Praise God! Be Thankful! “Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who p romi s e d is faithful” (Heb. 10:23 24). “ The re fore do not cast away your conf idence, which has...

November 23 & 24 - Cherokee Nation’s W.W. Keeler Tribal Complex, satellite offices and health centers will be closed. Cherokee Nation W.W. Hastings Hospital urgent care and emergency department and ot...

The Oklahoma Tax Commission recently released city sales tax collection figures that primarily represents local tax receipts from September business. The monies they reported this period represent sal...

The first recorded Thanksgiving came about in the early 1600s shortly after the landing of English colonists at P l ymo uth, Mass. These colonists were the Pilgrims, also known as separatists. They we...

Muldrow Elementary School first graders celebrated World Kindness Day on Nov. 13 by wearing sweaters and cardigans like Mr. Fred Rogers. SUBMITTED

Sequoyah County Water Association (SCWA) manager Vance Mooney reported the $15.3 million water improvement project made possible through a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) loan is 75 percent comp...

The Kerr Center for Sustainable Agriculture will hold a free elderberry workshop on September 14, from 4 to 7 p.m., at the Kerr Center offices in Poteau. Attendees will tour the elderberry research pl...

Public school teachers, national education analysts say, spend an average of almost $480 of their own money each school year on classroom supplies, including books, snacks, pencils, paper and cleaning...

Editor One suspect has been arrested and an arrest warrant has been issued for another charged in the May 2023 break-in of a Sallisaw dispensary. Dustin E. Chavez, 35, of Shawnee, and Tyler Woodall, 3...

Indian Capital Technology Center was honored with the Oklahoma Association of Technology Centers’ Gold Star School Award at the 2023 Oklahoma Summit Awards Ceremony on July 31. The Gold Star School Aw...

Here are your horticulture tips for August. • Early August is a key time to plant many fall vegetables such as beans, beets, carrots, cucumbers, lettuce, potatoes, squash, Swiss chard and turnips. The...

Native students preparing for the national ACT exam can now register for a virtual workshop hosted by Cherokee Nation Foundation on Aug. 26 from 12:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. In partnership with Testing With S...

Dr. Deana Hildebrand, Dr. Jill Joyce and Lacey Wallace of Oklahoma State University’s Department of Nutritional Sciences received $780,000 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for...

Sequoyah County District 1 Commissioner Ray Watts is taking steps to replace a problematic low-water bridge in the southeastern part of the county with a steel span bridge, a project that will also st...

“Choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve” (Josh. 24:14). “I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God” (John 3:3). Choice Today as was in the days of Noah, peop...

The Oklahoma Healthy Aging Initiative (OHAI) Northeast Center of Healthy Aging will be providing the Staying Active and Independent for Life (SAIL) program. The classes will be held Mondays and Wednes...

The Eastern Oklahoma VA Health Care System (EOVAHCS) has announced that it received a five-star rating from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). This is the first time CMS has included ...

Local authors Jeff and Mandee Ford will be showcasing their first book, Lawless Leading: Nine Principles for Leading by the Spirit, at the Stanley Tubbs Memorial Library at 9:30 a.m. on Saturday, Aug....

Sen. Warren Hamilton, R-McCurtain, was named one of the top constitutional conservative lawmakers in the state after receiving a perfect score on the Oklahoma Conservative Index. Hamilton was the only...

August 16 Ready to live a tobacco-free life? Cherokee Nation is offering a free, six-week tobacco cessation course that will be taught virtually on Wednesdays. A noon class will be taught by Pawnee Ki...