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Golf tournament on Alva tourism agenda
Only one funding request is scheduled for the Alva Tourism Tax Committee meeting in June. The committee will meet Wednesday, Jun. 19, at 5:30 p.m. in the city council chambers at City Hall. The Nescatunga Golf Tournament is requesting tourism tax...
Fire department seeks to bill for services, equipment use
Budgets for next year will highlight Alva city meetings Monday evening. A new item is a resolution to allow the fire department to bill for hourly rates and materials used when responding to incidents. The city council will meet at 6:30 p.m. in the...
Swimming pool bond election set for Aug. 13
In a special meeting Tuesday, June 10, the Alva City Council approved a resolution calling for a $2.5 million bond issue election. That resolution, which contains the wording that will be on the... Full story
City to install meters, start billing airport water users
Much of the Alva Airport Commission meeting Monday night was spent in discussion of water. Board members talked about charging individual and business water users at the airport and about water drainage issues. Airport Manager Greg Robinson handed... Full story
New businesses speak to WCEDC
Hospice is not just for people who dying. That's the message Sasha Brooks, patient care coordinator for Faith Hospice for western Oklahoma, wants people to understand. Brooks and Tabitha Talley, RN,... Full story
Water use by individuals at airport to be billed
The Alva Airport Commission will hold their regular June meeting on Monday at 7 p.m. in the terminal building. Commission members will hear reports from the city council and from the airport manager. A presentation on the upcoming Alva Fly-in is...
Board of Adjustments holding public hearings
The Alva Board of Adjustments will hold public hearings on two items Monday, June 10. The meeting is in the council chambers at City Hall at 6 p.m. Huverton Plain at 615 8th Street has asked for a conditional use permit for a mobile home. Peak...
City council to vote on swimming pool bond issue election
The Alva City Council will hold a special meeting Tuesday, June 11, beginning at 5 p.m. in the council chambers of City Hall. The meeting will cover two topics – a special election for a bond issue for the swimming pool and a public hearing on the...
Summer programs starting at library
During the summer months, the Alva Public Library is providing several programs to entertain and educate children and teens. The summer reading program began Monday, June 3, with two age groups. Sixth graders have been acting as volunteers to assist...
Two teachers hired for Alva Schools Monday
The Alva Board of Education hired two new teachers to start in the fall. Lincoln Principal Madison Williams introduced Ilene Littlefield who will be a cou nselor for third through fifth grades at...
Keeping my brain in shape
When an ambulance call comes across the radio scanner, I listen to learn if it’s someone I know. Frequently they’ll say “an elderly female” or list an age. Then it dawns on me that I’d be...
Baugh attends first hospital authority meeting
The Alva Hospital Authority welcomed new board member Kimberly Baugh at their meeting May 28. Baugh replaces Steve Ward who moved outside the city causing his resignation. Other board members present... Full story
Resignation, new hires on Alva School Board agenda
The Alva Board of Education will have several personnel items on the agenda for their meeting Monday. The board meets at 5 p.m. at the superintendent’s office, 418 Flynn St. The board will hear about a resignation and a couple of reassignments of...
18-year-old from Cherokee dies in collision
Colton L. Carter, 18, of Cherokee, died from injuries in a two vehicle collision Friday. The crash occurred at 12:48 p.m. on US281 South at Greer Road about a half mile south of Alva in Woods County. Carter was pronounced dead at the scene and was...
Celebrating our freedom
After days and days of rain, Memorial Day dawned with sunshine and moderate temperatures. At 9 a.m. people gathered around the flagpole at the Alva Municipal Cemetery to honor those who died to preser... Full story
Two face added charges in child sexual abuse case
More charges have been filed against two Cherokee residents in a child abuse case from earlier this month. Anthony Brian Cochran, 34, and Lindsey Juanell Lyons, 29, were charged with several felonies in cases filed May 10 in Alfalfa County. District...
Record flooding for Salt Fork
Sunday afternoon the press crew and I were finishing the pressrun of the Nescatunga Arts Festival section that's included in this Newsgram. I checked my phone for the latest weather updates and was...
NWOSU presents spring scholarship bill to Alva City Council
Weather concerns caused the City of Alva to reschedule the Alva City meeting from Monday to Thursday. A special meeting on a bond issue election for the swimming pool was also canceled and will be... Full story
Swimming pool opening delayed
The Alva Municipal Swimming Pool usually opens on Memorial Day but it won’t be ready by May 27 this summer. City Business Manager Joe Don Dunham told the city council Thursday that equipment has been ordered to make the required improvements. It... Full story
Two arrested after search of apartment
A search warrant was served at an apartment located a block north of Alva’s downtown square, and two individuals now face drug charges. According to court records, Alva Police Officer John Caviness began developing information about a man... Full story
Nesseralla given Alva employee recognition
The Alva City Council held a special meeting Thursday at 5:30 p.m. after weather delayed their regular Monday session. Melody Theademan was sworn in for another term as city clerk. Dr. Bo Hannaford... Full story
Cherokee woman charged with drug offense
Information from a felony arrest led law enforcement officers to identify and arrest a woman from Cherokee. Rhonda Marie Bennett, 46, of Cherokee, has been charged with distribution of controlled dangerous substance – including possession with...
Cherokee man charged with assault
A Cherokee woman reported a possibly deliberate attempt to collide with her vehicle. On May 9, Meagan Phillips told Cherokee Police Chief Ryan McNeil that the previous day about noon she was traveling east on West Fifth Street approaching Oklahoma...
Scams, electricity rates and a correction
Friday morning during the Alva Chamber of Commerce Community Coffee, we heard some updates and some information on coming events. Since a lot of people in the area are OG&E customers, I thought...
NWOSU scholarships, appointments on city council agenda
Following a special meeting on a bond election for the municipal swimming pool, the Alva City Council will meet Monday at 6:30 p.m. for a regular meeting in the city council chambers. The NWOSU Foundation will be presenting the city with the invoice...
