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With three candidates running for the Alfalfa County Commissioner District No. 2 position, no one gained more than 50 percent of the votes. The top two, Michael Roach and Nelson Frantz, will face off in the primary runoff election Aug. 25. Roach...

In just over a month, students will return to classes in the Alva Public Schools (APS). Administrators, teachers and staff have been working all summer on a return to learning plan. Monday night, the Alva Board of Education approved the school’s...

A Cherokee man was injured when his motorized bicycle had a mechanical problem Friday morning, July 3. The incident occurred at 11:16 a.m. on Greer Road, three-tenths of a mile west of County Road 600. The location is approximately 1.3 miles west of...

After reaching seven confirmed positive cases of COVID-19 last week in Alva, the count dropped to six because a duplicate was found. However, on July 7 the number rose to eight confirmed cases. Of those, five are shown as recovered. The only...

The Woods County commissioners had a lot of annual agreements to approve and sign during their first meeting of the new fiscal year. All three commissioners were present for the meeting Monday, July 6. Randy McMurphy chaired the meeting with David...

Motor City Justice (MCJ), an organization that exposes adults who message children to arrange sexual contact, let local law enforcement officers know about a man expected in Alva on June 26. This was the second of two incidents involving MCJ. The...

A Waynoka man has been charged with a felony in an alleged assault on his girlfriend. Court documents show on Saturday, June 20, about 8:51 p.m. Woods County dispatch received a call from Casey Melvin regarding a welfare check on her sister...

Wednesday morning the Woods County Equalization Board had their last hearing of formal appeals on 2019 tax assessments. Before starting that hearing, they held the annual reorganization of board officers. Joe Shirley immediately made a motion that...

State Question 802 for Medicaid expansion passed by a narrow margin in Oklahoma Tuesday, garnering 50.48 percent in favor with 49.52 percent opposed. Unofficial returns list 340,279 votes in favor statewide and 333,761 against. The measure will becom...

Three nights of fireworks and festivities are planned to entertain area residents and visitors. Some have limited activities in an effort to encourage social distancing during the pandemic. Dacoma 3rd of July Dacoma in the eastern part of Woods...

An Enid man was injured when his vehicle went off the road and rolled in Grant County. The wreck occurred Sunday at 5:43 p.m. on US-64, two-tenths of a mile east of County Road 850. The location is approximately 6.5 miles east of Nash. Michael David...

The Woods County commissioners approved several contracts during their meeting Monday. Present were commissioners Randy McMurphy, David Hamil and John Smiley. Grant Gibson filled in for County Clerk Shelley Reed, who was absent. The commissioners...

The Oklahoma State Department of Health (OSDH) situation update has made it official. Two more Alva residents have tested positive for the novel coronavirus. That brings the total cases for Alva (and Woods County) to seven with five recovered....

State Question 802 for Medicaid expansion passed by a narrow margin in Oklahoma Tuesday, garnering 50.48 percent in favor with 49.52 percent opposed. Unofficial returns list 340,279 votes in favor statewide and 333,761 against. The measure will... Full story

For a second time in a matter of months, a Waynoka man has been charged with larceny of merchandise from a retailer. On March 4, Cole Mason Bence, 33, of Waynoka, was charged with the misdemeanor in a Waynoka Police Department investigation. On June...

A social media post caught the attention of local law enforcement. Further investigation led to felony charges being filed against a Shawnee man. According to documents filed in the case, on June 23 at 10:04 p.m. Woods County Undersheriff Keith Dale...

Dr. Bryce Galbreath will be arriving in Alva in July with the opening of his office expected to be on July 13. At the Alva Hospital Authority (AHA) meeting Tuesday, Share Medical Center CEO Kandice Allen said Galbreath’s office in the Professional...

An initiative petition to give voters the chance to cancel a city sales tax supporting Share Medical Center has been ruled invalid. The petition was circulated by Meagan Caldwell and filed on June 8 with the Alva City Clerk. Alva City Business...