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Chickasha officials plot new water plant

Mike W. Ray Staff Writer
Tuesday, May 23, 2023
CHICKASHA — The City Council/Municipal Authority intends to build a new and larger water treatment plant to replace the town’s aged facility that needs several expensive repairs and is barely able to meet current water demands. The new treatment plant would be financed with a sales tax of 1.
Two Grady County sheriff’s deputies stand in a rural road during one of the two raids on suspected illegal marijuana farms in the Rush Springs and Alex areas on May 16. GRADY COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE FACEBOOK PAGE

Two Grady County sheriff’s deputies stand in a rural road during one of the two raids on suspected illegal marijuana farms in the Rush Springs and Alex areas on May 16. GRADY COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE FACEBOOK PAGE

Agents shut down 3 suspected illicit marijuana grow facilities

Mike W. Ray Staff Writer
Tuesday, May 23, 2023
OKLAHOMA CITY — At least three illicit marijuana farms in Oklahoma have been shut down this month as government officials crack down on suspected “bad actors.
This photo, taken in March, shows crews cleaning up debris remaining after the Aug. 7, 2022, fire at the former Chickasha Manufacturing site that Brannan Bordwine leased from Blessed Chickasha Collective. KYLETTA RAY | SOUTHWEST LEDGER

This photo, taken in March, shows crews cleaning up debris remaining after the Aug. 7, 2022, fire at the former Chickasha Manufacturing site that Brannan Bordwine leased from Blessed Chickasha Collective. KYLETTA RAY | SOUTHWEST LEDGER

Bordwine, Latitude Liquids were linked in business venture

Mike W. Ray Staff Writer
Tuesday, May 23, 2023
CHICKASHA — Local businessman Brannan Bordwine has acknowledged that an untold number of pallets of contaminated, flammable hand sanitizer which burned last year at three storage sites he operated in Grady County were received from Latitude Liquids in a business “venture.

Senator: Farmers, producers need current information

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Tuesday, May 16, 2023
By KC Sheperd | Oklahoma Farm Report   As farmers and ranchers are businessmen and businesswomen, they need up-to-date information, said U.S. Sen. Roger Marshall. “You cannot give a farmer or rancher too much information,” said Marshall (R-Kansas), in a recent interview.
Kent Bacus

Kent Bacus

Bacus discusses beef industry trade issues

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Tuesday, May 16, 2023
By KC Sheperd | Oklahoma Farm Report   The federal government has taken an aggressive approach to negotiating access to new markets for American beef exports in the past, said Kent Bacus, executive director of government affairs for the National Cattlemen’s Association.

Producers’ needs challenging; director remains optimistic

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Tuesday, May 16, 2023
By KC Sheperd | Oklahoma Farm Report   The Emergency Drought Commission received more than 6,000 applications for drought mitigation projects but was not able to fund all of them, said Trey Lam, executive director of the Oklahoma Conservation Commission.

Arthur: Drought Commission has about $8M for drought mitigation projects

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Tuesday, May 16, 2023
By KC Sheperd | Oklahoma Farm Report   The Oklahoma Emergency Drought Commission began with $24.5 million to administer on drought mitigation projects and has spent about $15.72 million to date, Oklahoma Secretary of Agriculture Blayne Arthur said recently.

May brings warmer weather, some rain

News Staff
Tuesday, May 16, 2023
Parts of the state received rainfall and experienced warmer temperatures last week.  Rainfall totals in Oklahoma averaged 0.52 of an inch for the week of May 1-7, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. The May 2 U.S.
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