Businesses Receive Smoke and Water Damage

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Tribe’s Chief, Deputy Chief propose ‘Opportunity Zones’ during TERO Banquet

Two local Indian-owned businesses awarded

December 9, 2025

Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. and Deputy Chief Bryan Warner recently proposed a plan to target more small business capital to low income and high poverty areas of the tribe’s 7,000 ...

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Candidates file for county Board of Education seats

Along with City of Sallisaw police chief, mayor

By AMIE CATO-REMER EDITOR

December 9, 2025

Several candidates filed for a Declaration of Candidacy at the Sequoyah County Election Board last week for the upcoming Sequoyah County Board of Education/City of Sallisaw races, which are scheduled ...

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Holiday drive launched for local students

By AMIE CATO-REMER EDITOR

December 9, 2025

A group of Sequoyah County women who are wanting to ensure local children have a brighter holiday season are asking the community to pitch in and help. The women are asking for donations of new toys (...

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Keeping the language alive

Community gathers for Cherokee class at MCCO

By AMIE CATO-REMER EDITOR

December 9, 2025

On Monday evenings in Muldrow, the lights inside the Muldrow Cherokee Community Organization (MCCO) glow a little brighter—not just from the overhead fixtures, but from the energy of a growing group d...

Obituaries

Harold Willis Lasiter

December 9, 2025

Aug. 24, 1954 – Nov. 29, 2025 Memorial services for Retired U.S. Army Master Sergeant Harold Willis Lasiter, 71, of Muldrow, were held at 1 p.m. Monday, Dec. 8, 2025, at Agent Mallory Martin Chapel in...

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Marion Louis Owens

December 9, 2025

Feb. 5, 1939 – Dec. 1, 2025 Funeral services for Marion Louis “M.L.” Owens, 86, of Muldrow, was held at 10 a.m. Monday, Dec. 8, 2025, at First Baptist Church. Burial followed at Muldrow Memory Gardens...

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Bertha Lea Barnes Farmer

December 9, 2025

Dec. 4, 1947 – Dec. 3, 2025 Funeral services for Bertha Lea (Barnes) Farmer, 77, will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025, at Vision of The Way in Roland. Burial will follow at Northview Cemete...

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William Lee ‘Bill’ Farkas

December 9, 2025

Oct. 27, 1942 – Nov. 25, 2025 Funeral services for William Lee “Bill” Farkas, 83, of Muldrow, were held at 10 a.m. Monday, Dec. 1, 2025, at Agent Mallory-Martin Chapel in Muldrow. Burial was at Mitche...

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Russell Edward ‘Russ’ Heiner Jr.

December 9, 2025

Sept. 24, 1953 – Nov. 28, 2025 Funeral services for Russell Edward “Russ” Heiner, Jr., 72, of Roland, were held at 10 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025, at Agent Mallory Martin Chapel in Muldrow. Burial fol...

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Pastor Randy Farmer

December 9, 2025

Oct. 23, 1951 – Nov. 27, 2025 Funeral services for Pastor Randy Farmer, 74, of Muldrow, were held at 1 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025, at First Assembly of God Church in Muldrow. Burial followed at Upper...

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Richard M. Carter

December 9, 2025

Jan. 19, 1949 – Dec. 1, 2025 Funeral services for Richard M. Carter, 76, of Muldrow, were held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025, at the Agent Mallory-Martin Chapel in Muldrow. Burial was at Memory Gar...