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Wake up, downtown Enid’: New nightclub opens on Randolph
ENID, Okla. — Downtown Enid’s newest business, Gold Door Night Club, has been open for a week, bringing new music and energy to the downtown scene. Gold Door Night Club, at 120 W. Randolph, has a full bar, outdoor patio, seating options and an unobstructed dance floor. The club opened Jan. 11, and was open through Sunday. Normal operating days are Thursday through Sunday. “It was very busy the first night,” drink server Sarah Ellis said. [...]
Enid customers can sign up as construction continues for 2 fiber-optic networks
ENID, Okla. — Enid residents are starting to see the fiber-optic fruits of the city’s labor to get more broadband options into the area. Customers will be able to sign up for higher-speed internet and TV services as construction continues throughout the year, representatives with the two fiber-optic broadband companies laying the new networks said Thursday. Dobson Fiber installed fiber internet for its first residential customer Tuesday, according to a news release. Enid homeowner Chad Baker [...]
Claire’s opens up in new location
Claire’s moved from its longtime mall location into the Sunset Plaza last week. The store had its first official open day Monday, Jan. 17, 2022. Assistant Manager Maalan McCauley said the new store in the south Cleveland plaza is more square than their last store in the mall, which was longer. “Last week, on Tuesday, we came in and started moving everything in,” McCauley said Tuesday. “We had gotten everything packed up from the week [...]
Water-Planning for Enid’s Worst-Case Scenario
ENID, Okla. — Enid could be diving head-first into a drought like the one Oklahomans experienced in the first half of the 2010s, a water planning consultant with a long history of working for the state says. Duane Smith, former executive director of the Oklahoma Water Resources Board and leader of the Northwest Oklahoma Water Action Plan, said the city of Enid has to plan for the “worst-case scenario” in a future water supply, as it [...]
Oakwood Bowl adds bumper cars, large arcade space
ENID, Okla. — A huge, bright arcade and flashing, twisting bumper cars are two of the newest additions to Oakwood Bowl’s family fun center. The historic bowling alley renovated several spaces, transforming the building into an even bigger attraction. Owners Jim and Sandy Tate said Sandy had wanted the arcade for 20 years since the former club space wasn’t consistently being used. Jack Tate, the late owner, and father of Jim, had always taught them to [...]
Vance class sets record with 8 female pilots
VANCE AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. — Vance Air Force Base set a new record Dec. 3 as eight of the student pilots graduating in Class 22-03 were women. That broke the previous record of seven women graduating with Class 17-06 in March 2017. The eight women and 22 men in Class 22-03 embraced their diversity by celebrating women throughout their entire time training in the T-6A Texan II. In fact, their class patch, an identifier worn [...]
