Meet our heroes event scheduled

Come and meet our local heroes at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, June 8, at the west end parking lot of the Stanley Tubbs Memorial Library.

Agencies participating include: Sallisaw Police and Fire Departments, Sequoyah County Sheriff’s Office, Pafford EMS, Oklahoma Highway Patrol, and Cherokee Nation Marshals.

These agencies will show and tell about what they do, and you can have your photo made with your favorite hero!

News

Here’s your sign

June 11, 2025

A high-flying crew, hoisted by a crane, on Wednesday completed installation of signage drawing attention to 7Brew Drive Thru Coffee, Taco Bell and Whataburger, located on South Kerr Boulevard in Salli...

News, School News

Remembering when

Sallisaw Class of 1975 tour Big Toy Museum

June 11, 2025

Members of the Sallisaw Class of 1975 held their 50-year class reunion Saturday at the Old Sallisaw High School Association Black Diamond Event Center. Several alumni also visited the Big Toy Museum, ...

News, Tribal

Tribes celebrate record economic impact in Oklahoma

By EMMA MURPHY AND NURIA MARTINEZ-KEEL | OKLAHOMA VOICE

June 11, 2025

OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma’s tribal nations contributed $23.4 billion to the state’s economy in 2023, according to a study released Wednesday. Over 55,000 Oklahomans were directly employed by tribes and...

A: Main, Main, News

Sallisaw Veterans Center welcomes first residents

By Lynn Adams Staff Writer

June 10, 2025

The more days that turned into weeks, which then evolved into months and stretched into years since the September 2020 groundbreaking for the new Sallisaw Veterans Center, the more impatient the commu...

A: Main, Main, News

6 incumbents re-elected in Cherokee Nation General Election

June 10, 2025

Six incumbents were re-elected to the Council of the Cherokee Nation during the tribe’s General Election on June 7, according to unofficial results from the Cherokee Nation Election Commission. The in...

A: Main, Main, News

Sallisaw School Board approves new hires, superintendent’s contract, insurance plans

By Amie Cato-Remer Editor

June 10, 2025

The Sallisaw Board of Education convened for its regular monthly meeting at 6 p.m. Monday at the district’s administration building, approving a full slate of business measures ahead of the upcoming s...