The Tahlequah Community Fund is launching the 2020 grant cycle and is seeking grant requests from Tahlequah-area organizations.

The Tahlequah Public Schools Board of Education swiftly made its way through the agenda of Tuesday’s special meeting, approving all items.

By Keri Thornton

OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma’s governor plans to allow school teachers and staff to opt out of his highly touted monthly COVID-19 testing plan when educators begin to return for in-person instruction.

The city of Tahlequah will hold its second meeting about the dog park on Thursday, Aug. 6, at 6 p.m. at the Tahlequah Armory Municipal Center, 100 N. Water St.

The Cherokee Nation has launched an online portal for qualifying Cherokee elders age 62 and older to apply for COVID-19 relief assistance.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Gov. Kevin Stitt announced more details Tuesday about “Learn Anywhere Oklahoma,” a new initiative that will use the Governor’s Emergency Education Relief Fund to provide statewide access to digital content for both core classes and advanced coursework to students in kindergar…

Agricultural producers can now apply for USDA's Coronavirus Food Assistance Program, which provides direct payments to offset impacts from the coronavirus pandemic.

OKLAHOMA CITY — A “flood of inmates” are using a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling to try to get released for crimes committed on Oklahoma’s Indian reservation lands, the state’s attorney general said Monday.

MUSKOGEE - Indian Capital Business and Industry Training is being offered at the ICTC-Muskogee campus, 2403 N. 41st St. East.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Rural public schools in Cherokee County are invited to apply for Classroom Enhancement Grants of up to $5,000 from the Carolyn Watson Rural Oklahoma Community Foundation.

Northeastern Health System has announced the addition of 3D mammography to its imaging departments. The advanced technology takes aim at improving breast cancer detection, reducing false-positives, and cutting patient call backs.

OKLAHOMA CITY – State Superintendent of Public Instruction Joy Hofmeister announced that 175 Oklahoma school districts have been awarded mobile internet access and devices through 50,000 Verizon Unlimited 4GE data plans and Jetpacks, following a competitive grant process.

NORMAN, Oklahoma – An online option that will allow adults 50 and above living in Oklahoma to participate in noncredit courses, with topics ranging from national security issues to “The Haunts of Elvis Presley,” has been launched by the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at the University of …

WACO, Texas – Sophia Lydie Berry, of Tahlequah, is among more than 5,300 Baylor University students who have been named to the Dean's Academic Honor List for the spring 2020 semester.

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – The following local residents have earned a degree from Western Governors University.

An invasive species is an organism that is non-native to a region and whose introduction to a region causes or is likely to cause economic harm, environmental harm, or harm to human health.

OKLAHOMA CITY – The state’s largest virtual public charter school is seeing hundreds of new students from across the state enrolling each day.

OKLAHOMA CITY – The Mother & Baby Center at The Children’s Hospital seeks to educate families who have begun dreaming of having a baby through a virtual workshop on Wednesday, Aug. 12, at 6:30 p.m.

Officials with the District Attorney's Office say charges may be amended, depending on the circumstances of the crime, for a defendant to become eligible for a deferred sentence.

Returning to school in fall 2020 poses new challenges for schools, including implementing new policies to keep our children and educators healthy. Social distancing, cleaning and disinfection, hand hygiene, use of cloth face coverings are all things that administrators, educators, parents an…