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The new control tower at Vance Air Force Base now bears the name of the senator who spearheaded the effort to fund the project back in 2009. The tower, completed late in 2015, officially was dedicated during a ceremony Friday morning and named the Inhofe Air Traffic...

Oklahoma City -- Creative Oklahoma announced today that 8 Oklahoma communities: Altus, Enid, Durant, Guthrie, Locust Grove, Okmulgee, Ponca City and Tahlequah have been selected to become the first participants in the Oklahoma Creative Communities Project. The project...

Established in Enid in 1960, Atwoods Ranch and Home has grown from a small 8,000-square-foot store on North Van Buren into a nationally recognized company. The company now has 58 stores and two distribution centers — occupying more than 4 million square feet — spread...

Enid rolled out the red carpet for more than 800 state legislators, officials and Enid city leaders Sunday night at the 2016 Oklahoma Speaker’s Ball. The Enid Event Center and Convention Hall hosted the event, which began at 5:30 p.m. with a cocktail hour in...

Enid’s economy has remained strong in spite of oil prices, said Brent Kisling, executive director of Enid Regional Development Alliance. Some of that strength is due to more than $2 billion in construction projects throughout the past couple of years. For 2016,...

Allocations for five Oklahoma military-related projects were approved Thursday by Oklahoma Strategic Military Planning Commission, including one at Enid Woodring Regional Airport. The board voted to appropriate $180,000 to Woodring for a concrete apron with built-in...

Meadowlake Dog Park is set to open today.  The park, for both small and large dogs, is free to the public.   It is the second dog park in Enid, with another located at Crosslin Park. The same rules for the Crosslin Dog Park will apply at Meadowlake Dog Park — owners...

Leonardo’s Children’s Museum has received a $50,000 commitment from Koch Fertilizer to reach its $6 million capital campaign goal.  "A donation of this magnitude qualifies Koch Fertilizer for a naming opportunity, and they have elected to become part of the hands-on...

One precinct out of the 21 within the Enid Public Schools district failed to pass propositions for the $92 million bond proposal Tuesday. Precinct 206, a smaller precinct covering northern portions of Enid and a sliver of North Enid, serves 640 registered voters, but...

Michael Teague, Oklahoma Secretary of Energy and Environment, spoke about water and earthquakes at Enid Regional Development Alliance’s quarterly luncheon Thursday. “The drought is not over,” he said. “I think it is for right now, but I do think a long-term problem...