Billy’s been a busy guy ever since he became the official town dog here. Sally had been the town dog until she passed away on Doc’s porch, and then Billy’s owner died just two weeks after that, so it ...

THE LORD IS GOD!!! LOOK TO HIM IN ALL THINGS!!! HE KNOWS US BETTER THAN WE KNOW OURSELVES!!! Psalms 100:1-4 1(A Psalm of praise.) Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all ye lands. 2Serve the LORD with ...

One of my most urgent priorities as Chief of the Cherokee Nation has been combatting the opioid epidemic. The opioid industry flooded Cherokee communities with these dangerous drugs. Overdose deaths m...

My television viewing over recent weekends has been dominated by the NCAA basketball tournaments. The opening week beginning with the playin games in Dayton, Ohio and concluding with a Thursday-Sunday...

Spring mornings are a lot like Christmas. Each day we get up and go out into the yard, or walk along the creek or visit the horses in the pasture. And each day, each morning, we find something new the...

THE BANKS ARE CLOSING!!! THE BANKS ARE CLOSING!!! THE BANKS ARE CLOSING!!! AS SOLOMON SAID, “THERE IS NOTHING NEW UNDERNEATH THE SUN”!!! THEY DID IT BEFORE AND THEY’RE DOING IT AGAIN!!! Ecclesiates1:1...

Eight ladies weighed in this Monday. Jerry had the best weight loss for the week with 4.3 pounds. Way to go Jerry! Keep up with the good work. We had a net loss of 5.8 pounds. The Two Bit Bowl name dr...

For too many generations, citizens of tribal nations around the country, including Cherokee Nation citizens, saw their language, their culture and their artistic expression suppressed and eroded by po...

-Sequoyah County Democrat, April 6,1923 From the files of Your Sequoyah County Times 25 Years Ago (From the April 5,1998, issue of the Sequoyah County Times) —A 10-year-old girl, pushing a lawnmower a...

Wild flowers, Easter lilies, baby blue eyes, striped grass flower in lilac and purple, are dotting the landscape. When we try not to step on them, we have to hop and jump and still step on a few. Ever...

DO YOU KNOW THE ARM OF THE LORD!!! DO YOU KNOW THE WORD OF GOD!!! YOU MUST CONFESS JESUS CHRIST AS YOUR SAVIOR!!! LET HIM TAKE CONTROL OF YOUR/MY/ OUR LIFE!!! Isaiah 59:1-21 1Behold, the LORD’S hand i...

It was just one of those things. It didn’t really mean Marvin Pincus had lost his mind. Consider this yourself for a minute. Marvin had opened the mail that morning and in it was the Fenwick glass fly...

Education has always been sacred to the Cherokee people. Investing in education was one of the first and highest priorities for Cherokee Nation after the Trail of Tears. Despite the extreme hardships ...

This Week in County History — Sequoyah County Times, April 2, 1948 From the files of Your Sequoyah County Times 25 Years Ago (From the April 2, 1998, issue of the Sequoyah County Times) —A land transf...

As night falls on the meadow the sky is still in day light. Bright orange and rose-colored streaks touch a high-flying jet with jewels. Long fingers of darkness reach across the land to the eastern ho...

Hello again and welcome to another edition of the Vian Nursing Home News. Well, spring has finally arrived and Easter is right around the corner. We have been busy nonstop making Easter Bunnies for th...

We had nine ladies weighed in this Monday. Billie had the best weight loss for the week with 4.2 pounds. Worked hard this week! Keeping up with the good work. We had a net loss of 5.6 pounds. The Two ...

THE LORD’S TALKING TO US BUT ARE WE LISTENING!!! GOD LOVES HIS CHILDREN AND WE “ALL” ARE HIS CHILDREN!!! FOCUS ON WHAT THE CREATOR’S TELLING US!!! Jeremiah 2:1-37 1Moreover the word of the LORD came t...

Windy Wilson dropped anchor at the philosophy counter just about the time we’d finished the hash browns with chile on the side. Red this time. Windy looked terrible. “What’s wrong, Windy?” “These here...

Everyone deserves to know where their next meal is coming from. Unfortunately, millions of Americans still face food insecurity, which means they can’t always get enough nutritious food for their hous...