Funds available for Ag Development

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January 4, 2023

Oklahoma veterans and young farmers (45 years of age or younger) can apply for grants up to $10,000 through the Agriculture Enhancement and Diversification Program. Additionally, veterans and young farmers can apply for 0% interest loans if their application exceeds $10,000.

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Ward handed 10-year sentence for federal drug crime

By AMIE CATO-REMER Editor

January 1, 2025

A Vian man has been sentenced to 120 months in a designated United States Bureau of Prisons facility on a charge of possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute. Robert “Bob” C. Ward, 69, w...

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Trustees approve contracts, raises and road projects

By AMIE CATO-REMER Editor

January 1, 2025

The Gore Board of Trustees held a productive meeting on Dec. 17, addressing a variety of town issues, including new infrastructure contracts, personnel updates, and funding agreements for future proje...

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Gailus pleads guilty

January 1, 2025

The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma has announced that Thomas E. Gailus, 51, of Webbers Falls, has entered a guilty plea one count of possession of certain materia...

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Webbers Falls tackles town issues, personnel changes

By AMIE CATO-REMER Editor

January 1, 2025

The Webbers Falls Board of Trustees convened for their regular meeting on Dec. 10, where several important issues were addressed, including personnel changes, city maintenance updates, and new develop...

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A look back at some of the top headlines of 2024

January 1, 2025

COMPILED BY AMIE CATO-REMER, EDITOR AND LYNN ADAMS, SPECIAL TO THE REGISTER January Lawsuit claiming watershed pollution enters 23rd year The Illinois River and Lake Tenkiller — described by The Oklah...

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Tribe receives $1.3M grant for environmental assessment and cleanup

January 1, 2025

The Cherokee Nation has been awarded a $1.3 million grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to conduct environmental assessments and cleanup planning across multiple sites within the reser...

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First semester ‘Students of the Month’

January 1, 2025

Vian Middle School Students of the Month for the first semester are (from left), Tuff Sumpter, Cain Winans, Alayiah Bailey, Blake Prier, Payton Crutchfield, Athena Baldwin, Haevyn Feezell, Mason Nappe...

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NHS Angel Tree Project complete

January 1, 2025

The Vian High School National Honor Society (NHS) completed their Angel Tree Project in December. Many members donated $5 or more to help buy gifts for children in our community, selected from the Arm...

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Horrors

By Pastor Michael Martin

January 1, 2025

Vian Baptist Church Psalms 119:53 “Horror hath taken hold upon me because of the wicked that forsake thy law.” This may not be the favorite subject of the masses unless it is about a horror movie to s...

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A Beautiful New Year to All

By Last Year Shirley R.

January 1, 2025

Wow, 2025! Where did 2024 go? Our Nation has experience many disasters... including a politi- Watts cal one, So many are without homes and have lost loved ones, but God is merciful to us. The Celebrat...

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Chief, Deputy Chief, sign Cherokee Connect Broadband Initiative

January 1, 2025

Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. and Deputy Principal Chief Bryan Warner signed legislation on Dec. 18, on the “Cherokee Connect Broadband Initiative” to construct 15 communications to...