WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 -- The Senate Indian Affairs Committee released the following testimony by Michell Hicks, principal chief of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, from a Sept. 23, 2026, hearing on the Eastern Band of Cherokee Historic Lands Reacquisition Act (H.R. 226): * * * Siyo. Chairman Murkowski and Ranking Member Schatz, thank you for the opportunity to provide this testimony of behalf of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians on H.R. 226, the "Eastern Band Cherokee Historic Lands Reacq  more

JOHNSON CITY, Tennessee, Oct. 9 -- East Tennessee State University posted the following news: * * * Fall Color Report: High elevations shine ahead of potentially windy weekend * Fall color is becoming harder to miss across the Southern Appalachians. "Just about anywhere you go right now, you will see color of some sort," said Travis Watson, East Tennessee State University campus arborist. "Those high peaks are really coloring up." For those hoping to catch the strongest display this weeken  more