Enid Public Schools is several thousand dollars closer to funding a new districtwide competitive rocket design project, after receiving $7,810 in assistance from Oklahoma Aeronautics Commission. Rockets Over Enid, planned to launch in spring 2020, will challenge Enid fourth- and fifth-graders to build the best engineered, highest flying rockets they can. Top performing teams will go on to face off against one another in a number of categories, in what district STEAM Director Roy Bartnick [...]

The new Enid Woodring Regional Airport terminal isn't quite complete, but close enough a scheduled ribbon-cutting ceremony — with local, state and national officials attending — was held Wednesday morning. Dozens were invited to tour the nearly finished facility, no hard hats necessary. Among the crowd were Enid Mayor George Pankonin, city commissioners, representatives from Vance Air Force Base and U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe. Inhofe, who chairs the Senate Armed Services Committee, piloted himself in [...]

The Meinders School of Business at Oklahoma City University has begun enrolling students into fall certificate programs for those who are interested in seeking elected office. The non-partisan Leadership & Public Administration programs include certificates for school boards, municipalities and the state legislature. Classes will be held 8:30 a.m. to noon on Saturdays from Sept. 7 through Oct. 19. Attendance can be in-person or via live-streaming from anywhere with an internet connection. Tuition is $250 [...]

Enid is continuing to pursue sports as a means of raising revenue by attracting guests, and their dollars, to the city. During Tuesday's Enid City Commission study session, Visit Enid communications coordinator Rob Houston discussed what the city has to offer in terms of sports, what more it could bring to the table, and the potential rewards it could reap by doing so. Most visitors to Enid come on business. This is reflected in hotel [...]

Despite the recent announcement of funding for a future medical residency training program in Enid, a local coalition says specific launch plans are not yet in place. The Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust (TSET) Board of Directors voted July 19 to expand its partnership with Oklahoma State University Medical Authority to support the launch of medical residency training programs in Enid. In July, TSET had said residencies were expected to begin on July 1, 2020, and [...]

Thank you to the many companies in the Enid area who hosted interns and to the students who chose to spend their summer with us.  We appreciate GEFCO Project Engineer Eric Hernandez and GEFCO Summer Intern Connor McAlister for sitting down with ERDA for a Q&A. Q&A with GEFCO Project Engineer Eric Hernandez “Character, Chemistry and Competency are some of the core items that we look at when picking new employees, including interns.  We want [...]