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New accounting system calls for account review and rearrangement
Alfalfa County officials met Monday morning for their weekly commissioner meeting. Routine business was addressed first with commissioners accepting and signing off on their monthly maintenance and operation warrants for payment and blanket purchase...
Industrial hemp-growing prompts local interest
Avard Regional Rail Park Authority board members Stan Bixler, Ed Sutter and Bob Firth met Tuesday night without the company of fellow members Todd Holder and Allan Poe. It was enough to meet a quorum and the board got started on the agenda. They appr...
Company seeks to construct wind farm near Goltry
A wind farm projected to generate up to $60 million in property taxes and give about the same in landowner payments during its first 30 years, is getting closer to becoming a reality for Alfalfa County residents, specifically near Goltry. The...
Future student center at Cherokee Elementary School may double as a community shelter
Amber Wilhite, Desiree Gibson and Shane Parker were present for Cherokee's school board meeting Monday night. The three board members started by approving the consent agenda, including purchase orders, balances and warrants, and fund encumbrances...
Commissioners still looking for tower climbers
By Stacy Sanborn Commissioners in Alfalfa County opened bids Monday morning for a 24-foot by 80-foot lean-to building addition., but only did so after taking care of their routine business. They approved last week's meeting minutes, maintenance and...
A bigger, better battle of bulls; Alva's Bull Battle event expands
Next weekend, the Woods County Fairgrounds in Alva will host the fourth annual Bull Battle, opening its doors at 4 p.m. on Friday. Bull Riders, Inc. (BRI), an Oklahoma-based sanctioning organization, will showcase bull riders competing for $7,500 in...
Unintended layover wins Alva a new fan
A pilot flying north from an Olney, Texas, aircraft factory was about 276 miles in on a 950-mile trip to Appleton, Minnesota, when he decided to make a brief rest stop. He called Alva's Regional... Full story
Commissioners sign contracts for Mack trucks
Commissioners in Alfalfa County met this past Monday with more of the same; after signing off on the usual previous meeting minutes, payroll warrants, maintenance and operation warrants for payment, and monthly officer reports, the trio took care of...
U.S. Sen. James Lankford gives legislative update
United States Senator for Oklahoma James Lankford stopped by the Alfalfa County Fairgrounds in Cherokee yesterday to give a legislative update. He began with talks on policy, specifically in passing...
Avard Rail Park Authority looks to future as loan amount decreases
Members of the Avard Regional Rail Park Authority met for their regularly scheduled meeting Tuesday evening at Northwest Technology Center. Members Ed Sutter, Todd Holder, Allan Poe and Stan Bixler found no reason to convene into executive session,...
Miracles abound
Just as the hardest steel is forged in the hottest fire, so, too, we humans are forged and strengthened through our own struggles and triumph; from great adversity comes great strength. Several... Full story
A surplus of surplus in Alfalfa County
Commissioners in Alfalfa County were busy at their Monday morning meeting with a lengthy three-page agenda this week. Two of those pages were filled with items to be declared surplus and then the resolutions for their disposal. The county officials k...
Short agenda makes for short meeting for Alfalfa County officials
The regularly scheduled meeting for Alfalfa County commissioners was a short one last Monday morning. There were no road crossing permits for the week, but all other routine items were accepted and approved (minutes from the last meeting,...
Avard Rail Park Authority appoints Allan Poe as board secretary
The Avard Rail Park Authority met Tuesday evening for their monthly meeting with a short agenda. Members present were Stan Bixler, Ed Sutter, Allan Poe, Todd Holder and Bob Firth. Woods County Economic Development Director Sonja Williams was also in...
Citizen's Choice Awards gala a night to remember
The Citizen's Choice Awards Gala was held Monday night to honor nine individuals specially chosen by the community for demonstrating excellence in their respective fields. The event, held at the...
Short agenda makes for short meeting for Alfalfa County commissioners
The regularly scheduled meeting for Alfalfa County commissioners was a short one Monday morning. There were no road crossing permits for the week, but all other routine items were accepted and approved (minutes from the last meeting, maintenance and...
Commissioners acknowledge Feb 18-22 as Farm Bureau Week
County farm bureaus will celebrate the organization's dedication to agriculture as the base of Oklahoma's economic prosperity, as “Oklahoma Farm Bureau Week” was proclaimed for the week of Feb. 18-22. Different farm bureaus across the state use t...
Alfalfa County commissioners sign master service agreement with Dobson Technologies
The Alfalfa County commissioners kicked off their regularly scheduled meeting Monday morning by approving routine items, such as minutes from last week’s meeting, payroll warrants, maintenance and operation warrants, and blanket purchase orders....
Out with the old
Monday morning’s Alfalfa County commissioners meeting began with a conference call between the three Alfalfa County commissioners and Les Reed of Dobson Technologies, a telecom solutions company. Since November, officials have kicked around the...
Incoming administration appointments made for current officeholders
At last week's meeting, new Alfalfa County commissioner of District 3 Marvin Woodall took his seat at the table with Jay Hague and Stan Tucker. His first item to vote on was the appointment of Jay Hague for the 2019 chairman of the Alfalfa County Boa...
Incoming administration appointments made for current officeholders
New Alfalfa County commissioner of District 3 Marvin Woodall took his seat at the table Monday morning with Jay Hague and Stan Tucker. His first item to vote on was the appointment of Jay Hague for the 2019 chairman of the Alfalfa County Board of Com...
Alfalfa County commissioners address budgets and road crossing permits at last two meetings
The Christmas holiday threw off the Alfalfa County commissioner's meeting date last week, but the guys had no problem plowing through the agenda. They began by approving the minutes from their... Full story
Notice of election resolution approved for Freedom town board seat
Freedom's Town Board met briefly last week for their regularly scheduled meeting. Members Shad Brackin, Terry Smith and Rolando Galindo were present, along with town clerk Cindy Reed. The meeting...
Officials in Alfalfa County revisit telecom solution quote
It was over a month ago that commissioners in Alfalfa County met with a representative from Dobson Technologies to gather information on internet and telephone service in search of higher levels of functionality and performance for the courthouse....
Avard Regional Rail Park Authority welcomes new member
The Avard Regional Rail Park Authority meeting Tuesday evening was comprised of Stan Bixler, Todd Holder and their newest member, Allan Poe. Woods County Clerk Shelley Reed and Woods County Economic Development Director Sonja Williams were also...
