RECENT NEWS
NEW FITNESS CENTER OPEN
Enid residents have more options to get fit. The Planet Fitness franchise opened a new club location at 802 W. Broadway in Enid, the former locations of Function Junction and City Boots. The facility has equipment for all kinds of workouts, franchise Marketing and...
ENTREPRENEURSHIP AWARDS GIVEN
Dandy's Donuts, Deli, Delights took home the $10,000 prize and a year of business services Monday by winning the Cherokee Strip Business Model competition. The new restaurant won over the judges with its plans to serve doughnuts, soups, salads, sandwiches, gourmet...
KOCH FERTILIZER GIVES UPDATE
Enid Rotary Club heard an update on the Koch Fertilizer plant expansion Monday. Among the expansion components is infrastructure to process water discharged from the city’s wastewater treatment plant, Koch Fertilizer Plant Manager Marc Hoss said. The infrastructure...
MAIN STREET ENID WINS AWARDS
Main Street Enid has received the Oklahoma Main Street Community of the Year award. Among 11 other Top Main Street Communities eligible for the award, Enid was given the honor during the 27th annual Main Street awards banquet on Tuesday. "I am so thrilled to have won...
IT WAS LEONARDO’S DAY IN ENID
A crowd gathered Saturday morning outside Leonardo’s Children’s Museum in anticipation of celebrating the completion of a multi-million-dollar renovation and grand re-opening. State and local dignitaries were present to congratulate all those who made the update to...
ASIC WINS SMALL BUSINESS OF EXCELLENCE AWARD
Joining with Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin, Lt. Gov. Todd Lamb, legislators, and business leaders from across the state, several community leaders and small business owners from Enid celebrated the success of small business at the 18th Annual Lt. Governor’s Small Business...
VANCE STUDENT SURPRISED BY F-35 ASSIGNMENT
When a pair of F-35B Lightning II fifth-generation fighter planes landed at Vance Air Force Base a couple of weeks ago, among the student pilots looking on was 2nd Lt. Jeffrey Teufel. Little did Teufel realize it at the time, but less than two weeks later he would...
MAIN STREET ENID REINSTATES GRANT PROGRAM
Restaurant 5 de Mayo, 221 W. Randolph, received a face lift thanks to a Main Street Enid program. The program, Facade Renovation Grant, is being reinstated to improve visual appearance and strengthen the character of downtown Enid, according to a release. It...
CHAMBER GROUP TELLS ENID’S STORY DURING ANNUAL D.C. VISIT
Enid was top-of-mind for congressional and military leaders this week as the Greater Enid Chamber of Commerce took its annual trip to Washington, D.C. The group visited the Pentagon to meet with top Air Force officials, and held meetings on Capitol Hill with members...
ENID’S BOOMARANG DINER WINS MIO RESTAURANT OF THE YEAR
The Made in Oklahoma Coalition announced that the winner of the second annual Restaurant of the Year contest was the Boomerang Diner, located in 43 Oklahoma towns. The company is committed to using ingredients produced in Oklahoma. Eleven restaurants were eligible...