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Fort Sill decided to extend the Health and Safety Stand Down through April 21.

Fort Sill decided to extend the Health and Safety Stand Down through April 21.

Fort Sill extends its stand-down

News Staff
Tuesday, April 14, 2020
FORT SILL – The commanding general at Fort Sill decided last Thursday to extend the Health and Safety Stand Down through April 21. The order “allows us to continue to evaluate preventive measures to slow the spread of COVID-19 on Fort Sill and the Lawton-Fort Sill community,” said Maj. Gen.
State jobless claims hit record peak

State jobless claims hit record peak

State jobless claims hit record peak

Mike W. Ray Staff Writer
Tuesday, April 14, 2020
OKLAHOMA CITY – Almost 120,800 initial claims for unemployment compensation were filed with the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission (OESC) during the three-week period between March 16 and April 3, the agency reported Thursday.
Coronavirus cleans cleaners’ clocks

Coronavirus cleans cleaners’ clocks

Coronavirus cleans cleaners’ clocks

News Staff
Tuesday, April 14, 2020
Lawton dry cleaners are getting their financial clocks cleaned by the coronavirus as people work from home during the pandemic in daily clothes, including their pajamas. “It’s down, down, down,” said Class A Cleaners owner Myung Pae. “We’re going to close temporarily. Our business is almost zero.
Employees at AAON in Tulsa built 44 50-ton HVAC units for a temporary hospital Stony Brook, N.Y.

Employees at AAON in Tulsa built 44 50-ton HVAC units for a temporary hospital Stony Brook, N.Y.

Tulsa company makes HVAC units for stopgap hospital

Mike W. Ray Staff Writer
Tuesday, April 14, 2020
OKLAHOMA CITY – Twenty-five years ago, on April 19, 1995, the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City was bombed. Thousands of volunteers from across the nation, including New York, came to Oklahoma to assist in rescue and recovery efforts.
From left, Medicine Park Aquarium & Natural Sciences Center staff members Nicole Rowe, Rainette Rowland, Doug Kemper, Nicole Hill and Jacey Smith scoop up armfuls of donated produce and feed, ready to deliver it to the variety of animal species housed at the aquarium on April 6. Hilliary Communications recently purchased fresh vegetables, berries, frozen raw shrimp, quail food and other needed items for the aquarium. Hilliary Communications donated an extra $2,000 to cover animal food costs for a month. .

From left, Medicine Park Aquarium & Natural Sciences Center staff members Nicole Rowe, Rainette Rowland, Doug Kemper, Nicole Hill and Jacey Smith scoop up armfuls of donated produce and feed, ready to deliver it to the variety of animal species housed at the aquarium on April 6. Hilliary Communications recently purchased fresh vegetables, berries, frozen raw shrimp, quail food and other needed items for the aquarium. Hilliary Communications donated an extra $2,000 to cover animal food costs for a month. .

Medicine Park aquarium calls for donations

News Staff
Tuesday, April 14, 2020
MEDICINE PARK – Needing to keep staff paid and animals cared for despite being closed to the public, the Medicine Park Aquarium & Natural Sciences Center is actively soliciting monetary and animal food donations.
The Enemy is us

The Enemy is us

We have met the enemy—and he is us

News Staff
Tuesday, April 14, 2020
As the coronavirus continues to rage across this nation and every corner of Oklahoma, a great number of people of every shape, color, height, social and political status continue to make excuses and justifications for why this country and its citizens now find themselves in such grave peril.
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