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News On 6
April 27, 2018
Gov. Mary Fallin issued a proclamation reducing the number of counties under a burn ban Thursday afternoon. Okahoma Forestry Services said after analyzing the amount of rainfall, only 14 counties should remain under the burn ban. They include: Beaver, Beckham, Cimarron, Dewey, Ellis, Greer, HarmonÃâà...
Area Development Online
April 19, 2018
Canyon Midstream Partners II has commenced operations at its newly constructed natural gas processing facility in Woodward County, Oklahoma. The Redcliff Plant processes gas volumes gathered on an extensive pipeline system constructed by CMP2 in Oklahoma's Woodward, Dewey, Blaine andÃâà...
Williston Daily Herald
April 17, 2018
A lot split that ran afoul of an administrative decision aimed at preventing flag lots will be able to go forward after all, following a decision by Williams County Commissioners to allow the split if the company agrees in writing to eventually build a public road into the area in question. Tom Lunnen, aÃâà...
KRMG
April 15, 2018
WESTERN OKLAHOMA - Now, the very latest on wildfires causing havoc for crews in our state. Oklahoma Forestry Services spokeswoman Michelle Finch-Walker says strong wind gusts fueled 14 wildfires in western Oklahoma on Saturday. At last check, more than 572 square miles have been charred.
KOKH FOX25
April 13, 2018
Oklahoma's governor has issued a state of emergency for 52 counties due to ongoing wildfires. Multiple wildfires have burned over 200,000 acres throughout northwest Oklahoma and have prompted hundreds of evacuations. Extreme fire conditions are expected to continue through Saturday. The following counties areÃâà...
KOCO Oklahoma City
April 13, 2018
A tornado watch is in effect for several counties in Oklahoma until 10 p.m. Friday. A tornado warning was issued for Seminole County, Oklahoma, until 3:15 p.m. Friday. The warning has since been canceled. Advertisement. Several counties, including Atoka, Bryan, Carter, Coal, Garvin, Hughes, Johnston,Ãâà...
KOKH FOX25
April 12, 2018
Fourteen Oklahoma counties met last night's deadline and will give their voters a chance to change their drinking laws. If the counties pass a liquor-by-the-drink sales proposition in June, local businesses will be allowed to sell alcohol above 3.2 percent. If they don't, restaurants and bars will not be allowed to sell any beer,Ãâà...
Terre Haute Tribune Star
April 11, 2018
A $500,000 incentive to attract a German-based pet food producer unanimously passed Tuesday through the Vigo County Council. Saturn Petcare, based in Bremen, Germany, is seeking to purchase the former Pillsbury facility in Seelyville on U.S. 40. The company plans to produce wet and dry food forÃâà...
Chillicothe Constitution Tribune
April 11, 2018
Litton Road, which runs along the east side of Green Hills Golf Course south to Danner Park, is riddled with potholes and deterioration and may be considered for improvements through a mutual agreement between the city of Chillicothe and Livingston County. An agreement approved by both parties callsÃâà...
KOKI FOX 23
April 10, 2018
OSAGE COUNTY, Okla. - Law enforcement officials arrested four people in a joint operation that reportedly removed five pounds of meth from Green Country streets. The Osage County Sheriff's Office, the Osage Nation Police Department, the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs, theÃâà...
North Bay Business Journal
April 3, 2018
Perhaps aside from the issue of cannabis, vacation rentals have been the most time-consuming subject of study for Sonoma County government over the past several years. When the Board of Supervisors finally approved a hard-earned vacation rental policy in 2016, it included a number of “exclusionÃâà...
Shawnee News Star
March 30, 2018
In addition, 4,551 people have been hospitalized with flu-like symptoms so far this season — also a record. The Health Department says 1,146 people have been hospitalized with the flu in Tulsa County, more than any other county. Oklahoma County has the second-highest number of hospitalizations withÃâà...
El Defensor Chieftain
March 23, 2018
SunZia Southwest Transmission Project officials do not have to seek the authorization of the Socorro Board of County Commissioners if they choose to obtain property through eminent domain. Socorro County Attorney Adren Nance said authorization from the county was not required for the 515-mile projectÃâà...
kfor.com
March 21, 2018
2016, six Oklahoma counties have voted to change their liquor-by-the-drink sales laws to allow sales of strong beer, wine and liquor sales at local restaurants, bars, bowling alleys and lounges,” said Barnes. “Alfalfa and Harper counties have already placed a liquor-by-the-drink sales proposition on theÃâà...
