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Above, the Seminole Fire Department received three days of hands-on training this week from Air-EVAC. The firefighters learned about landing zones, and shortly after this photo was taken, the training was put to use on a motor vehicle accident. 

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The Seminole Lady Chieftains Tennis Team travelled to Owasso for their Regional Tennis Competition and qualified for State. The number one doubles seniors Ashley Baker and Lilea King had to fight back in the finals losing the first set 4-6 to Wagoner but then won the next two sets 6-4, 6-2.

The Seminole Nation Higher Education staff, Clara Keawphalouk (Director) and Delois Harjo (Administrative Assistant) have been very busy informing the Seminole Nation tribal members who will be graduating in May about the upcoming Seminole Nation BIA Scholarship.

A Private Pesticide Applicator’s training for agriculture producers, from Hughes and Seminole counties, is scheduled for Tuesday, May 25, 2021, from 6:30 to 9 pm at the Seminole County OSU extension office, Wewoka OK.

A new community grocery store is bringing healthy produce to a food desert in northeast Oklahoma City, in a private-public partnership supported by Oklahoma State University Extension agricultural expertise.

National Nurses Day is observed annually on May 6th. The Oklahoma State Department of Health (OSDH) honors the contributions and commitment of public health nurses, and the vital role nurses continue to play in Oklahoma’s COVID-19 pandemic response.

Many people resolve to be more organized at the start of a new year, but any time of year is a good time to get more organized.

A bill to help law enforcement locate kidnap victims faster has been signed into law. Sen. Darrell Weaver, R-Moore, and Rep.

The Oklahoma Employment Security Commission (OESC) reports a decrease in initial unemployment claims and in the initial claims’ four-week moving average while also reporting an increase in continued claims and the continued claims’ four-week moving average.