Cultural artifacts fortify bonds to Cherokee identity By Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. Preserving and promoting our Cherokee culture is a multifaceted mission rooted in carrying for...

The road home is not straight and smooth - or easy to find, if you are a stranger. It is curvy and meanders through woods and along little streams that rush and gurgle and foam during wet weather. Dur...

big blue slide towers a bove pool coming next year can’t wait for fun times A slide was recently installed at the site of the new Sallisaw water park. Construction continues with the restrooms and sna...

It will be a special day for former Roland Rangers and Arkansas Razorbacks baseball player Jaxon Wiggins. Wiggins will be one of the National League All-Stars in Saturday afternoon’s Major League Base...

Today we had 16 in attendance. Barbara had our biggest weight loss of 4 pounds. Weigh to go, Barbara! Our Lucky Lotto has 20 more blocks to fill and the Surprise Box is going well. Our Chapter Challen...

BE BORN AGAIN, KNOW JESUS CHRIST, KNOW ETERNAL LIFE! JESUS IS THE WAY, AND ONLY WAY, TO HEAVEN! John 3:3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, ...

“All Quiet on the Western Front” is a 1929 novel by Erich Maria Remarque and has been made into movies on three occasions — in 1930 featuring Lew Ayres, Richard Thomas (John-Boy Walton on “The Waltons...

We had 15 in attendance on Monday. We had a net loss of 12.3 pounds! Weigh to GO! We look forward to the last Monday of the month, which we call our Chapter Fun day. We may have a special speaker, a n...

The Cherokee Nation has reached a proud new milestone — one that reflects our legacy of adaptability and our tradition of embracing innovation. By becomingthe first tribal nation designated as a “Film...

Covering Oklahoma’s Legislature for over a decade, it’s difficult not to feel cynical about the end of session and all the work left undone because they focused on inconsequential or unnecessary prior...

The United States Postal Service is on the brink of a self-induced collapse. The failed policies of the Delivering for America Plan have driven away customers through a combination of sky-high rate in...

TOPS 0737 Sallisaw had another great meeting. We had 16 in attendance. Cindy had our biggest weight loss of 2.8 pounds. Weigh to go, Cindy! Brenda M won the Two Bit Bowl quarters by being in lee way a...

Talk is easy but listening is better. Our mouths have a way of getting away from us and we say things we are not quite committed to or necessarily believe. The need to say something can overpower our ...

It finally happened. The Oklahoma City Thunder, who moved to OKC prior to the 200809 season from Seattle, where they were known as the Seattle SuperSonics, finally brought our state capitol city a cha...

Congress is trying to push the so-called “Big, Beautiful Bill” into law through a legislative shortcut known as reconciliation. At its root, reconciliation means restoring harmony, mending what’s brok...

BLESS THE LORD!!! GIVE GOD THE GLORY!!! PRAISE HIS HOLY NAME!!! Psalm 103:1-22 1Bless the Lord, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name. 2Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not al...

Claremore Indian Hospital holds a special place in my heart. I was born in the “old” facility in 1975. My father was born there in 1952. It was built in 1930 and replaced by the “new” facility in 1978...

When someone says, “Help me to do this thing,” is it your cup of tea? If it isn’t, then stop trying to do a good tum and admit not being fitted to do a good job in this particular case. We all want to...

We had 13 TOPS and one KOPS weigh in today. We had a chapter weight loss of 8.4 pounds and a net loss of 2.2 pounds. Keep up the good work Ladies! Our best weight loss was from Karen with 2.8 pounds. ...

Since today’s edition was printed right after lunch Thursday afternoon, it was unknown if the Oklahoma City Thunder won Game 6 of the 2025 National Basketball Association Finals on Thursday night at G...