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“It feels good to be back home,” Ty Piper said of his return to the Kiowa, Kansas, area. After having a career as a government contractor, he is the new Kiowa city administrator. When asked about his job as a contractor, Piper described it “as deman...

This Saturday, April 27, Kiowa, Kansas, will be a hub of activity. There's a soccer tournament to be played on South Barber High School practice fields because there's not ample parking at Ellis Field. Six towns, including Kiowa, are expected to play...

ALVA – Alva Middle School students Isaac Anton, Chance Argo, Samuel Newton and Dyce Malone, have placed first in the Oklahoma competition associated with the National Geographic Slingshot Challenge for their video titled "Mobile Market of N...

The subject of internet domains dominated the discussion at the Avard Regional Rail Park Authority meeting this past Tuesday afternoon. Board members Stan Bixler, Allan Poe, Todd Holder, and Scott Riley were joined by Woods County Economic Developmen...

Sadie Bier was elected president of the Alva City Council Monday night. She will serve through next year. The office was vacant after Daniel Winters resigned last month. Bier’s principal duty will be to lead meetings when the mayor is absent. She see... Full story

Three people, including a three-year-old child, were injured when two vehicles collided at an intersection in Alfalfa County Monday. The child was transported by Alfalfa County EMS to the Cherokee Airport where she was flown by Survival Flight to... Full story

Two board members – one new, one returning – were sworn in at the Freedom Board of Education meeting this Monday. New board member Frank Biery (Seat 3) and returning member Robert Babcock (Seat 4) read their oaths aloud at the start of the reg...

The Woods County Equalization Board met Tuesday morning to consider four requests for Freeport Exemptions. Oklahoma Freeport Exemptions are available for inventories held for less than nine months. They are calculated using purchases for Oklahoma inv...

Mike Roach, one of the Alfalfa County commissioners, was absent from their meeting on Monday, but Garret Johnson and Nate Ross were there and heard from Cherokee city manager Chad Roach, who was on hand to ask for help cleaning up a burned-down house...

New City of Kiowa Administrator Ty Piper sat at the table for his first city council meeting at the April 8 gathering after starting his new role April 1. Councilmember Tom Wells has missed numerous council meetings due to an accident/fall he took...

“It's such a blow. He's just 40 years old and paralyzed from the chest down,” Hardtner, Kansas man David “Flash” Gorden said of his son Michael. The father and son have worked side-by-side in David's business, Gorden Guttering and Siding. Nearly...

Felony charges have been filed in Woods County against three individuals in the April 11 double homicide at Freedom. Christopher Isaiah Cesar Padilla, age 23; Elijah Isaiah Mann, age 20; and Catelynne Olivia Gorre, age 17, all of Enid, each have been... Full story

The Northwestern Oklahoma State University Spring 2024 Career and Internship Fair is set for Monday, April 15, in the Student Center Ballroom from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. in Alva. Northwestern students and job seekers in the community are welcome to attend...

If you live in Beaver, Cimarron, Dewey, Ellis, Harper, Texas, Woods or Woodward counties and you are age 55 or older and care for a relative child under the age of 18, you may qualify for respite vouchers. The respite vouchers are a total of $400...