GRDA prohibits access onto low water dam rocks

To enhance public safety, the Grand River Dam Authority will no longer permit public access to the rocks creating the low water dam across the Grand River below Robert S. Kerr Dam.

GRDA recently installed new signage and markings on the riprap to designate the prohibited areas.

The low water dam has been a popular fishing destination for many years. However, anglers becoming stranded on the rocks during upstream water releases from Kerr Dam has been a frequent occurrence. Either they do not pay at...

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Sallisaw mayoral candidates outline visions at public forum

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Three candidates seeking to become Sallisaw’s next mayor laid out their ideas for the city’s future Monday night during a public forum hosted by Your TIMES and KXMX The Mix 105.1. The event, held at t...

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Winter Concert Series kicks off Saturday

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The benefit concert planned for January 31 has been rescheduled for Saturday, February 7, at The Auditorium. Mule Kick Reckoning will perform beginning at 7 p.m. at the concert venue located at 218 W....

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Details released in Arkansas River homicide after 5 arrested in investigation

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Authorities have arrested five people and filed multiple felony charges in connection with the killing of a Muskogee man whose body was discovered last fall along the Arkansas River in Van Buren, Ark....

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Vital statistics

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Std. Head…Vital Statistics-Feb. 3, 2026 Marriage Licenses Issued Jaron Cottrell, 17, Hickory, KY; Savannah Cottrell, Sallisaw. Ethan McKinney, 19, Stilwell; Adaya Dieffenbach, 18, Stilwell. Elijah Tra...

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Sarah Richards

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February 5, 2026

In Sarah Richards’ third grade classroom at Roland Elementary, learning is more than worksheets and tests. It’s laughter, encouragement, creativity and the kind of confidence-building that follows stu...

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February 5, 2026

FRI., FEB. 6, 13, 20 & 27 Soup N’ Souls, meeting, 6 p.m., The Shed, on Cherokee, Sallisaw. For more info call 918-774-3120. AA meeting, 7 p.m., Fridays, Vian Methodist Church, corner of Lee and Blacks...