The Dwight Presbyterian Mission Board of Directors issued a statement last month indicating they are suspending all operations at the Dwight Mission Camp and Conference Center effective Dec. 15. A pos...

The 2nd annual Christmas on the Mountain will be held Friday, Dec. 13 from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Blackgum Community Building. Come sit on Santa’s knee and tell him what you want for Christmas, and get a ...

The East Central Oklahoma Water Authority (Authority), located near Webbers Falls, received approval Thursday for a $36,130 loan from the Oklahoma Water Resources Board (OWRB) to improve the Authority...

Holiday for Heroes will be held Friday, Dec. 13 beginning at 7 p.m. at the King Opera House, 427 Main Street, Van Buren, Ark. Each December, thousands of community volunteers from all over the region ...

The Sallisaw Christmas parade will be at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 14. The Shop Sallisaw drawing will be held at 5 p.m., prior to the parade, on the Stanley Tubbs Memorial Library lawn. Following, Stud...

The 2018-19 Oklahoma School Report Card has been released, showing grades given to all local schools in Sequoyah County and how they are performing state-wide compared to other Oklahoma schools. Stati...

Jonah Gomez, 7 Vian Elementary What do reindeer eat? They are actually caribou and they eat moss and carrots. How many reindeer does Santa have? He has eight. Why are they called reindeer? Because th...

Canterbury Thrift in Vian is announcing new hours. The thrift store will be open on Saturday only from 9 a.m. until 12 noon. They have just reorganized for winter and have lots of jeans, sweaters, coa...

In our Declaration of Independence, we declared that there are certain unalienable rights, most notably, the rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. The most important of these is the ri...

Share the priceless gift of blood donation with Oklahomans in need this holiday season. Oklahoma Blood Institute encourages healthy adults to “follow their instinct,” and set aside about an hour from ...

Brad Rice, a 2004 West Point graduate, an Iraq and Afghanistan war veteran, and former U.S. Army Military Intelligence officer visited with Marble City Elementary students on Veterans Day.

The Women in Business, Career Woman of the Month for November was LaLita Armer. Armer is a police officer for the Sallisaw Police Department and her main duties are as the School Resource Officer for ...

The long vacant Husqvarna building off Stilwell near the railroad tracks, has been purchased by Noah Farms of Vian, a company that farms through aquaponics. The company plans to grow hemp from seedlin...

Vian FCCLA members, who compete in STAR Events, represented Vian High School very well at the District level in Sallisaw on Nov. 21. Participants achieve either Gold, Silver or Bronze based on their ...

On Saturday, Nov. 9, three members and one staff member of the Paralyzed Veterans of America Mid-America Chapter (PVAMA) were honored by the Quilts of Valor. Each veteran was given a beautiful hand-se...

A special program, “A Patriotic Christmas,” featuring entertainment from Gabrielle Gore, will be held at 6 p.m., Friday, Dec. 6 at the Sequoyah County Fairgrounds Agriculture Building. Gore is Miss Ok...

God’s Blessings Clothes Closet in Vian is currently in need of coats and childre’s shoes for the colder months ahead. The clothes closet is accepting nice coats in all sizes for men, women and childre...

The 2nd annual Christmas on the Mountain will be held Friday, Dec. 13 from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Blackgum Community Building. Come sit on Santa’s knee and tell him what you want for Christmas, and get a ...

The Cherokee Nation’s new outpatient health center, located on the W.W. Hastings campus, has a new telephone area code. All departments in the new facility now have a 539 area code, while departments ...