Down at the sale barn Saturday, the think tank had coagulated there with coffees to go to celebrate spring. Doc and Dud had their dogs with them, while Bert and Dewey and Steve went stag. Dud tried to...

Tomorrow's emergency may happen without notice. Prepare with these recommended steps: • Have a family plan. Share contact information, and make sure family members know where you plan to take cover du...

Over the years I have avoided writing about politics. Local, state or national, it made no difference. During my youth sitting on a couple of boxes near the open back doorway of the Haskell County Tri...

As the recessional played, and Reverend Jeff opened the church doors before shaking hands with his parishioners, he was surprised to discover he wasn’t the first one there. “Mornin’ Rev!” “Uh, good mo...

Last year, while with the Minnesota Twins, Luis Arraez won the 2022 American League batting champion. Last week, as a member of the Miami Marlins, Arraez hit for the cycle. In the 30-year history of t...

Do something. Don’t quit. Despair is quicksand that sucks you down and eventually covers you over. If you let one moment cause you despair, it is twice as hard to overcome. You are strong, you are det...

Billy’s been a busy guy ever since he became the official town dog here. Sally had been the town dog until she passed away on Doc’s porch, and then Billy’s owner died just two weeks after that, so it ...

THE LORD IS GOD!!! LOOK TO HIM IN ALL THINGS!!! HE KNOWS US BETTER THAN WE KNOW OURSELVES!!! Psalms 100:1-4 1(A Psalm of praise.) Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all ye lands. 2Serve the LORD with ...

One of my most urgent priorities as Chief of the Cherokee Nation has been combatting the opioid epidemic. The opioid industry flooded Cherokee communities with these dangerous drugs. Overdose deaths m...

My television viewing over recent weekends has been dominated by the NCAA basketball tournaments. The opening week beginning with the playin games in Dayton, Ohio and concluding with a Thursday-Sunday...

Spring mornings are a lot like Christmas. Each day we get up and go out into the yard, or walk along the creek or visit the horses in the pasture. And each day, each morning, we find something new the...

THE BANKS ARE CLOSING!!! THE BANKS ARE CLOSING!!! THE BANKS ARE CLOSING!!! AS SOLOMON SAID, “THERE IS NOTHING NEW UNDERNEATH THE SUN”!!! THEY DID IT BEFORE AND THEY’RE DOING IT AGAIN!!! Ecclesiates1:1...

Eight ladies weighed in this Monday. Jerry had the best weight loss for the week with 4.3 pounds. Way to go Jerry! Keep up with the good work. We had a net loss of 5.8 pounds. The Two Bit Bowl name dr...

For too many generations, citizens of tribal nations around the country, including Cherokee Nation citizens, saw their language, their culture and their artistic expression suppressed and eroded by po...

-Sequoyah County Democrat, April 6,1923 From the files of Your Sequoyah County Times 25 Years Ago (From the April 5,1998, issue of the Sequoyah County Times) —A 10-year-old girl, pushing a lawnmower a...

Wild flowers, Easter lilies, baby blue eyes, striped grass flower in lilac and purple, are dotting the landscape. When we try not to step on them, we have to hop and jump and still step on a few. Ever...

DO YOU KNOW THE ARM OF THE LORD!!! DO YOU KNOW THE WORD OF GOD!!! YOU MUST CONFESS JESUS CHRIST AS YOUR SAVIOR!!! LET HIM TAKE CONTROL OF YOUR/MY/ OUR LIFE!!! Isaiah 59:1-21 1Behold, the LORD’S hand i...

It was just one of those things. It didn’t really mean Marvin Pincus had lost his mind. Consider this yourself for a minute. Marvin had opened the mail that morning and in it was the Fenwick glass fly...

Education has always been sacred to the Cherokee people. Investing in education was one of the first and highest priorities for Cherokee Nation after the Trail of Tears. Despite the extreme hardships ...

This Week in County History — Sequoyah County Times, April 2, 1948 From the files of Your Sequoyah County Times 25 Years Ago (From the April 2, 1998, issue of the Sequoyah County Times) —A land transf...