 at the West Asheville Public Library at 942 Haywood Road.