Four individuals seek positions 5 and 6 in District 1 for the South Barber Board of Education. They are Taylor Binder, Justin ...

I signed onto a letter this week that was sent to Clay Bullard, who recently was appointed by the governor to serve as his chief advisor for health and mental health and as the director of the ...

The new Alva Senior Citizens building at 2nd and Choctaw Streets is nearing completion according to an update by Woods County Commissioner Damien Starks. He said on Monday that countertops are being ...

Kiowa's City Council met for their October meeting with all members present as Mayor Bill Watson opened the meeting with the Pledge of Allegiance and a prayer. Members are: Janet Robison, B.J. Duvall, ...

The constant rain over the weekend didn’t do much to dampen the homecoming weekend for Northwestern Oklahoma State University in Alva. The 5K run and homecoming parade proceeded despite the rain as ...

Alfalfa County Commissioners, at their regular weekly meeting Monday, Oct. 27, accepted a bid for a dozer for District 1. Commissioners Mike Roach, Nate Ross and Garret Johnson, along with County ...

Funeral services for Margie Heath will be 2 p.m. Saturday, November 1, 2025, at the Marshall Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor John Clapp officiating. Burial will follow in the Alva Municipal Cemetery ...

More than 42 million low-income Americans are at risk of losing food assistance Nov. 1 if the government shutdown continues. The U.S. Department of Agriculture, which operates the Supplemental ...

Hurricane Melissa intensified into a Category 5 storm Monday as it drew closer to Jamaica, where forecasters expected it to unleash catastrophic flooding, landslides and widespread damage. At that ...

From the depths of Brazil's Amazon to Indonesia's rainforests, some of the world's most isolated peoples are being squeezed by roads, miners and drug traffickers — a crisis unfolding far from public ...

Popular local author Sheldon Russell has a new book out this week. Although he's known for his history-based fiction, A Rare ...

President Donald Trump's attempts to deploy the military in Democratic-led cities — over the objections of mayors and governors — have brought a head-spinning array of court challenges and overlapping ...