Behavioral Health works with community groups, law enforcement, Health Services and area schools to help educate about the misuse of opioids.

Cherokee Nation citizen Ava Rose Johnson honors her friend who died in 2017 in an ATV crash.

The show displays pieces submitted by Northeastern State University students as well as local and nationwide artists.

TAHLEQUAH – After an April 18 hearing, At-Large Tribal Councilor Wanda Hatfield has been disqualified from the 2019 at-large race, in which she was running as the incumbent.

The Cherokee Nation Election Commission, after hearing testimony from Hatfield and CN Attorney General Todd Hembree, voted unanimously to disqualify Hatfield from the June 1 general election.

“It is … the decision of the Cherokee Nation Election Commission that Wanda Hatfield is disqualified as a candidate for the At-Large Council for the Cherokee Nation 2019 General Election,” said CNEC Chair Shawna Calico, reading the decision.

TAHLEQUAH — Cherokee Nation leaders this month increased the Marshal Service budget by $256,757 for salary hikes.

Shannon Buhl, director of the CN Marshal Service, said the additional funds would be used to bring approximately half of the agency’s 31-officer force up to Bureau of Indian Affairs pay-scale standards.

“Everybody will meet the standard of the BIA now,” Buhl told the Tribal Council on April 15. “Some people get raises just because their salary was actually lower than the BIA.”

Rev. Don Marshall will step down at the end of year.

Native American children have been calling the mission home since 1926.

Cherokee Nation citizen Julie Combs will learn how the government works with tribal nations as a Udall Foundation intern.

In many states, tribes are fighting sports betting or taking a go-slow approach.

Cherokee Phoenix Debate 2019

Thyroid-related tests were performed over a six-month period that ended in February.