The Legislature recently voted to overturn the governor's veto of Senate Bill 26X, which effectively gives another year for the tribal compacts to be negotiated. It would be easy to look at this issue...

There is always reason to hope. Hope makes up faith and faith turns bad times into good ones. Reject every negative word whether by someone next to you or in a newscast. Refuse to hear “poor me’’ stor...

While most of the opening-week games involving our local high school softball teams got played, some did not — and others had alterations made to them — due to last week’s rain showers. Both Gore (vs....

For the past four years, I have been honored to serve as Principal Chief of the great Cherokee Nation. We navigated unprecedented challenges, including the COVID-19 pandemic and numerous attacks on ou...

It was a very disappointing weekend for the United States women’s soccer team, which was trying to three-peat as World Cup champions. However, that desire was dashed early Sunday morning when the Amer...

— Sequoyah County Times, Aug. 9, 1973 From the files of Your Sequoyah County Times 25 Years Ago (From the Aug. 13, 1998, issue of the Sequoyah County Times) —Vian Public Schools kicks off its 1998-99 ...

These past few months have been scorchers. I know that’s nothing new in our neck of the woods, but I can’t think of anyone who actually enjoys extreme heat. It’s too hot to do anything. Around mid-Jul...

When someone provokes us we need to ask ourselves why should we allow it? We are free to hear foolish things or to ignore them. Why waste precious time getting back at someone not worth our time? Don’...

The water we drink, the air we breathe and the soil in which some foods grow all contain microorganisms. They are a naturally occurring part of the life cycle. Even though we can’t see microorganisms ...

Most of us have clothes that are no longer fashionable or just don’t fit us anymore. They are just taking up space in our closets and drawers, are we really going to lose weight and fit into them agai...

IF YOU’VE READ MY BOOK: “ THE MAD HOUSE” YOU KNOW THAT I TAUGHT ALL SUBJECTS K-12, GED, AND THE FIRST TWO YEARS OF COLLEGE. A LOT OF THE JUVENILE CRIMINALS I TAUGHT WERE EXTREMELY INTELLIGENT AND DIDN...

While the wall calendar nor local school calendars are still saying it’s summer, my summer is ending this week. The 2023 high school fast-pitch softball season will begin for most schools Monday, with...

Feelings are strange things. Some of them lead us to do exactly the wrong things. Some arc purposely designed to draw us away from the right path. Our thought is to try whatever it is and if it is wro...

During his presidency, Abraham Lincoln preached the importance of the government being of, for, and by the people. He argued that voters played the most important role in making sure the government re...

New sparkle gone christened bridge damaged new shine sheared off after wreck helpful investment The guard rail approaching the new bridge just east of I-40 exit 311 has been damaged by an errant drive...

Monday was a day of celebration for TOPS CLUB 0737. We had our annual Installation of Officers with a luncheon at Aromas in Sallisaw. We first weighed in at First Christian Church and then went to Aro...

By now you have likely heard that the legislature voted to override the Governor’s vetos of the one-year extensions of the tribal tobacco and vehicle tag compacts. Despite the numbers on the vote tall...

CURSING AND LYING SHOULD NOT COME OUT OF A CHRISTIAN’S MOUTH! WHEN YOU’RE TRULY BORN AGAIN THIS TYPE OF SPEAKING IS OFFENSIVE AND ABHORENT TO GOD–AS IT SHOULD BE WITH ALL “TRUE” CHRISTIANS! James 3:1-...

We at the Cherokee Nation firmly believe in being good neighbors to all Oklahomans who share our home. The Oklahoma governor’s vetoes of the tribal-state compacts governing tobacco sales and motor veh...

For the second time within just a couple months, BYU TV aired on Saturday night “The Miracle Season,” which is based on a true, but tragic, story. The 2018 sports drama film is based upon Iowa City (I...