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. Services on these turbines will be performed entirely on-site, other than the transportation of the actual turbines to and from the facility. “We’re going to try and keep everything in-house,” said Travis [...]

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 of Chestnut and Garland. “We are here to do as much as we can for our communities regarding medical, dental and behavioral health services regardless of their ability to pay,” said [...]

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 City Commission. The applicant, 116 E. Randolph, LLC, by Gary Dezarn, proposed to develop 18 one-bedroom/one-bathroom units in the building, which previously housed Sears and StarTek. “It’s actually eight months [...]

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 few songs and — for some — learn how to be on stage. I’m married to a hobby musician. He’s a longtime guitar player who spent many early years [...]

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 summer and provide an education that can not be achieved solely in the classroom. “I think honestly (my greatest difficulty has been) adjusting to how many times you have to go back to the [...]

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 curriculum available to their students. Now, many Oklahoma schools will launch their own aviation programs for high school students in the upcoming school year, including Enid High School and Chisholm High School. OAC has implemented [...]