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New school to open next month in Enid Montessori building
The lights are set to come back on next month at the Montessori school at the corner of Jefferson and Maple. Longtime Enid educators Jeff and Darla Brooks have spent the last few months putting the finishing touches on their latest and biggest schooling venture —...

RENEW Announces New Facility in Enid, Oklahoma
RENEW Energy is proud to announce the construction of a new remanufacturing facility in Enid, Oklahoma. This new facility will remanufacture wind turbine drive trains, and it will hold the largest capacity in North America in regards to the size of said turbines....

Great Salt Plain breaks ground for new facility
ENID, Okla. — A new pediatric facility broke ground on the west side of Enid on Thursday morning. Great Salt Plains Health Pediatric and Family Care Clinic will be the sixth GSP location in Northwest Oklahoma. The facility will be constructed on the northeast corner...

City planning commission OKs future downtown Enid apartment plan
Being able to live in downtown Enid is one step closer to reality. Members of Enid Metropolitan Area Planning Commission approved Monday night a use by review application for 116 E. Randolph for residential multi-family use. The plan will have to be approved by Enid...

Turpin Tunes Third Thursday provides a safe space for musicians to grow their craft
More than 10 years ago, a group of musicians decided that Enid needed its own open mic night. So, they worked with community leaders and Gaslight Theatre to provide the first rendition of Turpin Tunes, an acoustic small stage environment for local artists to play a...

Interns learn outside the classroom in Enid
Summertime in Enid means that several local entities welcome college- aged interns hoping to gain real life work experience. Businesses in Enid and the City of Enid itself, hire interns — through a program offered by Enid Regional Development Alliance — during the...

State tops nation in number of high school aviation programs
In the early days of the COVID19 pandemic, runways were nearly vacant, but staff from Oklahoma Aeronautics Commission were knocking on the doors of high school superintendents and school counselors across Oklahoma’s 77 counties to talk about an emerging aviation...

Great Salt Plains Health to open new $2.7 million pediatric and family clinic in Enid
ENID, Okla. — Great Salt Plains Health will break ground on a new $2.7 million pediatric and family medicine clinic at 11:30 a.m. July 21, 2022 — ushering in its second location in Enid — and at the same time officially announce expansion of its existing facility on...

Newly opened Enid bakery plans on giving back
A new downtown Enid bakery already is giving back to the community. Greater Enid Chamber of Commerce hosted a ribbon cutting for Sweets of Enid on Tuesday, while the bakery, 230 W. Randolph, opened officially in May. They offer a variety of pastries and other baked...

PT Earns State Safety Award
ENID, Okla. — There are only 19 businesses in the state that operate exemplary safety and health programs, and PT Coupling is one of them, said state Labor Commissioner Leslie Osborn. PT, a local manufacturer, has been a part of the Safety and Health Achievement...