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The 2024 Washington County Free Fair has new name and a few new attractions. This year's fair is called "The Sweet Life.   Appearing on COMMUNITY CONNECTION, Rebecca Moses, Lucas Foster and Martin Blum talked about a few of the new items of interest. For one, the hot dog eatin ... read more »

An Oklahoma board's approval of what would be the nation's first publicly funded religious school is unconstitutional and must be rescinded, the state Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday. The high court determined the Statewide Virtual Charter School Board's 3-2 vote last year to appro ... read more »

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment has issued a boil water advisory for the City of Caney public water supply system.  The advisory took effect Monday and will remain in effect until the conditions that placed the system at risk of bacterial contamination are resolved. & ... read more »

Productivity losses related to personal and family health problems cost U.S. employers more than $225 billion annually. To minimize health-related costs, the Oklahoma State Department of Health (OSDH) seeks public and private businesses and organizations to participate in a no-cost ... read more »

The hot topic everywhere is this: it’s hot. Summer is just underway and some places across the U.S. are already reaching their record high temperatures for the season. While you and your families try to stay cool this summer, here are some safety precautions for your furry friends and their ... read more »

The Bartlesville Salvation Army has been very busy this summer helping people recover from the recent tornado and severe storms.   Appearing on COMMUNITY CONNECTION, Lt Tonya Swain and Development Director Monica Camp said our local Salvation Army helped 240 people after the May 6th ... read more »

At Monday’s Nowata County Commissioner meeting, election board member Dave Neely gave his official update that last week’s election was certified by the state on Friday. Last week’s local Nowata County race gave a run-off result due to no candidate receiving 50% of the popular v ... read more »

At Monday's Board of Osage County Commissioners meeting, Director of the Osage County Extension Office, Trinity Brown announced that Friday will be her last day serving in that role. Before stepping down, she wanted to thank the people of Osage County for making the last three years so specia ... read more »

The Board of Osage County Commissioners convened for a regularly scheduled meeting on Monday and got a number of things accomplished. One such thing included signing an independent contractor agreement with Kellogg Engineering for general consulting services.   District Two also sig ... read more »

The Delaware Tribe of Indians are offering space for anyone needing a place to cool down during this heat wave.   The Tribe will open Forsythe Hall, located at Tribal Headquarters 5100 Tuxedo Blvd., in Bartlesville, Monday through Friday from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. to sit down and get cool ... read more »

The Bartlesville Police Department responded to 30 calls this weekend with only nine of them being high priority calls. The nine consisted of seven of them being traffic related, a missing person, and an overdose.  The BPD also had 15 calls of medium priority with three of them concernin ... read more »

An Independence man was seen in Washington County Court Monday on three new felony charges and two previous misdemeanor charges of violating a protective order. Kyler Dowell has been charged three times this month with violating a protective order against the same victim. According to an affi ... read more »

To commemorate Zach Bryan's new album release, “The Great American Bar Scene,” he selected 23 bars across the country to play select songs before the general public had access to it. One local watering hole that Bryan selected was Dobbies Bar in Dewey, which is a bar that is very ... read more »

The Nowata County Commissioners held a very run of the mill meeting on Monday with Chairman Timmie Benson being absent. A member of the Nowata Chamber of Commerce came by to give an update and set a date for their annual “state of the county,” which will be set on July 31st. This ... read more »

The Washington County Sheriff's Office will be using a new vendor for GPS fleet tracking after the Board of County Commissioners approved a contract on Monday.   Undersheriff Jon Copeland saysVerizon Connect will provide a more reliable service and at a cheaper rate, saving taxpa ... read more »