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Countywide interest in this Tuesday’s tax vote sure is high judging by talk on the street and the standing room only crowd at last week’s county commissioners’ meeting. The tax vote comes at a diff...
Sales tax policy big part of crisisThe proposed one–half cent jail sales tax appears to have pushed Sequoyah Countians to their tax breaking point. The tax rate would go from 9.417 percent to 9.917 percent, and some feel this rate...
1 month ago | 1 | 2 |
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Oklahoma: Land of immigrants
During the 1880s, Heinrich Voth led the opening of a Mennonite mission to the Comanche people in Darlington and Cantonment. The Mennonites were among Germans from Russia, whose ancestors had moved...
During the 1880s, Heinrich Voth led the opening of a Mennonite mission to the Comanche people in Darlington and Cantonment. The Mennonites were among Germans from Russia, whose ancestors had moved...
2 months ago | 0 | 1 |
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We must solve the jail problem
The single longest-running problem that has faced Sequoyah Countians has been the county jail. Off and on for 100 years we have suffered crisis after crisis over it, and now we confront yet anothe...
The single longest-running problem that has faced Sequoyah Countians has been the county jail. Off and on for 100 years we have suffered crisis after crisis over it, and now we confront yet anothe...
3 months ago | 5 | 1 |
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Bring DiamondNet to rest of the county
The top story in the July 16 edition of Your TIMES was about the City of Sallisaw’s attempt to secure stimulus funding to expand its high-tech DiamondNet operation. When Sallisaw launched Diam...
The top story in the July 16 edition of Your TIMES was about the City of Sallisaw’s attempt to secure stimulus funding to expand its high-tech DiamondNet operation. When Sallisaw launched Diam...
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Enjoying benefits from the New Deal stimulus
While public works projects of this year’s federal stimulus program are still being planned or put into action, Oklahomans still enjoy the fruits of stimulus programs engineered by President Frank...
While public works projects of this year’s federal stimulus program are still being planned or put into action, Oklahomans still enjoy the fruits of stimulus programs engineered by President Frank...
4 months ago | 0 | 6 |
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Vote Yes for 911 — It’s not a tax!
County voters have three items on the ballot for Tuesday, two taxes and 911. The two taxes are each for one-third of a half-cent (.166 percent) for the sheriff and the jail. The sheriff has hopes ...
County voters have three items on the ballot for Tuesday, two taxes and 911. The two taxes are each for one-third of a half-cent (.166 percent) for the sheriff and the jail. The sheriff has hopes ...
5 months ago | 0 | 4 |
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On Tuesday Sequoyah County voters will once again vote to determine if we will allow liquor to be served by the drink. Voters have said “No” several times since the state first allowed counties to...
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Viagra? Covered. Autism? Nope. Most insurance companies operating in Oklahoma cover Viagra and other erectile dysfunction drugs, but few cover autism. On Monday, Oklahoma House Democrats walked ...
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The decision by Sequoyah County Commissioners last week to seek a special state audit of the county clerk’s office is a good one. Their request was prompted by a call from new county clerk Vicki Sa...
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Next Tuesday, Barack Obama will take office as the nation’s 44th president. It is rare that a new president comes into office with so many problems demanding his immediate attention. The economy ma...
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"Oklahoma has a mortal enemy, a hometown terrorist who has the goal of stealing and destroying everything good we want for our great state. As the Chief Drug Enforcement Officer for the state of Ok...
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Editor’s Note: The Oklahoma Ethics Commission will decide at its mid-January meeting whether to ban all gifts to state lawmakers and to legislative employees. The proposal is a follow-up to rules e...
national news
AP - A chaplain exhorted hundreds of mourners gathered at a candlelight vigil to not give up hope as Fort Hood and its surrounding community looked to each other for comfort after an Army psychiatrist allegedly went on a deadly shooting spree at the military post.
Sat Nov 07 08:22:01 -0600 2009
AP - President Barack Obama is trying to close the deal in the House on his health care overhaul, facing a make-or-break vote that's certain to be seen as a test of his presidency.
Sat Nov 07 08:02:45 -0600 2009
AP - Employees at an engineering firm recognized their former co-worker when he drew a handgun from under his shirt, police said, and shot his first victim dead in the reception area. He then walked into the office and unloaded several more rounds, wounding five other employees at the company that fired him two years ago.
Sat Nov 07 08:33:42 -0600 2009
