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A The pandemic will leave Western nations carrying the biggest public-debt pile as a percentage of gross domestic product since World War II. To deal with it, they will need a better grasp of inflation. So far, fears about high debt-to-GDP ratios have been proven repeatedly wrong.

In the depths of the financial panic from Covid-19 last year, the Federal Reserve offered to lend to a wide swath of businesses—something it had never done before. Yet it struggled to find takers.

Seminole Fire recently assisted in transferring a patient from Seminole Hospital to Seminole Airport to meet a fixed wing medical transport team. They were transferring the patient to Kansas. Seminole is grateful to have the airport that helps get patients to their destinations.

More Oklahomans than ever before will be covered by health insurance purchased off of the Affordable Care Act exchange when new plans took effect on Jan. 1.

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Captain Richie Lay officially retired from the Seminole Fire Department. Captain Lay served his hometown community for 23 years. There will be some big shoes to fill at Seminole Fire.

GuRuStu Communities, on behalf of the Seminole Public School District, will be hosting its first public engagement session via Zoom on January 14, at 6:00 pm.

The Seminole Public Works Department put a fresh coat of paint on a road at Seminole Airport. Air Evac Lifeteam 158 took this picture to show how the new paint enhances the visibility on the airport road.

Blake Raney of Edmond has been appointed by Governor Kevin Stitt to serve on the Oklahoma Aeronautics Commission through 2026 representing the Fifth Congressional District. Raney is active in both the aviation and business community throughout Oklahoma.

U.S. stocks tumbled on the first trading day of the year, retreating sharply from records set just days ago. Investors are starting off the new year fixated on the same issue that dominated markets for much of 2020: the coronavirus pandemic.