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How about some leadership
State, county and city budgets are in trouble. At this point, that is really not “news” anymore. We now see daily headlines about the different approaches to make ends meet. Everyone seems to be c...
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Invasion of the saltwater waste
If you drive I-40 in Sequoyah County with much frequency you have probably seen some of those long, thin tanker trucks hauling saltwater. They’ve become common recently. One Times reporter counted...
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Chamber should revise Angel Tree policy
It is now the Christmas season, and one of the best demonstrations of Christmas spirit we know of is the sponsorship of Angel Trees for children by various businesses, organizations and churches. ...
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Top news item for 100 years: The jail
Last Thursday’s Times published the news that the Sequoyah County Jail has passed its quarterly inspection with no deficiencies. No doubt our county commissioners and sheriff were happy to get thi...
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Even a “Yes” vote won’t solve budget problem
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 dif...
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Sales tax policy big part of crisis
The 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...
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Oklahoma: Land of immigrants
by Max Nichols, Oklahoma Historical Society
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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 ...
We must solve the jail problem
7 months ago | 5 5 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
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 another...
Bring DiamondNet to rest of the county
by Jeff Mayo, General Manager and Associate Publisher
7 months ago | 1 1 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
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 Diamon...
Enjoying benefits from the New Deal stimulus
by Max Nichols, Oklahoma Historical Society
8 months ago | 0 0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
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 Frankl...
Vote Yes for 911 — It’s not a tax!
9 months ago | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
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 o...
Vote ‘Yes' on Liquor by the Drink
10 months ago | 2 2 comments | 12 12 recommendations | email to a friend
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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