One of the advantages of gaining wisdom (it ain’t polite to say “getting old”) is that incredible earth-shaking ideas occur to a guy that make his grandchildren look at him funny. Now this one I can’t...

The Cherokee people are deeply connected to the land and historic locations across our reservation in northeast Oklahoma. Decades before statehood, Cherokees built the first schools, courthouses, mode...

ARE YOU RUNNING THE RACE FOR YOUR LIFE!!! ARE YOU FIGHTING THE GOOD FIGHT TO LIVE FOREVER!!! KNOW JESUS CHRIST!!! HE WILL HELP YOU RUN TO LIFE AND FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT TILL YOU GET HOME TO HIM!!! II T...

I’d say there’s nothing worse than a broken bone, but there are worse things I can think of. Well, unless you’re suffering from a broken bone and then you hurt, like I do. I was already dealing with s...

Ten ladies weighed in this Monday. Neve had the best weight loss for the week with 7.1 pounds. Way to go Neve! Keep up the good work. Our chapter had a net loss of 13.6 pounds. We came very close to h...

“Makes a guy wonder sometimes,” Windy Wilson said, “if gettin’ all stabbed to death might not be a bad way to go.” The rest of us – the Supreme Court of Dang Near Everything at the Mule Barn coffee sh...

One of the greatest accomplishments of Cherokee Nation has been building the largest health care system in Indian Country. Our world-class facilities receive more than 1.5 million patient visits each ...

DAVID WAS A MAN AFTER GOD’S ON HEART!!! YES!!! HE WAS A BLOODY MAN BUT GOD LOVED HIM AND OUR SAVIOR: JESUS CHRIST CAME THROUGH DAVID’S LINAGE!!! DAVID LOVED THE LORD WITH ALL OF HIS HEART AND SOUL!!! ...

Is this weekend the last time we'll change our clocks when we switch to daylight saving time? We’ve been doing it for 56 years, so to many of us, its second nature. It's no big deal. It's what's suppo...

Education remains a top priority for House Republicans, and we have been focused on developing an education plan that works for every student, every parent and every teacher.The education plan propose...

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Be a master of self if you want to govern right. No one can be temperamental or abusive or unfair if they are to govern right because these are things that come home to roost. Clear evidence is right ...

-Sequoyah County Times, March 12,1998 From the files of Your Sequoyah County Times 25 Years Ago (From the March 12,1998, issue of the Sequoyah County Times) -The Sallisaw Municipal Authority voted una...

Vian Nursing and RehabWelcome once again to the Vian Nursing and Rehab News, it’s been a busy week. We have enjoyed some nice days to sit on the porch and we’ve been out shopping on several occasions,...

Chief ChatHolding families sacred is a core value of the Cherokee people. One way that we uphold that value at the Cherokee Nation is by making it a high priority to protect our most vulnerable family...

Herb graciously spread his right arm around the table, indicating to Loretta that all his friends needed their coffee cups topped off. She would’ve done it anyway, of course, but this made him look … ...

I made my first trip to Chicago, Ill. last week to help unpack my daughter and son-in-law, who just moved from Ohio. Instead of renting a vehicle and driving nearly 11 hours to their new residence, I ...

Blackgum Christian Union ChurchLIFE IS LIKE A VAPOR!!! FOR ALL MY READERS YOU MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW THAT I HAD A MASSIVE HEART ATTACK KNOWN AS: THE WIDOW MAKER!!! THAT WAS HARD PROOF TO KNOW YOUR/ MY/OU...

Sallisaw TOPSToday we had ten members weigh in. Jerry had the best weight loss for the week with 1.9 pounds. Way to go Jerry! Keep up the good work. We had five members sign our Loser Lotto chart leav...

No one fools like we fool ourselves. There’s hardly a subject about which we are more ignorant than ourselves. Our thoughts run wild, fed by five senses which takes their information from outside sour...