A new dialysis center is planned to open this summer in Enid. Jake Brownlow, western Oklahoma regional director of operations for DaVita Inc., said the company plans to open a new dialysis center, possibly by the end of June. The facility, currently under renovation, will be at 204 S. Van Buren, in the space previously occupied by Family Video. At the end of 2016 DaVita reported operating or providing administrative services at 2,350 outpatient dialysis centers nationwide, [...]

The City of Enid Public Works Department, in conjunction with Visit Enid and Chisholm Trail historian Bob Klemme, has begun painting hoof prints on city streets in Enid to mark where the historic Chisholm Trail crossed through what is now the city of Enid. The year 2017 is the 150th anniversary of the Chisholm Trail, the major route out of Texas to get longhorns to the Kansas railheads. From 1867 to 1877, more than three [...]

Wind energy, a downtown hotel and reasons why some potential development has not come to Enid were among topics discussed in an Enid Young Professionals meeting Thursday. "There's a lot of activity with wind energy in our area, and specifically with blades," Enid Regional Development Alliance Executive Director Brent Kisling said. "There is more demand for blades right now in the world than there is ability to manufacture them. So there are companies looking to locate [...]

Locals have been filling a new eatery this week, since the opening Monday of The Brick Oven Pizzeria and Pub at 2701 Rock Island. Colton and Brittany Glasscock opened the brick oven pizzeria and pub this week after almost four years of work preparing the business. "Enid didn't have one and I was looking for a good place to enjoy a beer and have some good pizza," Colton said of the decision to open a brick [...]

Retail sales are up for Enid and several other area county seats. Oklahoma Tax Commission reports for March show Enid sales are $12.5 million more than sales reported in March 2016, and sales tax revenue increased by 25.1 percent for sales occurring mostly in the last half of January and estimated sales for the first half of February. "The news this month is very positive. The big sales tax increase is due mostly to the [...]

Transportation Partners and Logistics started laying ground in Enid early last year. The Wyoming-based company operates a transloading facility for wind turbine equipment on the northeast corner of 66th and Chestnut. The company only operates in parts for turbines in Oklahoma — not building wind turbines — and transporting and storing the eight components needed to build on, said Billy Brenton, vice president of the company. “This facility will be a busy yard for four [...]