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Helena Rescue to get wildland apparatus
The Alfalfa County Board of Commissioners held a regular meeting Tuesday, May 29. All commissioners were present, as well as Nancy Lambert, Rick Dietz, Don Frech, Everett Grace, Jon Nichols, Shana Smallwood-Buchanan and Laneta Unruh. After the call t...
Alfalfa County commissioners renew TGS seismic survey permit
The Alfalfa County Board of Commissioners held a regular meeting this Monday morning. All commissioners were present, as well as Nancy Lambert, Troy Eshleman, Clint Reams, Thomas Wessels and Laneta Unruh. After the call to order, Lambert gave the...
Volunteer meeting held for June air race and air show
The Wings Over the Prairie Air Show and the Air Race Classic to be held in Alva in June are big community events requiring a lot of volunteers to keep everything running. A good number of people turned out for a meeting Monday at 5:30 p.m. at the...
Alfalfa County commissioners award Helena EMS station contract to Rick Scott Construction
The Alfalfa County Board of Commissioners held its regular meeting Monday morning. All commissioners were present, as well as Nancy Lambert, Colt Castle, Sarah Wagner, Shana Smallwood-Buchanan, Kevin Irwin, Lance Terry and Laneta Unruh. After the...
Alfalfa County commissioners proclaim May 6–12 OHCE Week
The Alfalfa County Board of Commissioners held its regular meeting Monday morning. All commisioners were present, as well as Nancy Lambert, Wilda Flaming, Suzie Salinas, Lorretta Sharp, Erin Metcalf,...
Alfalfa County commissioners decide fairground parking lot project
The Alfalfa County Board of Commissioners held its regular meeting Monday morning. All commissioners were present, as well as Nancy Lambert, Kelly Stein, David Failes and Laneta Unruh. After the call to order, Lambert gave the invocation and then...
Alfalfa County commissioners to re-bid county fairgrounds project
The Alfalfa County Board of Commissioners held a regular meeting Monday morning. All commissioners were present, as well as Nancy Lambert, Shana Smallwood-Buchanan and Laneta Unruh. After the call to order, Lambert gave the invocation, then the flag...
Alfalfa County commissioners extend burn ban two weeks
The Alfalfa County Board of Commissioners met Monday morning in the regular meeting. The topic of the burn ban and the risk to firefighters, civilians and property was a great concern for the commissioners. All commissioners were present, as well as...
Coffee with the Chief
Alva Police Chief Ben Orcutt held the first “Coffee with the Chief” this Tuesday morning at 7 a.m. in the City Council Chambers. This was the “first of many,” Chief Orcutt said. Every second Tuesday of the month the chief and Assistant Chief Patrick...
Alfalfa Commissioners to meet today to consider instituting burn ban
The Alfalfa County Board of Commissioners met Monday morning for their regular meeting. All commissioners were present, as well as Nancy Lambert, Shana Smallwood-Buchanan and Laneta Unruh. After the call to order, Lambert gave the invocation and the...
Alfalfa County commissioners going out on bid for Helena EMS building
The Alfalfa County Board of Commissioners met Monday morning in the regular meeting. All commissioners were present, as well as Nancy Lambert and Laneta Unruh. After the call to order, Lambert gave the invocation, then the flag was saluted. The...
Alfalfa County commissioners approve new voting computers
The Alfalfa County Board of Commissioners met Monday morning in the regular meeting. All commissioners were present, as well as Nancy Lambert, Kelly Stein, Shana Smallwood-Buchanan and Laneta Unruh. After the call to order, Lambert gave the...
Alfalfa County commissioners accepting bids on fairgrounds parking lot paving
The Alfalfa County Board of Commissioners met Monday morning in their regular meeting. Commissioners Jay Hague and Ray Walker were present, as well as Nancy Lambert, Chris Parker, Tom Chase, Donna Prince, Valerie Vetter, Shana Smallwood-Buchanan and...
Alfalfa County commissioners approve blue ribbons for children at risk
The Alfalfa County Board of Commissioners met Monday morning in their regular meeting. All commissioners were present, as well as Nancy Lambert and Laneta Unruh. After the call to order, Lambert gave the invocation, then the flag was saluted. The...
Alfalfa County commissioners amend retail sale of alcohol resolution
The Alfalfa County Board of Commissioners met Monday morning for their regular meeting. All commissioners were present, as well as Nancy Lambert, Laneta Unruh, Sheriff Rick Wallace and Shana Smallwood-Buchanan. After the call to order, Lambert gave...
Alfalfa Commissioners extend burn ban 1 week
The Alfalfa County Board of Commissioners met for a regular meeting Monday morning. All commissioners were present, as well as Nancy Lambert, Laneta Unruh and Shana Smallwood-Buchanan. After the call to order, Nancy Lambert gave the invocation, then...
Alfalfa County commissioners appoint fair board
The Alfalfa County commissioners met Monday, Feb. 5, at 10 a.m. All commissioners were present as well as Nancy Lambert and Laneta Unruh, Shana Smallwood-Buchanan, and Doug Dorris. After the call to order the invocation was given by Dorris, interim p...
Burn ban continues in Alfalfa County
The Alfalfa County Board of Commissioners met a day late on Tuesday morning because of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. All commissioners were present, as well as Nancy Lambert, Laneta Unruh, Shana Smallwood-Buchanan, Kelly Stein of the election...
Cherokee School Board hires principals for 2018-2019
The elementary school principal, high school/middle school principal and assistant principal were re-employed for the 2018-2019 school year by the Cherokee Board of Education at the Jan. 8 meeting. Board members present for the meeting were Amber...
Alfalfa County Commissioners appoint Stebans, Wilson as requisitioning officers
The Alfalfa County commissioners met Monday, Jan. 8, with all commissioners present as well as Nancy Lambert and Laneta Unruh. The minutes from the previous meeting with the M&O, blanket purchase orders, and road crossing permits were approved by...
Commissioners set tentative election date
The Alfalfa County commissioners met Wednesday, Dec. 27, rather than at the usual Monday morning meeting time, as Monday was Christmas Day. All commissioners were present as well as Nancy Lambert, Laneta Unruh, 911 Supervisor Sarah Wagner and Colton...
Learning by tasting
Students have different learning styles such as visual, verbal or physical. Tanya Phillips, who teaches eighth grade language arts classes at Alva Middle School, incorporates different styles in the...
Alfalfa County commissioners approve Goltry Rescue addition
The Alfalfa County Board of Commissioners met Monday morning in the regular meeting. All commissioners were present, as well as Nancy Lambert, Laneta Unruh, Shana Smallwood Emergency Manager, Tommy Puffinburger of OSU extension, Rob Sims of the...
Alfalfa County commissioners extend burn ban
The Alfalfa County Board of Commissioners met Monday morning in regular meeting. They approved a 14-day extension on the county-wide burn ban, among other actions. All commissioners were present, as well as Nancy Lambert, Laneta Unruh, Kyle Spade of...
