I’ll desire your friendship until my dying day, Everyone runs into snags along the way. Problems are some things friends understand, Unease occurs in all bonds between woman and man. Someone to lean o...

The Asbill Family reunion scheduled for Sunday, May 31, has been cancelled due to the coronavirus. The Northview Cemetery decoration, which always coincides with the reunion, will go on as planned. An...

The State Board of Education must begin authorizing out-of-state teaching certificates after Senate Bill 1125 was signed into law last week. The bill, by Sen. Adam Pugh, R-Edmond, will help increase t...

The Town of Gore has scheduled a spring clean up from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, June 6. Gore Public Works Authority (GPWA) customers will be allowed to dispose of undesirable items with some excep...

God’s Blessings Clothes Closet in Vian is looking for kitchen items to restock for those in need. Ruby Pigeon said the center just helped two families that lost all their belongings in fires and are n...

Vian Elementary preenrollment has been scheduled for June 9 and 10 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., and June 11 from 4 to 7 p.m. in the Vian Elementary Office (Mrs. Becky’s Office). Vian offers a three and fou...

The number of people filing initial unemployment claims in Sequoyah County more than doubled between March and April, according to Oklahoma Unemployment Security Commission data. The unemployment bene...

AFR Insurance automobile policy customers statewide will receive premium refunds related to COVID-19. Oklahomans from all parts of the state have expressed worsening financial stress due to the state’...

A federal court in Muskogee has entered a temporary restraining order halting the sale of an unapproved colloidal silver product to treat COVID-19. The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of ...

Who do you say that I am? Who do you say God is? God is asking you to know Him as best as you/I/we can know him! God will do whatever He needs to do to get your/our/my attention! He’s been reaching ou...

Vian Elementary students and families may return to the school buildings soon to pick up report cards, spring pictures, and belongings that were left at the school. The main elementary building will b...

The Vian Board of Trustees last Monday accepted the resignation of two police officers and set a tentative date for Vian’s Summer Games during their regular monthly meeting. During the three-hour meet...

During a 30-minute executive session on May 12, the Webbers Falls Board of Trustees unanimously voted to terminate Webbers Falls Police Chief Matthew Crittenden, effective immediately, for ‘the good o...

Valedictorian The Valedictorian for the Webbers Falls Class of2020 is Miss Candice Griffith. Candice is the daughter of Samuel and Norma Griffith and the granddaughter of the Late Ted Webster and Edi...

Vian Nursing & Rehab resident Joe “Joe W” Stikeleather, 85, will be competing in a virtual talent show at 6:30 p.m. (CST) on Wednesday, May 20. Annette Crowder, Director at Vian Nursing & Rehab said t...

The Vian Tenkiller News will be closed Monday, May 25, in observance of Memorial Day. Deadline for all news and advertising for the May 27, 2020 issue has been moved to Thursday, May 21 at 12 noon.

Alaina Back is the daughter of Jack and Kimbie Gray and granddaughter of Saundra Hyslop and the late Stanley Gray and Robert Davis and the late Georgia Davis. Alaina enjoys spending time with her frie...

I appreciate all the essential workers out there keeping our country running. Believe it or not the press is also considered essential; even though we may not be at the office during the week and our...

The Sequoyah County Courthouse reopened last monday to the public. Those who have business with county offices on the first floor of the building are asked to wear a mask and obey all the other rules ...

Sandra Clopton of Vian, last week, was awarded Vian Nursing & Rehab's Nurse of the Year. Clopton is a registered nurse at the facility. "Thank you to everyone for all the congrats and kind words," Clo...