Officials Work Together Towards Growth of Retail Marketing

Officials Work Together Towards Growth of Retail Marketing

Enid’s retail market has grown over the past seven years, and officials continue to work on attracting businesses and restaurants. “I think the important thing to understand with the retail market in Enid is that over the last seven years, we’ve gone from around $650...
Johnston Seed Company Celebrates 125 years in Business

Johnston Seed Company Celebrates 125 years in Business

In an era when large corporate firms dominate the seed business, Johnston Seed Co. — the oldest and largest independently owned seed supplier in Oklahoma — takes pride in being family run, service oriented and community minded. On March 9, the company celebrated 125...
Stitching Together a Business

Stitching Together a Business

For nearly a decade, the Strate Center business incubator at Autry Technology Center has been helping fledgling businesses make a go at it in Northwest Oklahoma. “We’ve had 27 businesses in the nine years and an 81 percent success rate,” said Brian Gaddy, director of...

Cancer Center Grand Opening Announced

INTEGRIS Bass Baptist Health Center Schedules Cancer Center Grand Opening  Enid, Okla. (Feb. 16, 2018) After two years of anticipation, INTEGRIS Bass is excited to debut its premier cancer center in Enid. The new facility is set to open on March 8, and will be the...
Thunder Ranch, Red Dirt Wind Farms Up and Running

Thunder Ranch, Red Dirt Wind Farms Up and Running

A massive wind farm in the corner of Garfield County began commercial operations earlier this month.

Thunder Ranch, a 298 megawatt wind farm located in Garfield, Noble and Kay counties, covers approximately 64 square miles and includes 120 wind turbines. Of the 120, 111 are 2.5 MW turbines and the other nine are 2.3 MW. The farm stretches about 22 miles east to west and eight miles north to south, said assistant wind site supervisor Austin Jones.

Red Dirt wind farm, a 300 MW capacity facility in Kingfisher and Logan counties, also commenced operations earlier this month.