Looking for a great winter activity that you can do indoors while staying warm? Then sign-up for Crochet Club and Beginner’s Crochet classes at the Muldrow Public Library. Those participating will lea...

On Jan. 1, 2025, a systemwide toll increase goes into effect on Oklahoma turnpikes. For the typical turnpike user and PIKEPASS customer, the increase will amount to about 1-cent per mile. Across Oklah...

OKLAHOMA CITY — An Oklahoma Senate bill that would curtail school districts’ use of virtual instruction days is expected to make a comeback in the 2025 Legislative Session. The bill would forbid publi...

The Cherokee Nation has been awarded a $1.3 million grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to conduct environmental assessments and cleanup planning across multiple sites within the reser...

Muldrow Public Library is offering the following activities during the month of January: Thursday, Jan. 16 - Storytime, 10:30 a.m., Painting with Linda at 1 p.m., and S.A.I.L. at 2 p.m. Friday, Jan. 1...

Health care providers from Baptist Health-Fort Smith and Baptist Health Neuroscience Center-Fort Smith will host monthly support group meetings for stroke survivors and their caregivers in 2025. Each ...

The Ragland Family Education Foundation is excited to announce the opening of the application process for its $20,000 scholarship program, aimed at supporting students pursuing higher education in the...

Eastern Oklahoma Development District Area Agency on Aging, Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program would like to wish everyone a happy 2025! A new year brings new goals and aspirations for self-transformati...

The longest-running Native American art show and competition in Oklahoma is seeking artwork for its upcoming spring event. The 54th annual Trail of Tears Art Show will be presented April 5 - May 10 in...

Sequoyah County Commissioners recently proclaimed January as both Stalking Awareness Month and Human Trafficking Awareness Month for the county. Commissioners, courthouse staff and Sequoyah County Dom...

Sequoyah County Commissioners at their weekly meeting elected District 1 Commissioner Ray Watts to chair the county board for 2025. District 2 Commissioner Beau Burlison was elected vice chair for 202...

With less than four weeks to go until the 2025 legislative session convenes, two Republican lawmakers have filed bills to gradually eliminate Oklahoma’s personal income tax. House Bill 1009 by Jay Ste...

If the Farmers’ Almanac is correct — the Almanac claims an accuracy rate of 80%-85%, but studies have shown it is closer to 50% — then Oklahoma and the south central region of the U.S. are in for peri...

VINITA — Several Brushy Wrestling Club members placed at the 2025 Vinita Super Hornet Tournament, which took place Jan. 4 Rylan Henry was the champion at 80 pounds in the age 10-andyounger division, w...

The 2025 Muldrow Spring Baseball League registration will take place next month. There will be two days of registration — 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Feb. 1 and 8. Players must be registered to play in order to...

The new Acting Marshal of the Cherokee Nation, Daniel Mead, was sworn into office by Cherokee Nation Justice Shawna Baker Monday during a public ceremony at the W.W. Keeler Tribal Complex. Mead was na...

A pastor charged with a felony count of lewd or indecent proposals to a child under the age of 16 following allegations that were made against him in 2023 is now scheduled to go before a judge in Sequ...

In the quiet hills of Sequoyah County, former meteorologist Sarah Mitchell is living a life far removed from the stormy skies and radar screens that once filled her days. Having spent 15 years predict...

Felony Docket Youling Chen, 35, Maple Valley, Wash.: Trafficking in illegal drugs-marijuana. Jarrett A. Burge, 55, Sallisaw: Unlawful poss. of CDS with intent to distribute. Heriberto Dimas-Martinez, ...

Three Republican lawmakers filed an appeal with the Oklahoma Supreme Court in December in an effort to overturn a $127 million OG&E rate increase approved by the Corporation Commission. The lawmakers ...