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In last week's Alfalfa County commissioner story, it was reported there were no changes to district boundaries. Though accurate and no actual boundaries changed, there was a slight change in population, causing residents of Nescatunga to be added to...

The Avard Regional Rail Park Authority met on Thursday afternoon instead of on Tuesday as originally scheduled. Stan Bixler, Bob Firth, and Allan Poe were present to kick off the meeting since they were enough to call a quorum. (Todd Holder and Ed...

Alfalfa County commissioners Marvin Woodall, Jay Hague and Mike Roach signed amended Covid-19 guidelines Monday morning, adding verbiage that time off for illness/quarantine is ten days with no carryover from 2021. Besides that and some date...

Alfalfa County commissioners voted to convene in executive session Tuesday morning to discuss matters regarding the county's emergency manager, Shana Smallwood. But before entering into the private conference, Marvin Woodall, Jay Hague and Mike...

The beginning of a new month means lots of paperwork for county commissioners to sign. Monday in Alfalfa County, Marvin Woodall, Jay Hague and Mike Roach went through a stack of appropriations, approving them and the monthly alcohol beverage tax....

Commissioners in Alfalfa County opened two bids for the Aline blacktop striping project: one for $12,835 from a company called Advance and the other from Action Safety for $16,473.60. Marvin Woodall, Jay Hague and Mike Roach opted for the cheaper bid...

The Avard Regional Rail Park Authority met during the lunch hour last Tuesday for their monthly meeting. Members Stan Bixler, Bob Firth, Allan Poe, Ed Sutter and Todd Holder were joined by Woods County Economic Development Committee's executive direc...

There wasn't much doing in Monday's Alfalfa County commissioner meeting. Marvin Woodall, Jay Hague and Mike Roach were present with county clerk Laneta Schwerdtfeger and administrative assistant Nancy Lambert. The officials tended to their usual...

Rick Cunningham, Randy McMurphy and Melissa Fisher were enough to make a quorum Tuesday morning for their quarterly Woods County Industrial Development Authority (WCIDA) meeting. Members Stan Kline and Connor Martin were unable to attend, but Woods C...

Donnie Head, program manager of Circuit Engineering District 8, sat with the Alfalfa County commissioners Monday during their meeting. Head, along with Marvin Woodall, Jay Hague, and Mike Roach, discussed at length several state jobs. They reviewed...

Officials in Alfalfa County didn't have a long agenda to get through on Monday morning. Most of their to-do list consisted of signing private property access easements. But, first, Marvin Woodall, Jay Hague, and Mike Roach signed previous meeting...

Commissioners in Alfalfa County had a short meeting Monday morning. Marvin Woodall, Jay Hague and Mike Roach got right down to business, signing approval signatures on the maintenance and operation payment warrants and blanket purchase orders. They...

Avard Regional Rail Park Authority assembled for a special meeting at noon Tuesday. Chairman Stan Bixler, Ed Sutter, Allan Poe, and Bob Firth were present. Todd Holder, tied up at another conference, was unable to make it. Woods County Economic...

At Monday's meeting, Alfalfa County commissioners Marvin Woodall, Jay Hague, and Mike Roach modified requisitioning and receiving officers. One was for the name change of County Clerk Laneta Unruh's name to Laneta Schwerdtfeger. The others were for...

The commissioners of Alfalfa County opened three bids Monday for a tractor with a road drag for District 3. P&K Equipment's proposal came in at $144,677.24, Rother Brothers at $127,800, and Western Equipment $152,425.98. Marvin Woodall, Jay Hague,...

Much discussion ensued about handbook verbiage at the Alfalfa County commissioners meeting Monday. Marvin Woodall, Jay Hague, and Mike Roach listened to County Clerk Laneta Unruh share recommendations on the county employee handbook wording. Unruh...

Most of what the Alfalfa County commissioners did in their meeting Monday was conventional. Marvin Woodall, Jay Hague, and Mike Roach signed maintenance and operation payment warrants, blanket purchase orders, and previous meeting minutes before...

The lull of summer has brought little activity to the Avard Regional Rail Park. The authority met this past Tuesday evening, and besides an executive session, there wasn't much doing. Chairman Stan Bixler, Todd Holder and Allan Poe were present in bo...

Cherokee City Manager Mike Jones appealed to the Alfalfa County commissioners for help Monday morning on a couple of issues within the town. Marvin Woodall, Jay Hague and Mike Roach listened to Jones explain how a lack of equipment has resulted in...

Independence Day falling on a Sunday this year allowed Alfalfa County employees to take Monday off, resulting in a Tuesday commissioner meeting. Marvin Woodall, Jay Hague and Mike Roach approved the previous meeting minutes, maintenance and operation...

At Monday's meeting, the commissioners of Alfalfa County spent some time reviewing and awarding six-month bids. Marvin Woodall, Jay Hague and Mike Roach considered availability, quality and cost to determine the awards. With steel, availability was t...

The Avard Regional Rail Park Authority met Tuesday night with Stan Bixler, Todd Holder, and Ed Sutter present in the conference room, and Allan Poe and Bob Firth by phone. After approving previous meeting minutes, the group discussed the $4,516.12 qu...

Melissa Fisher was appointed the new trustee representing the Alva Chamber of Commerce during the Woods County Industrial Development Authority Tuesday morning. Authority members present to appoint her were Rick Cunningham, Stan Kline, and Connor...

Emotions ran high at Monday's Alfalfa County commissioners meeting as longtime county employee Vernon Sanders addressed Marvin Woodall, Jay Hague, and Mike Roach about the upcoming change to his employment status. Besides Sanders, Alfalfa County...