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  The Bartlesville City Council's homelessness committee is gaining some ground in addressing the city's unsheltered population.    Appearing on KWON's CITY MATTERS program, City Manager Mike Bailey explained that the committee is composed of 13 voting membe ... read more »

The Nowata County Commissioners convened for their weekly meeting Monday morning at the Nowata County Courthouse Annex.   The commissioners continued the discussion on Nowata County Courthouse improvements. Chairman Paul Crupper added this information on the matter.   Th ... read more »

  Bartlesville Public Works Director Keith Henry has announced the city's upcoming spring leaf and grass collection, scheduled for May 5-9. This service allows residents to bag leaves, grass clippings, and yard debris for curbside pickup on their regular collection day. Bundled stick ... read more »

  Mark your calendar for March 22nd for Trivia Night to support the Bartlesville Symphony Orchestra.    Appearing on COMMUNITY CONNECTION, BSO board member Fred Cook reminded everyone that ticket sales cover only about a third of production costs and events like this ar ... read more »

The Cherokee Nation Foundation is hosting a virtual workshop to help Native students prepare for the national ACT exam. The free workshop is slated for March 29 from 12:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. Each student will receive new ACT test examples, guided practice over each section, copyrighted strategies ... read more »

By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma's top education official said he's teaming with country music singer Lee Greenwood in seeking donations to get $59.99 leather-bound "God Bless the USA" Bibles into classrooms throughout the state, after a leg ... read more »

By GRAHAM LEE BREWER Associated Press NORMAN — Three tribal nations and five Native American students say in a lawsuit that the Trump administration has failed its legal obligations to tribes when it cut jobs at Bureau of Indian Education schools. Firings at two colleges as part ... read more »

As we enter a new week, we name a new Patriot Auto Group Area Athlete of the Week. This week, it goes to Ryan Walton of the Nowata Ironmen.   Walton just played his senior season for Nowata's boys basketball team this year and was one of five seniors on this year's squad. ... read more »

Four arrests have been made in the ongoing homicide investigation that occurred at Lake Bluestem near Pawhuska early Saturday morning. The victim has also been identified as Enrique Ramon Urbana.  According to witnesses, Caleb Andrews, also known as, "Laylo," retrieved a firear ... read more »

A chemical release occured at the Phillips 66 Research Center on Friday, March 7, 2025, at about 5:30 am. Officials with Phillips 66 have released this comment: "At approximately 5:30 a.m., there was a chemical release at the Phillips 66 Research Center (PRC). "Our internal resp ... read more »

At Monday evening's city council meeting in Bartlesville, action was taken to approve and sign contracts for two street improvement projects. These were both approved by voters during the 2020 General Obligation bond election. Earlier this week, Vice-mayor Trevor Dorsey details where these im ... read more »

A Bartlesville woman faces felony charges after allegedly selling opioids.   48-year-old Misty Bringus was charged on Friday with three counts of distribution of a controlled dangerous substance.   According to the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics Dangerous Drugs, in Dec. 20 ... read more »

This week, the legislature reached an important milestone with the completion of our committee deadline on Thursday, March 6. This was the final day for bills to pass out of committee, marking a critical point in the legislative session. With the new committee structure this year, we’ve spe ... read more »

The Board of Osage County Commissioners will convene for a regularly scheduled meeting at the fairgrounds on Monday morning.  At that meeting, the Board will consider signing a vacation of plat and termination of owner's deed of dedication and covenants on the Woods at Skiatook. Ther ... read more »

Appearing on Capitol Call sponsored by Phillips 66, Representatives Judd Strom and John B. Kane along with Senator Julie Daniels shared their insights into the progress being made at the State Capitol. With five weeks completed in the 16-week session, lawmakers hit  milestone as thousand ... read more »