• Cavanal Services owner Carl Brown of Poteau wins Chahtapreneur of the Year On June 9, Choctaw Nation’s Small Business Development Department held their annual Chahtapreneur Award Ceremony at Choctaw Casino & Resort – Durant, where they revealed its Chahtapreneur Award winners. Each year, one Choctaw-owned small business from each district is recognized, and one of those exceptional businesses wins the highest honor, Chahtapreneur of the Year award.

Felony 050 – Thomas Wesley Cofer: Burglary, second degree. 051 – India Jordan: Assault and battery with a dangerous weapon.

Funeral services for Cash Weiland Hamill, of Hugo, Okla., were held at 2 p.m. Thursday, July 7, 2022 at Miller & Miller Funeral Home Chapel.

Funeral services for Linda Smith, of Valliant, Okla., were held at 10 a.m. Saturday, July 9, 2022 at Valliant Church of God.

Summertimes are usually somewhat laid back here in Southeast Oklahoma, except perhaps for the dozen hay crews working feverishly to roll up thousands of bales of hay. Early spring rains helped make a first-cutting of hay better than average, but the past three weeks of brutal heat are taking their toll on regional pastures.

Here in Oklahoma, one of the main topics of conversation is the weather, but I’d say transportation is right after that. People want to know when a road they rely on is going to be repaired, or how long before all the darn road construction is finally done.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Monday received an application for the first over-the counter birth control pill. The move came as the Supreme Court’s ruling overturning of Roe v.

Today’s Scripture: “If you do not listen, and if you do not set your heart to honor my name,” says the LORD Almighty, “I will send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings. Yes, I have already cursed them, because you have not set your heart to honor me.”

We have absolutely no relief in sight from this amazing heat wave with the temperatures hitting 98 to 102 every day from the 14th to the 25th of July. This week’s full moon is called the Buck Moon. Male deer, which shed their antlers every year, begin to regrow them in July, hence the Native American name for July’s full moon.

• Economics for southeast Oklahoma The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma (CNO) and Choctaw Small Business Development (CSBD) are proud to be a single source entry point for Choctaw tribal entrepreneurs (Chahtapreneur). The CSBD is a single source contact for member advisory in the business startup and existing business enhancement processes that increase the opportunity for success through partnerships with state, federal and tribal resources.