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Lawton Area Transit System to host public meeting October 21st

News Staff
Tuesday, October 4, 2022
The Lawton Area Transit System will host a public meeting from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. Oct. 21 in the Stanley Heywood Room at the Owens Multi-Purpose Center. The meeting is to discuss improvements regarding bus routes, bus stops and accommodations which best meet the needs of our community.

City of Lawton launches customer service survey

News Staff
Tuesday, October 4, 2022
The city of Lawton is introducing customer service surveys for the License and Permits and Utility Services departments. These two departments have frequent interactions with the public and to provide the best possible customer service, they need feedback.

City launches texting service

News Staff
Tuesday, October 4, 2022
The city of Lawton has launched a new texting service, called TextMyGov, to help Lawtonians receive information quickly using text messaging, city officials said in a news release.

Difficult Discussions 


News Staff
Tuesday, October 4, 2022
Conflict resolution is at the very core of leadership. When a leader chooses to ignore conflict, they give their blessing to a toxic work environment. And the best way to lose good employees is to not protect the workplace. As leaders our goal is to figure out what actually happened.
A caravan of Public Service Co. of Oklahoma utility trucks pulls out of a Tulsa facility Sept. 26 en route to Florida; crews also departed from Lawton and McAlester. The utility company sent 150 employees and business associates to Florida to help restore electric power disrupted by Hurricane Ian. LEDGER PHOTO COURTESY WAYNE GREENE

A caravan of Public Service Co. of Oklahoma utility trucks pulls out of a Tulsa facility Sept. 26 en route to Florida; crews also departed from Lawton and McAlester. The utility company sent 150 employees and business associates to Florida to help restore electric power disrupted by Hurricane Ian. LEDGER PHOTO COURTESY WAYNE GREENE

PSO sends personnel, equipment to Florida

Mike W. Ray Staff Writer
Tuesday, October 4, 2022
Oklahomans have a well-deserved reputation for extending a helping hand to others in times of need, such as tornadoes, fires and earthquakes. The latest disaster is Hurricane Ian. Public Service Co.
Crews from Public Service Co. of Oklahoma and a sister company, SWEPCO, work to restore electricity in Norge, in Grady County, after a winter storm in late October 2020 brought a continuous wave of rain, sleet, snow, frigid wind and freezing rain to much of western and central Oklahoma over a three-day period. Transmission and distribution damages PSO reported included replacement of approximately 250 utility poles, replacement of 713 crossarms, 308 downed spans of conductors requiring replacement of more t

Crews from Public Service Co. of Oklahoma and a sister company, SWEPCO, work to restore electricity in Norge, in Grady County, after a winter storm in late October 2020 brought a continuous wave of rain, sleet, snow, frigid wind and freezing rain to much of western and central Oklahoma over a three-day period. Transmission and distribution damages PSO reported included replacement of approximately 250 utility poles, replacement of 713 crossarms, 308 downed spans of conductors requiring replacement of more t

Intensifying storms fueling a record $17B barrage of bonds from Oklahoma, others

Mike W. Ray Staff Writer
Tuesday, October 4, 2022
  Bonds sold to help U.S. utilities recoup losses from natural disasters are seeing an unprecedented boom, with the latest burst of issuance generated by the deadly February 2021 storm that paralyzed Texas and Oklahoma as it struck a large swath of the country.
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