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 [...]

ENID, Okla. — Great Salt Plains Health will break ground on a new $2.7 million pediatric and family medicine clinic at 11:30 a.m. July 21, 2022 — ushering in its second location in Enid — and at the same time officially announce expansion of its existing facility on South 30th to include dental care. “We’re excited to get it going,” Tim Starkey, Great Salt Plains CEO, said of the new clinic, which will be constructed on [...]

A new downtown Enid bakery already is giving back to the community. Greater Enid Chamber of Commerce hosted a ribbon cutting for Sweets of Enid on Tuesday, while the bakery, 230 W. Randolph, opened officially in May. They offer a variety of pastries and other baked goods, from single serve to catering size. “I am glad to be a part of the chamber now, it does a lot of good for businesses,” said Emily LeBaron, [...]

ENID, Okla. — There are only 19 businesses in the state that operate exemplary safety and health programs, and PT Coupling is one of them, said state Labor Commissioner Leslie Osborn. PT, a local manufacturer, has been a part of the Safety and Health Achievement Recognition Program since 1990 and has been recognized multiple times at the company’s other sites. The SHARP award recognizes small business employers that have top of the line exemplary safety and [...]

Oklahoma Aeronautics Commission has approved a $184 million Airport Construction Program for fiscal years 2023-2027, including multi-million-dollar projects planned for Enid Woodring Regional Airport and other Northwest Oklahoma facilities. In all, 85 airport infrastructure projects serving 57 communities throughout Oklahoma are included. More than $127 million in federal funds will pay for the majority of the projects based on federal formula funding as well as competitive discretionary projects, while $22.2 million in state grants and [...]

ENID, Okla. — A coffee-making couple originally from Seattle are planning to ship the Pacific Northwest’s famous taste profile to Enid. Enid residents Jason and Shawna Twyman were awarded thousands in startup funds Friday in a local business model competition for their proposal to operate their coffee company, Waymaker Coffee Company, out of a shipping container building. The building, already constructed with overhead lighting, would be located near Autry Technology Center, whose Cherokee Strip Business Model [...]