Sequoyah County enacts burn ban

The way the Sequoyah County Commissioners and Sequoyah County Emergency Management (SCEM) views the current drought conditions, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

That’s why a burn ban has been enacted through Monday.

The commissioners, with counsel from SCEM and relying on drought models from the National Weather Service, will review the current burn ban at their Monday meeting to determine if the ban should be extended.

Sequoyah County joins other northeastern Oklahoma counties th...