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A City Council session which whizzed through to an 8:30 p.m. ending Tuesday evening heard reports from the city clerk, city manager, and mayor. The mayor and Council gave unanimous approval to a motion to approve a resolution of commendation and bet wishes to Manger Don Bown, who is leaving as Seminole’s first city manager to assume the management of Bartlesville, a much larger city.
Read moreToo often, government officials assess the effectiveness of “economic development” like the guy who brags about winning $100 on a scratch-off ticket after spending $1,000 on the lottery. But this approach ignores the true cost.
Read moreAttorney General John O’Connor announced that Oklahoma Assistant Attorney General Jennifer Crabb was recognized as a 2020-2022 Outstanding Advocate in Capital Cases by the Association of Government Attorneys in Capital Litigation (AGACL) at its annual conference in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Read moreRecently, Congressman Frank Lucas (OK-03) joined Representatives Tom Emmer (R-MN) and Dan Newhouse (R-WA) in sending a letter to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack requesting information about USDA’s process for compiling data and reporting on foreign purchases of U.S. agricultural land. Foreign ownership of domestic agricultural land has risen sharply in recent years, with Chinese land holdings alone increasing from 13,720 acres to 352,140 acres between 2010 and 2020.
Read moreDirector Tanya N. Garfield of the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Disaster Field Operations Center-West has announced that the SBA will close its Seminole Business Recovery Center at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 4.
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Seminole Reservation has been fortunate to have the BIA (Bureau of Indian Affairs) Navajo Region Helitack crew stationed at the Jimmy Austin Regional Airport in Seminole to assist with fire suppression in eastern Oklahoma during the recent hot and dry spell.
Read moreThe accreditation status of Epic Charter Schools, which has been under scrutiny by state officials for nearly a decade, has been changed to “Accredited with Probation.”
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