Ron Perry, who represented District 5 of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma (CNO) on the Tribal Council resigned his office April 1. The resignation took effect immediately.

• Gene Blackwell’s work featured at Choctaw Cultural Center starting April 29 Choctaw citizen and wildlife photographer Gene Blackwell will debut his latest exhibition at the Choctaw Cultural Center this spring. The exhibition titled, Kowi Haiaka Ikwehpowo (Unspoiled Wilderness): Photography from the Round Bottom Ranch, opens Tuesday, April 29 and highlights the natural beauty of Choctaw Country through Blackwell’s lens.

The RGLA Trash Pickup Day was held in Fort Towson on April 1. It was a very successful event with several community residents participating. The Morynne Motley Estate and ReCreate Fort Towson Foundation sponsored the event by providing four roll off dumpsters to the town to assist residents with trash disposal and cleaning up their properties. Fort Towson ISD school students also assisted with the cleanup to earn community service hours.

In a five-minute announcement Monday that included no opportunity for questions from the press, Gov. Kevin Stitt announced the appointment of panhandle native Travis Jett to the Oklahoma Supreme Court.

The White House is expected to ask Congress to cut at least $9 billion in federal funding from the upcoming budget, which includes cuts to funding for the U.S.Agency for International Development (USAID), and other controversial programming.

to point Publisher Southeast Oklahoma got some great news last week when the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) handed down a final order dismissing its application for construction permits. We have to hand out lots of kudos and plaudits to our Kiamichi River Basin neighbors up in Pushmataha County who battled in opposition to this project.

OKLAHOMA CITY – The bust of a Ponca City marijuana grow facility last week by the Attorney General’s Organized Crime Task Force (OCTF) and several partner agencies has resulted in five arrests and the confiscation of more than 11,000 illegal marijuana plants.

HUGO — Hugo’s Middle School Buffaloes battled a tough Valliant Jr. Bulldog team Monday at Shull-Bywaters Park in Hugo, escaping with a 7-6 win.

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The Kiamichi Conservation District has announced that funds are available for cost-share assistance on selected conservation practices benefiting conservation. The state of Oklahoma has provided limited funds to our conservation district to help landowners implement measures that will help conservation.