ENID, Okla. — It was considered radical when K.V. Williams and partner Larry Hammer opened their first Jiffy Trip convenience store in Cherokee in 1972. It was a place where you could get some food or snacks and drinks along with gas. “My grandpa took a big risk when he did that,” said Alex Williams, chief operating officer of Hammer Williams Co., which now owns and operates 26 Jiffy Trip stores in the area. “A convenience [...]

St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center recently acquired new robotic surgical technology for knee replacement surgery, becoming first in the region and second in the state to do so. According to a press release from St. Mary’s, Robotic Surgical Assistant, or ROSA, was developed by Zimmer Biomet and is designed to help a specially trained surgeon tailor the placement of the knee implants in patients who need a total knee replacement. St. Mary’s orthopedic surgeon Trent [...]

A little more than a month after the opening of its new location, Family Pharmacy hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Wednesday with Greater Enid Chamber of Commerce to celebrate the pharmacy’s new location. Family Pharmacy staff and representatives of the chamber gathered at the front doors of the new location, 826 E. Garriott, while Grant Diel, director of operations of Family Pharmacy, snipped the red ribbon with the giant pair of scissors. “We are excited [...]

To help get funds in the hands of businesses more quickly, ERDA has moved up the application deadline for its MicroEnterprise Grant from April 30 to Jan. 29. ERDA will award two $10,000 grants to two local businesses with six or fewer employees. The grant will allow the recipient to use the funds for rent, payroll, inventory, software, marketing, equipment or renovations, according to a press release. Applicants will be graded on the business’s viability, the potential [...]

The Enid Regional Development Alliance (ERDA), in a partnership with the City of Enid, has launched a new program to support businesses negatively impacted by COVID-19 utilizing CARES Act Funding. This program aims to provide funding to help fixed operating costs for small businesses that have seen a dramatic drop in revenue as a result of the pandemic. Small Business Support Grant applications are now being accepted until January 17 to assist businesses with fixed [...]

The first phase of NextEra Energy Resources’ massive Skeleton Creek Project has become operational as the wind energy part of the project began generating electricity on Dec. 16. The project, which will be located in Garfield, Alfalfa and Major counties, will combine wind, solar and battery storage when it is complete. Skeleton Creek Wind will generate 250 megawatts of wind energy for Western Farmers Electric Cooperative, which will purchase all the project’s electricity — about [...]