The unraveling of state power in eastern Oklahoma is fascinating to watch — if you don’t happen to live there. The Supreme Court last year, in a case called McGirt, basically revived a set of historical Native American reservations, which now cover about two million people and the city of Tulsa. McGirt dealt only with “federal criminal law,” and its results in that sphere have been bizarre.

And now we look back upon 2021 and try to put the second American and world-wide China virus (COVID) year into perspective. The two elements that stand out in our minds focus upon “uncertainty,”...

Funeral services for Charles Edward Bradley, of Hugo, Okla., were held at 2 p.m. Dec.

Funeral services for Nicki Jo Reeder, of Howe, Texas, will be at 2 p.m. Dec.

Celebration of life services for Sharon Carol Rhodes were held at 10 a.m. Friday, Dec. 17, 2021 at the Prater-Lampton-Mills & Coffey Chapel with Mike Mussett officiating. Burial followed at Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Hugo, Okla. Sharon went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2021, in Hugo, at the age of 70.

Every odd-numbered year, recognized political parties in Oklahoma are required to notify the Secretary of the State Election Board whether or not the party will allow registered Independents to vote in its primary elections.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has cut the amount of time it recommends people should isolate after testing positive for the Coronavirus, reducing the number of days from 10 to five. Health officials similarly reduced the amount of time a person should quarantine after coming into contact with someone who tests positive.

Years ago, songwriter Mac Davis penned the lyrics to a song about a tiny orphan girl who evidently longed to experience being loved. In the song, “WHOEVER FINDS THIS, I LOVE YOU,” she writes a note containing those words, and it into the wind. A lonely old man eventually found the note among the autumn leaves and read her plea for love. That was the beginning of a beautiful and warm friendship that both of them desperately needed.

OKLAHOMA CITY — As of last week, the Omicron variant of COVID-19 has been identified in Oklahoma. “We have known for some time that COVID-19 is not going anywhere.

DURANT –– Although COVID prevented the usual pomp and circumstance, the Choctaw Nation Health Services Authority (CNHSA) held a ceremony to celebrate the Indian Health Service awards achieved by several departments for 2020 and 2021 along with service anniversaries for associates who have been with the Nation for 20 years or longer.