Alva Review-Courier -

Two of the Alfalfa County commissioners voted yea on enacting another seven-day countywide burn ban. Jay Hague said several fire chiefs had contacted him with concerns about the high winds and dry conditions and felt it was a good idea to issue a ban.

He also mentioned that Gov. Kevin Stitt was supposed to be making a statement or decision sometime that morning on issuing burn bans across the state. Though Stitt's decision remained unclear at the time of this publication, the Newsgram independently verified from Oklahoma Forestry Services that Alfalfa County joins 20 other Oklahoma counties wi...