(ON THE FRONT COVER): An official opening for the new Ag Building at Vian Public Schools was done on Friday at 10 a.m. with a hamburger cookout, courtesy of Purple and Gold Beef, whose products will ...

Brady Scroggins Age 13, Stilwell What’s your favorite weird food combination? Spaghetti with ranch. If it were up to you, what would you eat for breakfast? Eggs and cereal. Which would be harder to g...

The Gore High School football team takes on Spiro at home in its first scrimmage of the preseason on Friday. The two-way scrimmage inside K.G. Horn Stadium is slated to start at 6:30 p.m. Next Thursd...

Vian’s high school football team will travel to Oklahoma City on Friday to take on Heritage Hall in its only scrimmage of the preseason. The scrimmage in Oklahoma City is slated to start at 6 p.m. Be...

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...

“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...

Aaron Harris RN SUBMITTED PHOTO Amanda Sharp LPN SUBMITTED PHOTO Anna Tate CNA, CMAIT SUBMITTED PHOTO Aubrey Cherry LPN Charity Strong LPN SUBMITTED PHOTO Devin Montgomery, activity director, social ...

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Gore Nursing Center hosted a parade and a drivethru parade for their residents in May and June as an opportunity for residents to see their loved ones during the COVID-19 pandemic while they were qua...

Pictured from Sequoyah Manor are; Billie, Jackie, Natalie, Rhonda, Courtney, Matt, Sindy, Patty, Kitty, Shanna, Flo, JoLynn, Brian, Amanda, Doris, Victoria and Jenny.

Maggie Stookey, dietary SUBMITTED PHOTO Megan McNealy CNA SUBMITTED PHOTO Michelle McFarland CMA SUBMITTED PHOTO Scotty Phillips, housekeeping SUBMITTED PHOTO Stacey Thornburg, housekeeping SUBMITTED...

Vian Nursing & Rehab celebrated their resident mothers with an outdoor meet and greet and parade for Mother's Day during the pandemic. SUBMITTED PHOTO

(Above) Annette Crowder has been the longtime Activities Director at Vian Nursing & Rehab. SUBMITTED PHOTO (Right) Sandra Clopton, of Vian, was awarded Vian Nursing & Rehab’s Nurse of the Year. Clopt...

Joyce Vinson, Rhonda Slough Rhonda Slough, Joyce Vinson, Jim Risley SUBMITTED PHOTO Rhonda Slough, Shianne Gibbs SUBMITTED PHOTO Jim Risley, Joyce Vinson, Shianne Gibbs SUBMITTED PHOTO

Seth Lattimore-LPN-ICS and Brandi McKibben-Behavior Health Registration SUBMITTED PHOTO Deneice Castleberry-LPN SUBMITTED PHOTO Deborah Gail-APRN CNS-BC, (standing), and Kiley Pratt-LPN SUBMITTED PHO...

Haelee Trammell and owner A.J. Self stand ready to serve at Muldrow Pharmacy. SUBMITTED PHOTO Muldrow Pharmacy staff Logan Williams, Kaytlin Barnes, Haley Flute and April Wear SUBMITTED PHOTO

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Hugs from Kelsea Kizizia, LPN, and Donna Casey RN, case manager, at Northeastern Health System Sequoyah Hospital in Sallisaw. Pam Meford, respiratory therapist at Northeastern Health System Sequoyah ...