It was already like Christmastime on Tuesday when technology teacher Sarah Brund got several Amazon boxes full of materials for the new flight course she’ll be teaching next semester at Longfellow Middle School. “I have no clue what’s in this box, but that is the fun part,” Brund said before slicing open a long, brown box filled with components for making and launching bottle rockets, as part of her future Flight and Space class. “I [...]

The local BKD CPAs & Advisors office has been a cornerstone in serving the community and other BKD locations since it first opened more than 40 years ago. BKD Enid employees give back to the community through fundraising, volunteering and serving on committees and boards. The Enid office has supported numerous local charitable organizations and employees are involved in Enid YWCA, Denny Price Family YMCA, Enid Public School Foundation, Leonardo’s Children’s Museum, 4RKids, Enid Young [...]

Leaders of downtown Enid’s martial arts school say they’re expecting a kick and a jump in size for this year’s returning after-school program after recent additions to the school’s transportation fleet. Staff from Enid Family Martial Arts will be able to take students from twice as many elementary schools to the studio, located at 211 E. Broadway, owner Alex Evers said. Now, students from 10 Enid area elementary schools are eligible for the after-school program, which again begins [...]

A new door has opened as the Enid area is, once again, a micropolitan no more. Reporting an increase of 1,300 people between 2010 and 2020 for a population of 51,308 people, Enid is now considered the principal city of a Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), according to the results of the 2020 decennial U.S. Census. With just 3.9 positive percentage points, the city of Enid has reached a major milestone, officials say, despite being compared with [...]

Construction on Enid’s new soccer complex will begin after a groundbreaking ceremony Tuesday touted what’s reportedly the largest private-public partnership in the city’s history. Phase two of the Enid Sports Association’s years-long project will start with building the clubhouse at the future Advance Soccer Complex, at 1526 S. Garland. Mike Steinke, fundraising chair of the association and a volunteer soccer coach at Enid High School, called the planned 24,000-square-foot clubhouse the “crown jewel” of the complex. [...]

On April 29, Enid celebrated the Grand Opening and Ribbon Cutting of the GLo Best Western Enid, OK Downtown and Convention Center Hotel. The new hotel is one of the final parts of the Stride Bank Center. Since the new arena and renovated convention hall opened in 2013 it was known that a hotel connected to the property was essential for the Stride Bank Center to meet its potential. The new hotel dramatically expands the [...]