Choctaw Cultural Center to celebrate third anniversary

• Art, education, tribal pride on display, family fun all day DURANT –– The Choctaw Cultural Center will mark its third year of sharing Choctaw history and culture, unique art exhibits, concerts by Native entertainers, school tours, and more on Saturday, July 27.
Previous celebrations have brought large turnouts to the Choctaw Cultural Center. On Saturday, July 27 the Choctaw Cultural Center will mark its third anniversary with a full slate of activities for the whole family. Photo Courtesy / Choctaw Nation

Avian influenza detected in Oklahoma dairy herd

The USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has confirmed a case of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) in an Oklahoma dairy herd. The positive sample was collected by the dairy in April and recently submitted to USDA APHIS for testing.

Former President Trump dodges assassin’s bullet

BUTLER, PA. — Calling it “divine intervention,” former President Donald Trump ever so slightly canted his head to look at a graphic chart Saturday while speaking in Butler, Pa., and thereby was only superficially wounded by an untrained assassin’s bullet.

Opposition to Kiamichi hydro project grows

For more than a year, residents along the Kiamichi River in Southwestern Latimer County and Northeast Pushmataha County have been opposing a state and federal hydro-electric project on the upper Kiamichi River.