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$57.7 Million Kaw Lake Loan Approved
In a short regular meeting on January 15, Enid City Commission unanimously voted to authorize a $57.7 million loan to pay for a portion of the Kaw Lake water pipeline project. Commissioners unanimously approved both companion agenda items pertaining to the...

Wymer Brownlee Wealth Strategies Celebrating 50 Years
Holistic financial services firm Wymer Brownlee Wealth Strategies is celebrating 50 years of business this month. The firm was founded in Fairview and is headquartered in Enid. During the last five decades, the firm’s grown from a home-based tax and accounting...

Powell Appointed Interim ERDA Executive Director
Enid, Oklahoma – Following the announcement that Governor Elect Kevin Stitt appointed long-time Enid Regional Development Alliance (ERDA) Executive Director Brent Kisling to serve as the Executive Director of the Oklahoma Department of...

Enid Owned Diagnostic Imaging Center Expands Services
An Enid owned diagnostic imaging center is expanding its services and its business model of offering competitive cash-pay prices for patients who pay out-of-pocket, or for those with high insurance deductibles. Zoom Diagnostic Imaging, 1113 W. Cherry, Enid, Oklahoma...

Enid Invests In Future Workforce with $92.8M School Bond
It’s been nearly three years since Enid voters approved a $92.8 million school bond issue, and Enid Public Schools has been tirelessly putting that funding to work ever since, tackling dozens of projects big and small across the district. EPS is down to the last $3.7...

Stitt Names Kisling New Department of Commerce Executive Director
Brent Kisling will replace Deby Snodgrass as the new executive director of the Oklahoma Department of Commerce, incoming Gov. Kevin Stitt’s office announced on Thursday. Kisling, currently the executive director of Enid Regional Development Alliance, was named to the...

December 2018 Newsletter – From the Executive Director
Hello! Enid, Oklahoma has set a goal to have $1 billion in total retail sales by 2025. In 2010, we had $650 million. Last year, we had $815 million. This year, we are on track to exceed $850 million. We are on our way! As part of this effort to grow, over the last few...

Enid-Filmed Movie Will Make its World Premiere at Sundance
Another movie filmed in Enid and Northwest Oklahoma will make its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival next year. “To The Stars” was chosen from among 14,250 submissions to the festival and will make its world premiere during the 2019 Sundance Film Festival in Park...

Emerson Middle Schools Innovative Learning Studio Integrates Technology Into Teaching
Emerson Middle School is moving closer to the cutting edge in education, thanks to a $40,000 grant school faculty spent nearly two years chasing. The Oklahoma Educational Technology Trust grant was earned in April, and since then Emerson staff has been hard at work...

‘Vance Proud’: Commander Highlights Increased Pilot Output and Base Upgrades
VANCE AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. — Col. Corey Simmons, commander of the 71st Flying Training Wing at Vance Air Force Base, paused Monday to provide updates on the base’s efforts to increase pilot production, and on some recent and planned infrastructure projects. Simmons...