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Early voting will get underway Thursday in the April 6 election that includes a countywide tax referendum, the filling of school board and city council seats and a school bond proposition.
Read more(Editor’s note: A story appeared in our March 25 edition that details a recorded phone conversation between Anthony Conley, who is enrolled as a member of the Seminole Nation as a “Freedman” and the Wewoka Indian Health Services Clinic. Conley was told that the clinic “does not honor the Freedmen” by an employee of the clinic).
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Sierra Josselyn and A-yo Jones, two Seminole State students, recently completed qualifications for a national certification in peer mentoring from the Peer Leader Center. Both students are employed by SSC Student Support Services as peer mentors. In their positions, they help guide peers in navigating college, meeting other students, developing basic academic skills and discovering important resources. Josselyn and Jones are the first two students at the college to achieve the certification.
Read moreOklahoma Humanities (OH) announces that $50,000 in immediate emergency grant funding is available for cultural organizations statewide that sustained damages in the days following the Feb. 17, 2021, severe winter storm.
Read moreThe 32nd annual Oklahoma TRASH-OFF is open for registration, part of a goal to keep Oklahoma alluring and free of litter as the state blooms into spring. The Oklahoma Department of Transportation and Keep Oklahoma Beautiful are once again partners for the event, which is part of the national three-month annual Great American Cleanup. TRASH-OFF is included in ODOT’s vision of eliminating litter on state highways and interstates.
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Taos Kindergarten learned about Spring last week, so they went on a nature scavenger hunt. They made DIY binoculars to use. It was such a beautiful day for the students to be outside and learn.
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As of this advisory, there are 437,853 (194 new today) cases of COVID-19 in Oklahoma.
Read moreOklahoma State University has now vaccinated more than 10,000 members of the university community.
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