Looking back at 2023

Looking back on the year that was, Sallisaw and Sequoyah County were witness to a wide range of happenings. From an unsolicited bid to purchase the Sallisaw municipal landfill facility for $21.5 million — which touched off a firestorm of public criticism and the eventual decision to reject the offer and the city continuing to operate the budget-strapped landfill — to controversy at the building site for the new Sallisaw Veterans Center — which requested $21.7 million from the state legisla...