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Commercial building permits

Commercial building permits

LAWTON COMMERCIAL BUILDING PERMITS

KaraLee Langford
Thursday, December 24, 2020
Listed below are commercial building permits currently under review since December 14. 6000 W. Gore Blvd. On Dec. 14, T-Mobile applied for an equipment upgrade costing $25,000. 3005 NE Angus Pl. Pioneer Park Elementary School applied for a building permit for sidewalk ramps, costing over $24,000.
Electricity

Electricity

PSO to adjust fuel cost adjustment

News Staff
Thursday, December 24, 2020
LAWTON – Beginning with the January billing cycle, Public Service Company of Oklahoma will raise the fuel cost adjustment on customer bills to reflect higher prices for natural gas and purchased power, the utility company said in a news release.
Water

Water

Mountain Park OKs pumping station lease

News Staff
Thursday, December 24, 2020
MOUNTAIN PARK – The Mountain Park Board of Trustees approved on Monday a 99-year lease for the building that houses the town’s water pumping station. The board voted to lease the building, which is located in Snyder, from the Snyder Public Works Authority.
Groundwater Well

Groundwater Well

Network of wells monitors groundwater

Mike W. Ray Staff Writer
Thursday, December 24, 2020
OKLAHOMA CITY – The statewide network of groundwater monitoring wells was increased recently when the City of Broken Arrow, the Oklahoma Water Resources Board, and Associated Environmental Industries partnered to drill a new groundwater monitoring well at Broken Arrow’s Verdigris Water Treatment...
Oklahoma Capitol

Oklahoma Capitol

Board certifies $8.4B for Oklahoma Legislature to spend

News Staff
Thursday, December 24, 2020
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) – A state panel led by Gov. Kevin Stitt certified on Friday that Oklahoma lawmakers will have $8.46 billion to spend on next year’s budget, an increase of more than 8% from the current year’s spending plan.
Ledger photo by Curtis Awbrey A line had formed outside the Department of Public Safety office in Chickasha by 8 a.m. Monday.

Ledger photo by Curtis Awbrey A line had formed outside the Department of Public Safety office in Chickasha by 8 a.m. Monday.

Want a driver’s license? Expect to wait

Mike W. Ray Staff Writer
Thursday, December 24, 2020
OKLAHOMA CITY – A pandemic, REAL ID and state budget cuts have created “a perfect storm” of issues for the state Department of Public Safety, an agency official said Monday. The DPS office in Chickasha serves as an example.
SBA Paycheck Protection Program

SBA Paycheck Protection Program

2 Okla. men accused of coronavirus relief fraud

News Staff
Thursday, December 24, 2020
TULSA (AP) – Two men have been charged after being accused by authorities of fraudulently applying for small business loans intended for coronavirus relief in Oklahoma, according to federal prosecutors.
Ledger file photo by JJ Francais Dr. Scott Michener receives his vaccine for COVID-19 Dec. 16. Michener is the chief medical officer at Comanche County Memorial Hospital.

Ledger file photo by JJ Francais Dr. Scott Michener receives his vaccine for COVID-19 Dec. 16. Michener is the chief medical officer at Comanche County Memorial Hospital.

First vaccine batches arrive at local hospitals

Michael Kinney
Wednesday, December 23, 2020
LAWTON – When the first doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine arrived at Comanche County Memorial Hospital, Heather Love called it a game-changer.
Netflix image Tommy Jesse Ward.

Netflix image Tommy Jesse Ward.

Last remaining Innocent Man defendant one step closer to release

(not verified)
Wednesday, December 23, 2020
ADA — Tommy Ward, the last remaining incarcerated defendant whose prosecution was written about in John Grisham’s only non-fiction book, The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town, has been ordered to be released from prison.
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