Sallisaw News

SALLISAW, Okla. Cherokee Nation and its business arm, Cherokee Nation Businesses, are overhauling the tribe's health system, starting with an expansion to nearly double the size of the Redbird Smith Health Center in Sallisaw.

Cherokee Nation Entertainment, LLC, , a wholly owned tribal company of the Cherokee Nation is seeking qualified bids for improvement work to be done at Blue Ribbon Downs horse racing facility.

"The Wah-Sha-She Park was just in disrepair, and it was our opportunity to give back," said Daniel St. John, with the Osage Nation.

Crews have replaced old galvanized steel pipes at the Robert S Kerr Lock and Dam near Sallisaw with new stainless steel pipes.

Shortly before 1 a.m. the National Weather Service issued a tornado warning for Sequoyah County with dangerous rotation sighted near Gore, Oklahoma.

A man sentenced to life in prison for stabbing a Sallisaw woman to death has lost his appeal before the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals.

Following the deadly tornado that struck Moore and Oklahoma City and the bumpy weather that rattled nerves across northwest Arkansas and the Fort Smith area in recent weeks, storm shelters were on many people's minds.

Sallisaw is preparing for the Diamond Daze Festival to be held May 30 - June 1. The event will be at the Sallisaw High School Campus.

INVITATION TO BID Redbird Smith Health Center 301 S. J.T. Stites Blvd Sallisaw, OK 74955 Bid Due Date: 6-13-13 Contact: Chad Bell 918- 681-2100 Fax 918-681-2103 email: chadbell77@gmail.com Architect: James R. Childers Architects, Inc.