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Enid Regional Development Alliance is offering a $5,000 grant to help support small local businesses. Only one will be selected, and any business with six employees or fewer can apply. The MicroEnterprise Grant funding can be put to use "for any expense necessary for...

After 34 years in the hospitality industry, managing hotels, restaurants, high-end country clubs, Enid native Rodney Brittain returned home to go into business for himself. He has spent months power washing, hammering, sawing and measuring, turning the old warehouse...

Merry Christmas! As I look back over 2019, it has been a year of laying foundations for many grand openings to come in 2020. Our retail sector is experiencing a re-birth that we have worked towards for a decade. The District is a remarkable example of infill...

Harbor Freight Tools still is months away from announcing an opening date, but its future Enid location in the former Kmart building, 4010 W. Garriott, should be ready some time in spring 2020. The California-based tool store chain likely will be joining Tractor...

Wendy's fast-food restaurant is opening a new location farther east on Garriott, a company official confirmed Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2019. New construction in the 1500 block of West Garriott, on the south side next to McAlister's, is laying the foundation for the new...

Public Service Co. of Oklahoma has gained a settlement that puts its plan to add 675 MW of wind energy closer to reality over the next two years. PSO reached a settlement agreement with the Public Utility Division staff of the Oklahoma Corporation Commission, customer...

Local officials with Koch Fertilizer met at Enid Fire Department on Tuesday to donate $10,000 to community first responders. The donation was split two ways, with $6,000 going to EFD, and $4,000 to Enid/Garfield County Emergency Management, to spend where it's most...

A massive steel structure towers and twists across a green space, creating a striking gateway to downtown Enid with its event center, restaurants and businesses. After more than two and a half years of creating, fundraising and problem-solving, Romy Owens' "Under Her...

Holiday shoppers were out in droves in downtown Enid following the Thanksgiving holiday. Whether looking for something unique or eclectic or checking names off a Christmas shopping list, shoppers were hitting downtown shops during Lights Up the Plains festivities and...

Local contracting company Luckinbill donated 61 complete Thanksgiving feasts to families of Coolidge Elementary School students on Friday. Luckinbill employees showed up in the school parking lot early in the morning Nov. 22, just in time for the Holiday, in a work...