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Enjoy spring inside and out during tonight's Art Walk
Stepping into the Graceful Arts Gallery is like walking into a spring garden. May's "Sun, Fun and Friends" exhibit brings the colors of nature indoors. Tonight is the First Friday Art Walk in Alva fro... Full story
Hansen begins new term on Alva School Board
Shane Hansen was administered his oath of office by Secretary Karen Koehn at the beginning of the Alva Board of Education meeting Monday. Hansen was the incumbent for Seat 1, and no one filed against...
Woods County Commissioners recognize OHCE Week
OHCE (Oklahoma Home and Community Education) members were present Monday as the Woods County Commissioners read and signed a proclamation for OHCE Week May 2-8. Attending were Paula McMurphy, Carol...
Cherokee man faces 12 felony charges in two counties
A Cherokee man is facing seven felony counts in Alfalfa County involving possession of child pornography. An additional five felony counts were filed against him on the same day in Woods County,...
It's May and calendars are full of activities
Suddenly May is here, school is winding down and the calendar is packed with events. The Alva Swimming Pool Task Force scheduled four town hall meetings to go over the results of the engineer’s...
Contract approved with doctor for Share ER
The Alva Hospital Authority voted Tuesday to employ Scott Evans, D.O. as a staff member for Share Medical. He will be working in the emergency room. The vote followed an executive session to discuss the employment agreement. In March, the hospital co... Full story
Encouraging business through building codes
The Alva Planning Commission accomplished a lot during their meeting Monday. It was the first time since 2019 that the group has met. The commission approved two rezoning requests, recommended the... Full story
Keep some of the old but build a new pool
About a dozen people gathered in the pool house of the Alva Swimming Pool Friday night for a slide presentation and talk by Paul Barton, chairperson of the Pool Task Force. It was one of four meetings... Full story
Future of Alva Swimming Pool at stake
Will the Alva Municipal Swimming Pool open again? The public is invited to attend town hall meetings this weekend at the Alva Pool. The detailed engineering report is back for public review. Paul... Full story
HVAC units for Woods County Courthouse to be repaired
The Woods County commissioners didn’t know exactly what would be needed to fix heating and cooling units at the courthouse. One of the HVAC units had a hole in the heat exchanger but two others...
Our faulty memories
A courtroom drama I watched recently on TV illustrated how faulty our memories can be. In the storyline, a man was on trial for murdering a shopkeeper, and the shopkeeper’s wife was the star...
Planning commission to consider two zoning changes
The Alva Planning Commission will hold a regular meeting Monday at 6 p.m. in the city council chambers of City Hall. The commission will consider two requests for changes to zoning. Michael Dale and...
Tourism Tax approves funds for music festival, basketball and golf tournaments
The Alva Tourism Tax Committee approved three requests for funding events during their meeting Wednesday, April 21. Present for the meeting were Chair Norville Ritter, Connor Martin, Terri Parsons and Dr. Charles Tucker. Melinda Barton was absent.... Full story
Alva City Council discusses Suddenlink franchise
Johnny Moyer of Suddenlink spoke to Alva City Council members Monday, April 19, about renewal of the franchise agreement with the city. Moyer said the agreement is mostly the same as the one that expired in September 2020. He said Suddenlink has...
Mayor Parker talks about council retreat, disc golf
The Oklahoma State Auditor and Inspector's Office recently conducted an audit of the City of Alva. It was conducted in response to a citizen petition. The cost of the audit comes out of the city's...
Controversy over City Council committee assignments
When there are changes in the city council members, the mayor makes new committee assignments. Monday night, April 19, Mayor Kelly Parker presented the new list of committees for discussion. “These are committees that help us review operations and...
The Birds have arrived
You may already have seen people zipping around on the speedy two-wheeled scooters. The Bird Scooters began appearing in Alva early last week. Thursday morning, a ribbon-cutting held by the Chamber... Full story
New councilmembers sworn in, council elects new president
Before new city officials could be sworn in Monday, the Alva City Council had to certify the results of the April 6 election. Enough of the councilmembers needed to be present to make a quorum or majo... Full story
Sports and Academic Banquet is April 30
The Freedom Sports and Academic Banquet is about a week away. The banquet will be held on Friday, April 30, at the Freedom American Legion Building. The meal will be at 6:30 p.m. followed by the...
Woods County Excise Board holds April meeting
The monthly meeting of the Woods County Excise Board was held Wednesday morning in the county commissioners’ office. Present were Chair Chris Olson and member Joe Shirley. Bob Seivert was absent. It was a very short meeting. The board members...
Equalization board approves Freeport Exemptions
The Woods County Equalization Board met Wednesday morning to address issues involving county taxes. Chair Chris Olson opened the meeting with Joe Shirley, Woods County Assessor Renetta Benson and Wood... Full story
Jet resident injured in two-vehicle collision
A Jet resident was taken to the hospital following a two-vehicle collision in Garfield County Monday morning. Diana Cheslic, 69, of Jet, was transported by LIFE EMS to St. Mary’s Hospital in Enid...
New election to be held for Freedom Trustee 3
A hearing before District Judge Justin Eilers last Wednesday, April 14, determined there was no way to determine with mathematical certainty the outcome of the race between incumbent Shad Brackin and...
Woods County 522 EMS Board applications available
Last week, the Woods County commissioners approved an application form for those interested in serving on the county’s 522 EMS District Board. County voters approved the 522 district, which will...
Kris Gore hired as head coach for Ladybugs basketball
In a special meeting Monday, the Alva Board of Education voted to hire Kris Gore as head coach for the high school girls' basketball team. Gore was also hired as a certified teacher in language arts....
