The following citations were issued in July: Emmit Waskom, III: Driving in a manner not reasonable or proper. Rachel Swimmer: All taxes due state/expired tag Ċarl Hanson: Driving in a manner not reaso...

The U.S. Census Bureau is inviting Oklahoma residents to join in their Stop the Knock campaign, which is designed to encourage residents to respond to the Census now, to lessen the possibility of a Ce...

Cherokee Nation has announced its cultural tourism sites will reopen to the public beginning Aug. 5. Additional safety procedures such as physical distancing, limited occupancy, and enhanced cleaning ...

Can how we look at long-term care be changing? As baby boomers start to find themselves in need of long-term care, they may be interested in a more flexible kind of lifestyle. In the past, longterm ca...

Area students, including Ally Qualls of Webbers Falls, were approved for Oklahoma Rural Rehabilitation Corporation (ORRC) S c h o l a r s h i p s . Qualls is shown being presented the award by Logen G...

July brought a near miraculous recovery to much of Oklahoma, which was faced with an intensifying drought headed into summer’s scorching middle stanza. Uncharacteristically wet conditions succeeded in...

Competing against thousands of Sonic® Drive-In teams throughout a series of challenges to test their operational execution, the Final 12 teams have demonstrated an exceptional performance in Sonic’s a...

The U.S. Census Bureau announced that it will begin emailing households in low-responding areas to encourage them to respond to the 2020 Census. Millions of emails will be sent and then grow in number...

The Cherokee Nation is establishing a new language department that will directly oversee the tribe’s Cherokee Immersion School, a team of translators and the Cherokee Language Master Apprentice Progr...

Editor’s Note: Sequoyah County Court Clerk Vicki Beaty issued the following statement Wednesday in regards to re-opening the court clerk’s office Monday, Aug. 10. “On July 28, the Court Clerk’s office...

With increased cases of COVID-19 reported in Sequoyah County, several schools have announced delaying classes to a later date or have already decided on beginning school at a later date and finalizing...

Tenkiller State Park’s Annual Fishing Clinic will be held on Saturday, Aug. 15 at Vian City Lake. Registration is at 10 a.m. and fishing is from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. For more information, call 918-48...

The Sequoyah County Water Association has announced their office will be closed until further notice due to concerns about COVID-19. The spokesman for the Water Association said no one has the coronav...

Cookson United Methodist Church has set up a Free Library Box on the southeast corner of the building. The Free Library Box has books from Pre-K to adult levels of reading. Everyone is invited to give...

I've had several people ask if my daughter was married on July 23like she and her fiance planned. The answer is, no, it was cancelled because of COVID-19 and has been rescheduled for June 2021. I felt...

Renovation work at the Sequoyah County Courthouse will provide a one-way access inside and out of the building once completed, Kelly Miller, Sequoyah County Assessor, said. Miller, who made the reques...

Jamie Cagle, APRN, recently joined Baptist Health Cardiology Center-Fort Smith as a nurse practitioner. In this role, Cagle will work alongside physicians to provide follow-up care to cardiology patie...

A GoFundMe account has been set up for Jess and Deidra Locust and their three young children who recently lost everything they owned in a house fire. The couple, who are both originally from Vian and ...

“The team at the Redbird Smith Health Center in Sallisaw, like all of our Cherokee Nation Health Services staff throughout the 14-county reservation, have been on the front lines fighting to save liv...

The Oklahoma Department of Agriculture announced that over the weekend, they received reports of Oklahomans receiving seeds in the mail from China they did not order. According to the U.S. Department...