I recently travelled to Salt Lake City to attend the annual American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) meeting. ALEC is a nonpartisan organization that connects state legislators from across the cou...

August is here, which means summer is coming to an end. In our family, like many other families, there is a mix of sadness that summer vacation is almost over and anticipation for the new school year ...

Dear Editor: We would like to thank all thse who came out for the Eufaula Indian Community Smokeshop Whole Hawg Day tournaments. We had 17 sings horseshoe entries, 11 doubles horseshoe entries, eight ...

As students and teachers return to their classrooms in the next few weeks I can’t help but think about how much has changed in the classroom in the past 30 years or more. So much technology has been a...

Sometimes it takes growing older to realize what is best for you or me, and that it is ok to do what is best for oneself. I believe there are types of people in this world - the givers and the takers....

Letter to Editor: I have lived in Eufaula for 20-plus years. The music coming from the lake, weekend concerts, keeps getting worse. The guitars, bass, drums, etc. It shakes my house. We can’t sleep ev...

You can’t spend more than you have without acquiring debt. And eventually, you will have to pay that debt. I believe most people understand this basic principle of fiscal responsibility. Every day, fa...

MUSKOGEE - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma has announced that Kendall Len Burgess, age 22, of Henryetta, was found guilty by a federal jury of Aggravated Sexua...

In 52 years of living on this earth I have had many friendships that have been more like family. Though we all are born into a family, have our extended families and even marry into another family, th...

It’s clear the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdowns had a devastating effect on those battling drug addiction. According to new data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there were m...

Last weekend, I joined my colleagues in the House Republican Caucus for a visit to Grand Lake. We used this time to discuss federal issues that are impacting us at the state level, including the coron...

There are more than 400,000 young people in foster care across the country. In Oklahoma alone, there are 7,519 children in the custody of the Oklahoma Department of Human Services, with a need for 898...

Dear Editor: I want to speak to the City Council’s action on Monday, July 12, 2021 concerning “Hearing of the Citizens.” The council voted 3-2 not to allow the “Hearing of the Citizen.” As a voter I h...

I’ve heard from many constituents over the last year who have had difficulty receiving their Real ID or updating their commercial driver’s license. When Real IDs began rolling out in March 2020, there...

This past weekend God graciously gave my spouse and me the opportunity to say “I do” once again and renew our wedding vows before our immediate family and a few close friends. Though this is sometimes...

The COVID-19 pandemic that swept the world from urban areas to rural countrysides created not only a health crisis, but also an economic crisis which has left many people asking, will we survive? Acco...

Dear Editor: At the 127th Oklahoma state fire association State convention: By the way, Eufaula Fire Department has been a member of the association for over 100 years. The last few years we have sent...

OKLAHOMA CITY - The Board of Trustees for the Teachers’ Retirement System of Oklahoma (TRS) has selected Sarah Green as the agency’s next executive director. Green has served as general counsel for TR...

Welcome to another month of Native Happenings. ECTT- Next meeting-Saturday, July 24 at 11 a.m.- West Eufaula Will discuss Mvskoke singing classes, Mvskoke Spelling Bee and other business items. EIC ne...

Time and time again, Big Tech giants, like Facebook and Twitter, have demonstrated their willingness to ban and censor users they determine do not align with their progressive ideals. They are on a mi...