Humane tether law filed in Legislature

OKLAHOMA CITY – A bipartisan pet protection measure focusing on the tethering of animals will be considered during the four-month legislative session that began February 7. State Rep. Ken Luttrell, R-Ponca City, filed House Bill 2993, the Humane Tether Act of 2022, and Rep.

Stitt draws praise from SW Okla., criticism from tribes

LAWTON — Gov. Kevin Stitt’s State of the State speech drew applause from residents in Southwestern Oklahoma.

Medical marijuana sales slowing down

OKLAHOMA CITY – The temperature isn’t the only thing that’s dropped recently. The heated growth during the first two and a half years of Oklahoma’s medical marijuana industry has been cooling off in recent months. The $4.

17th century woman was a nonconformist

The women’s liberation movement began in the 1960s, but a courageous woman who epitomized feminism appeared in New England 360 years earlier.

Stitt calls for infrastructure boost

OKLAHOMA CITY – Republican Governor Kevin Still called for a massive investment in transportation infrastructure, six-figure salaries for public school teachers, the elimination of a sales tax on groceries and major changes to the regulation of medical marijuana during his state of the state speech...

Cache voters approve $36 million bond package

LAWTON – Voters in the Cache school district authorized the district on Tuesday to issue $36.36 million in bonds for an expansion of Cache Middle School, construction of a new fieldhouse and upgrades to the district’s transportation fleet.   Two separate bond issues, one for $35.

Altus seeks deal to save ambulance service

ALTUS – City officials are negotiating with Jackson County commissioners to save the area’s ambulance service, which is finding it difficult to operate and make payroll, City Manager Gary Jones said. “We’re looking at the merger of the service where Altus will operate the ambulances,” Jones said.

County to issue $553,573 refund to Goodyear

LAWTON – Comanche County will have to repay Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. more than $500,000 because the county’s tax processing system incorrectly assessed a penalty against the company.

Former Goodyear exec new State Automotive Director

OKLAHOMA CITY – Jimmy Cagle, former public information officer for the Goodyear tire manufacturing plant in Lawton, was hired recently by the Oklahoma Department of Commerce to be the State Automotive Director.

Siberia littered with trash; existence is primitive; vast quantities of natural resources and pollution

Apparently, the Communists who ruled Russia for decades squandered the national treasure on weapons and spent little on infrastructure.