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ALVA – Northwestern Oklahoma State outfielder Carson Wright earned Great American Conference Player of the Week to start the season. Rangers baseball won the opening weekend series to start the year 2-1 over Metropolitan State University of D...

ALVA – Northwestern Oklahoma State men's basketball player Brian Free earned Great American Conference Player of the Week for Week 11 following a 2-0 week for the Rangers with wins over Southern Arkansas and Arkansas Monticello. Brian Free led the Ra...

ALVA – Northwestern Oklahoma State forward Faith Simpson earned her second straight and fifth overall GAC Player of the Week award this season on Monday. Lady Rangers finished the week 2-0 with wins over Southern Arkansas and Arkansas Monticello. F...

Breakfast Menu for Alva Public Schools Monday—Sweet waffle sticks, fruit, juice, milk Tuesday—Scrambled eggs, toast, fruit, juice, milk Wednesday—Biscuit and sausage gravy, fruit, juice, milk Thursday—Breakfast calzone, fruit, juice, milk Friday...

The annual contest to select a homecoming theme and parade marshal for the 2024 Alva/Northwestern Oklahoma State University Homecoming has begun and is open to the public. The deadline for submitting entries is Monday, March 11, at 5 p.m. This...

The deadline to request absentee ballots by mail is approaching. Applications must be received by the County Election Board no later than 5 p.m. Monday, Feb. 19. Woods County Election Board Secretary Holly Blevins said absentee voting is available...

Voters within the Alva City limits will head to the polls on Feb. 13. The polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Woods County Election Board Secretary Holly Blevins recommends voters with questions about their eligibility or polling place call...

Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt implored lawmakers to send him tax cuts and said the continuing fallout from the McGirt decision’s effect on tribal-state relations risks state unity, an assertion that left representatives of many of the state’s tribes sit...

The Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board voted unanimously on Monday to implement a waiting period for state prisoners to argue their sentence is unjust or excessive. The administrative rules change, which must receive final approval from the...

OKLAHOMA CITY — Gov. Kevin Stitt caught some lawmakers off guard Monday when he called for consolidating public colleges and universities in his State of the State speech. Stitt offered few specific details in his speech except to say he wants to s...

An Alva woman accused of keying her ex-husband’s vehicle is now facing a felony charge in Woods County. Damage to the 2022 Ford F250 pickup on the driver’s side door panel is estimated at $1,200. Holley Ann Ortiz, alias Holley Ann Perez, 37, is cha... Full story

CRETE, Neb. – Northwestern Oklahoma State Women's track and field team was in Crete, Nebraska, for the Fred Beile Classic hosted by Doane University. The Rangers had 34 season bests, 25 personal bests and three school records set at the meet. T...

ALVA – On Tuesday, Feb. 6, against Newman University, the Rangers achieved a comeback win for the third time this season, scoring five runs in the 8th inning to win 9-8 after a Paul Sachen two-RBI double for the lead. The Rangers improved to 3-1 o...

Rhonda LeValdo is exhausted, but she's refusing to slow down. For the fourth time in five years, her hometown team and the focus of her decadeslong activism against the use of Native American imagery and references in sports is in the Super Bowl. As...

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Diversity initiatives would be defunded or banned from universities and other public institutions under a slate of bills pending in Republican-led legislatures, with some lawmakers counting on the issue resonating with voters i...

TONTITOWN, Ark. (AP) — Two Michigan men are being held on multiple charges after leading police on a high-speed chase through Arkansas and Oklahoma in a stolen U-Haul that contained weapons and Molotov cocktails, authorities said. Cory Robert M...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An Oklahoma judge agreed to step down Friday after she was caught sending hundreds of texts from the bench while overseeing a murder trial in the killing of a 2-year-old boy, including messages that mocked prosecutors and were s...