Our duty to care for those who have served our tribal Nation and our country is among our greatest honors in Cherokee Nation. From historic military enlistment to modern-day participation and active d...

GROVE — For each of the last two seasons, the Sallisaw Black Diamonds football team made the Class 4A state quarterfinals. Unfortunately, this season came to a screeching halt after the opening round ...

The Oklahoma Tax Commission recently released city sales tax collection figures that primarily represents local tax receipts from September business. The monies they reported this period represent sal...

The Vian Wolverines got their march toward a second straight Class 2A, Division II state championship game off on the right set of paws as the Wolverines clawed the Keys Cougars 60-14 last Friday nigh...

Monday, we had 11 TOPS and one KOPS members to weigh in. Cindy had our best weight loss for the week with a 5.6 pounds. Weigh to go, Cindy! Keep up the good work. The two-bit bowl winner was Willine w...

Nov. 15-16 Merchants’ Christmas Open House This event features Sallisaw merchants from throughout the community opening the doors of their businesses with lots of holiday sales, refreshments and new i...

The Carl Albert State College Vikings wrestling team completed a busy end to last week on a fairly high note. At Saturday’s Grand View Open in Grimes, Iowa, the Vikings saw 18 wrestlers win at least o...

The fifth grade Character Council at Gore Public Schools recently sponsored the “Extra Yard” program, in cooperation with Sonic and the College Football Playoff Foundation. Students were asked to nomi...

PREACH THE WORDS OF JESUS CHRIST! BE A LAMP OF THE GLORY OF THE LORD! CHRISTIANS ARE PREACHERS FOR JESUS CHRIST WHO IS THE GLORY OF THE LORD! 2 Corinthians 4:1-18 1Therefore seeing we have this minist...

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — The fourth-ranked Alabama Crimson Tide dropped its first Southeastern Conference contest of the 2025 campaign, falling 23-21 to No. 11 Oklahoma Saturday afternoon at Nick Saban Fiel...

You’ll forgive Sallisaw Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Marty Green this time of year if he channels his inner Clement C. Moore. For the next month, Green may not have visions of sugar plums da...

Sequoyah County residents had the welcome mat rolled out for them recently, as the Sallisaw Branch of Local Bank opened the doors to its new, permanent facility to the public. The 9,000-square-foot, t...

Your TIMES is again hosting a Pet Calendar Photo Contest, with the top vote-getters featured in the 2026 pet calendar. The top 12 pets will be featured as the main photo for one of the 12 months in th...

For Jessica Johnson, life in Sequoyah County feels like a breath of fresh air — literally and figuratively. A native of Illinois and a 2006 graduate of United Township High School, Johnson traded the ...

GRAND: Nov. 9. Elevation is normal and stable. The water temperature is 64 degrees and stained. Largemouth bass good on crankbaits and plastic baits around brush structure, docks, points and shoreline...

Dear Editor, Jesus said in Matthew 12-25; Mark 3-24; and Luke 11-17, “Every Kingdom, city or house divided against itself shall not stand, but will be destroyed.” Each family needs a Godly husband and...

The Gore Board of Education met for its regular monthly meeting on Oct. 13, where members handled several routine business items, set next year’s meeting schedule, and approved a resolution to call fo...

Sallisaw Black Diamonds cross country runner Sama Salinas will get one more high school meet this season as he will be part of the Oklahoma All-Star Boys Team when the members run in the 2025 Arkansas...

Mrs. Smith and Mrs. Staley from Gore Public Schools recently took a group of junior high and high school students to attend the Women in Science event at the Oklahoma City Science Museum. Students who...

I can remember a time when quail were much more plentiful in Oklahoma than whitetail deer. As a youngster, I recall tagging along with my great-grandfather and his favorite bird dogs, which happened t...