As part of its annual “The Way We See the World" celebration on Aug. 1, the Museum of the Cherokee People will showcase four ...

A western North Carolina sheriff has retired from office after being accused of sexual misconduct and corruption.

Swain County Sheriff Curtis Cochran retires while facing multiple sex crimes charges. NC, tribal and federal authorities ...

A detention officer with the Cherokee County Sheriff's Office is dead after an incident with a federal inmate at a hospital outside of Murphy, North Carolina.

It's been a year since the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians opened a cannabis dispensary on tribal land. With April 20 rolling in again, here's what to know about the 420 "holiday" celebrating ...

NC state and local law enforcement arrested Swain County Sheriff Curtis Cochran June 27 under a felony and three misdemeanor ...

Records show a Cherokee County mother died an hour after she was found in distress without being transferred to a hospital ...

It's been a year since the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians opened a cannabis dispensary on tribal land. With April 20 rolling in again, here's what to know about the 420 "holiday" celebrating ...

Marijuana is decriminalized, but not legal, in North Carolina. The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians legalized marijuana on tribal land and opened a dispensary in 2014.