Business, Health, News
April 15, 2025
The Roland Chamber of Commerce joined leaders from Mercy Hospital Fort Smith for a ribbon cutting on April 8, welcoming the newest primary Mercy Clinic to Roland. The new business will bring patient c...
Health, News
By STATEPOINT 
April 10, 2025
Ongoing measles outbreaks across the country have many families, pediatricians and public health experts concerned. Most of the people who have gotten sick, including a child who died in Texas, were n...
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April 1, 2025
The Sequoyah County Health Department is gearing up for its second annual Flutter Fest, a fun and family-friendly event that will take place in Marble City at the Community Center, 111 Main St., on Ap...
Health, News
By EMMA MURPHY OKLAHOMA VOICE 
March 30, 2025
OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma’s top insurance official warned that health insurance premiums could see “substantial increases” next year if federal subsidies for the Affordable Care Act aren’t extended. “A...
Health, News
By JENNIFER SHUTT | OKLAHOMA VOICE 
March 25, 2025
WASHINGTON — Americans living in rural communities throughout the country could see their access to health care diminish if Congress changes eligibility for Medicaid or significantly reduces its feder...
Health, News
March 20, 2025
With the ongoing measles outbreak in Texas and New Mexico, the Oklahoma State Department of Health (OSDH) has been on high alert, monitoring the situation in Oklahoma. This week, the OSDH is reporting...
Health, News
By EMMA MURPHY OKLAHOMA VOICE 
March 18, 2025
OKLAHOMA CITY — As the number of measles cases in the state grew by two, health officials for the first time have publicly identified possible exposure sites in Owasso and Claremore. The State Departm...
Health, News
By EMMA MURPHY OKLAHOMA VOICE 
March 11, 2025
OKLAHOMA CITY — State health officials on Tuesday said they’ve confirmed the first two cases of measles in Oklahoma amid an ongoing outbreak in Texas and New Mexico. But Oklahoma State Health Departme...
Business, Health, News
February 27, 2025
Sallisaw Chamber of Commerce president Zack Schaefer presented a membership plaque to Loida Haffener Salmond, American Red Cross executive director for the South Central-Southeast Oklahoma region and ...
Health, News
By EMMA MURPHY OKLAHOMA VOICE 
January 28, 2025
OKLAHOMA CITY — Health and well-being in Oklahoma remain the 47th worst in the nation, according to an annual study released Tuesday. The state ranked in the bottom five in nearly all of the 2024 Amer...
Health, News
January 23, 2025
Kassandra Briggs, Health Educator with the Sequoyah County Health Department, recently visited Storytime at Stanley Tubbs Memorial Library to teach about emotions and stress.
Health, News
January 7, 2025
Health care providers from Baptist Health-Fort Smith and Baptist Health Neuroscience Center-Fort Smith will host monthly support group meetings for stroke survivors and their caregivers in 2025. Each ...
Agriculture, Health, News
By GAL ELLIS OSU EXT. ED. 
December 12, 2024
Animal health specialists with Oklahoma State University Extension caution poultry producers to protect their flocks after Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) was confirmed in a commercial operat...
Agriculture, Health, News
December 3, 2024
The Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry and the USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) have confirmed a positive case of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in ...
Health, News
November 26, 2024
The Northeastern Health System Sequoyah nursing staff, joined by doctors and staff, turned out last week to show their support for 34-year-old Macy Moseley (front, third from right), a LPN who is batt...
Health, News
November 21, 2024
Managing diabetes can feel overwhelming, but 36 attendees of the recent Defeat Your Diabetes program left empowered with practical tools and knowledge to take control of their health. Held on November...
Health, News
October 31, 2024
Diabetes is rising and prediabetes is multiplying. More than 38 million people of all ages — or 11.6% of the U.S. population — have diabetes. According to the CDC, “about 98 million American adults — ...
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By Lynn Adams Staff Writer 
October 1, 2024
It’s been observed that you can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can’t fool all of the people all of the time. But that doesn’t keep people from...
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ONE IN A SERIES
By Lynn Adams Staff Writer 
October 1, 2024
Aside from its opening in 1949, one of the most prominent landmarks for Sallisaw Memorial Hospital occurred in 2017 with a name change to Northeastern Health System Sequoyah. The agreement with NHS in...
Health, News
October 1, 2024
The Cherokee Nation will offer drive-through flu and COVID-19 vaccinations at all the tribe’s health center locations Sept. 30 through Oct. 11 on select days and times. Drive-through vaccinations at e...