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Enid customers can sign up as construction continues for 2 fiber-optic networks
ENID, Okla. — Enid residents are starting to see the fiber-optic fruits of the city’s labor to get more broadband options into the area. Customers will be able to sign up for higher-speed internet and TV services as construction continues throughout the year,...
Claire’s opens up in new location
Claire’s moved from its longtime mall location into the Sunset Plaza last week. The store had its first official open day Monday, Jan. 17, 2022. Assistant Manager Maalan McCauley said the new store in the south Cleveland plaza is more square than their last store in...
Water-Planning for Enid’s Worst-Case Scenario
ENID, Okla. — Enid could be diving head-first into a drought like the one Oklahomans experienced in the first half of the 2010s, a water planning consultant with a long history of working for the state says. Duane Smith, former executive director of the Oklahoma Water...
Oakwood Bowl adds bumper cars, large arcade space
ENID, Okla. — A huge, bright arcade and flashing, twisting bumper cars are two of the newest additions to Oakwood Bowl’s family fun center. The historic bowling alley renovated several spaces, transforming the building into an even bigger attraction. Owners Jim and...
Vance class sets record with 8 female pilots
VANCE AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. — Vance Air Force Base set a new record Dec. 3 as eight of the student pilots graduating in Class 22-03 were women. That broke the previous record of seven women graduating with Class 17-06 in March 2017. The eight women and 22 men in Class...
New mill provides flour from all-local grain
ENID, Okla. — A new “farm-to-table” business is rising in Enid. Brady Sidwell and Graison Gill partnered up to open Chisholm Trail Milling, which produces stone-milled flour from 100% local grain. Gill, owner of Bellegarde Bakery in New Orleans, had been buying wheat...
2nd Stonebridge neighborhood subdivision nearing start of building
ENID, Okla. — A planned back half of the Stonebridge Addition’s residential neighborhood would triple the number of homes in the recently developed area. Forty-five more lots intended for single-family homes are located in the second subdivision of the Stonebridge...
Local boutiques to host Shop Local event next weekend
ENID, Okla. — Several Enid boutiques have banded together to encourage residents to shop locally ahead of Black Friday. Shop Small First on Pink Friday, Nov. 19, will feature 14 boutiques with sales, food and prizes for shoppers. With each purchase, shoppers will...
Men’s consignment store opens downtown
ENID, Okla. — A men’s clothing and accessories store opened Nov. 1, becoming the only retail store catering solely to men in Enid. Wilson’s Haberdashery, located at 121 E. Broadway, is a consignment shop that sells suits, sports coats, polos, button downs, slacks,...
Key piece of Kaw Lake water project ushering in wave of construction plans
ENID, Okla. — With ceremonial shovels in hand, city officials and project engineers struck gold Tuesday as they broke ground on the site of Enid’s future wastewater treatment plant. Construction on the treatment plant buildings, to be located on 40 acres on West...