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Smokey Bear

Smokey Bear

Smokey Bear:

Allie Prater
Wednesday, July 17, 2024
“Remember… Only YOU, can prevent forest fires.”For more than half a century, Smokey Bear has been using this catchphrase to remind people across the nation about fire safety and how to keep the forests that make our land grand, pristine and firescar free.

Election pay increased

News Staff
Wednesday, July 17, 2024
OKLAHOMA CITY – A bill passed in 2023 to increase precinct official pay went into effect July 1 – doubling the pay precinct officials receive for a workday. State Election Board Secretary Paul Ziriax said he is confident the increase in pay will support recruitment efforts across the state.
Airport Manager Mike Middleton leads a C-47 to to the tarmac at the Cushing Municipal Airport during the Fly-in and Fun Fair held last fall. Photo by J. D. Meisner

Airport Manager Mike Middleton leads a C-47 to to the tarmac at the Cushing Municipal Airport during the Fly-in and Fun Fair held last fall. Photo by J. D. Meisner

Commission okays new airport rules

Deanna Maddox
Wednesday, July 17, 2024
CUSHING -- The Cushing City Commission voted in a split vote Monday to approve a set of regulations at the airport intended to address Federal Aviation Administration concerns that the facility is not in compliance with federal regulations.

Cimarron Turnpike slated to become Interstate Highway

J. D. Meisner
Wednesday, July 17, 2024
OKLAHOMA CITY - A mandate to convert US Highway 412 to a full-grown Interstate Highway has spurred planning activity in the departments of Transportation of Oklahoma and Arkansas.The mandate was part of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, signed in 2021.

County okays $100,000 ARPA funding for Saville Center

Van Mitchell
Wednesday, July 17, 2024
STILLWATER — The Payne County Board of Commissioners Monday approved using $100,000 in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding for the Saville Center of Stillwater.Heather Houle, Executive Director of the Saville Center, wrote in a letter to the Commissioners the reasoning for their funding request.
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Day guilty in 2023 burglaries

Allie Prater
Wednesday, July 17, 2024
CUSHING — A Cushing man who broke into the Cushing Sports Complex and Cushman Cannabis dispensary last year recently pleaded guilty and was sentenced to six years imprisonment.Randy Lee Day, 42, of Cushing, had been charged on Sept.

Miss CrossRoads Competition set for July 28

Raynee Howell
Wednesday, July 17, 2024
CUSHING — Miss CrossRoads and Miss CrossRoads’ Teen will be passing on their crowns to new pageant winners on July 28 at Dunkin Theatre in Cushing at 5 p.m.The competition is preliminary to the Miss Oklahoma and Miss America pageants.
Bulletin Board

Bulletin Board

Bulletin Board

News Staff
Tuesday, July 9, 2024
VOTE NOW Cimarron Valley ANNOUNCEMENTS CUSHING Registration for Cushing Public Library’s Summer Reading Program is now open. Visit cushinglibrary.okpls. org/srp24 or call (918) 225-4188 for more information. July 13, 10 a.m.
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