KOKI FOX 23
March 21, 2018
CRAIG COUNTY, Okla. - Craig County deputies arrested a woman in what the sheriff calls the worst animal cruelty case he's ever seen. Deputies served a warrant on the home of Glenn Renay Davidson near Big Cabin after they received a tip from a neighbor that Davidson had committed animal cruelty.
Tulsa World
March 16, 2018
Update: (3 p.m. Friday) The National Weather Service expanded a red flag warning to all Oklahoma counties. Meteorologists, despite the rain, forecast critical fire conditions will exist throughout Friday. Parts of northeast and east central Oklahoma are under a red flag warning until 7 p.m. Friday, according toÃâà...
The Oklahoma Daily
March 14, 2018
Cleveland County Courthouse on May 4, 2017. Cleveland County ranked seventh out of 77 counties in Oklahoma in a new health report. Finlea Baxter/OU Daily. Facebook Ãâ÷ Twitter Ãâ÷ Email; Print; Save. A new health report ranks Cleveland County seventh out of the 77 counties in Oklahoma based on variousÃâà...
KOKH FOX25
February 23, 2018
The burn ban, issued Jan. 30, originally covered 52 counties. After several rounds of rain and winter weather, the ban now contains the following counties: Beaver, Beckham, Cimarron, Custer, Dewey, Ellis, Greer, Harmon, Harper, Jackson, Kiowa, Roger Mills, Texas, Washita, Woods and Woodward. The ban will remain inÃâà...
kfor.com
February 22, 2018
OKLAHOMA CITY – Up to 14 counties in Oklahoma might not be able to sell beer after low-point beer becomes unavailable in October. The Journal Record reports that counties will be required to have liquor-by-the-drink approved in order to sell beer in restaurants and bars once 3.2-percent beer isÃâà...
KTAL
February 21, 2018
MCCURTAIN COUNTY, OK - The National Weather Service in Shreveport reported a water rescue this in McCurtain County, Oklahoma. According to a tweet, McCurtain County Emergency Manager reported that a vehicle went around a barricade and was washed off the road. High water rescue isÃâà...
Business Facilities Magazine
February 20, 2018
Google Pryor Mayes County Oklahoma expansion “Oklahoma has proven to be an important home for Google since opening our data center operations here in 2011,” said Andrew Silvestri, head of external affairs for Google in Oklahoma. “We've been able to accelerate our growth here in part due to theÃâà...
Tulsa World
February 15, 2018
As of Thursday, Feb. 15, Tulsa County and more than 50 other Oklahoma counties are under a governor's burn ban until March 2 (marked in red). Other eastern counties are under separate county bans (yellow). Map courtesy of Oklahoma Forestry Service. Facebook Ãâ÷ Twitter Ãâ÷ Email; Print; Save.
KFDX
February 8, 2018
Many Texas, Oklahoma counties remain in burn bans and drought conditions worsen ... WICHITA FALLS - As of Thursday, there are 122 Texas counties and 57 Oklahoma counties under a burn ban. Nine of the burn bans in Texas are in Texoma, and those are Wilbarger, Baylor, Throckmorton, Archer, Clay,Ãâà...
Boulder Daily Camera
February 7, 2018
Eric Skokan, chef and owner of the Black Cat Restaurant and the Black Cat Farm, cuts away part of a corn cob for his pigs in October 2014. (Cliff Grassmick / Staff Photographer). Boulder County officials have issued a clean bill of health to Boulder's Black Cat Farm, which provides farm-to-table produce andÃâà...
High Plains Journal
December 31, 1999
U.S. Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency Oklahoma Executive Director Scott Biggs announced 14 Oklahoma counties are now authorized for emergency haying and grazing use of Conservation Reserve Program acres. This request is based on the need for emergency haying or grazing and aÃâà...
Willcox Range News
December 31, 1999
The Cochise County Board of Supervisors has backed a Planning and Zoning Commission decision to allow a Cochise business to continue operating in a rural residential neighborhood. At its regular meeting March 27, the board concurred with the Planning and Zoning Commission's unanimous vote lastÃâà...
High Plains Journal
December 31, 1999
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has designated Kay, Logan, Noble and Osage counties in Oklahoma as primary natural disaster areas due to losses and damages caused by a recent drought. Farmers and ranchers in the following contiguous counties in Oklahoma also qualify for natural disasterÃâà...
KXII-TV
December 31, 1999
Fourteen Oklahoma counties, including Coal County, are still "dry"; meaning bars and restaurants can only serve beer with an alcohol point of 3.2 percent. "Oklahoma is one of the only places in the country you can't get real beer." said Cedric Howard, a beer drinker. "This three percent beer, all it does isÃâà...
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