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Exec. Dir. of Teaching & Learning at Bartlesville Public Schools, LaDonna Chancellor, and Exec. Dir. of the Bartlesville Public Schools Foundation, Blair Ellis, were our guests on COMMUNITY CONNECTION.   LaDonna brought us up to speed on the construction upgrade at Wayside and Ra ... read more »

The June 18th primary election results in Nowata County came final Tuesday night, with an interesting outcome. The total vote would end with nobody getting 50% of the vote, leading to a runoff vote in August. The final vote showed Brandon Wesson (challenger) winning the popular vote with 195 ... read more »

Republican Oklahoma Senator Julie Daniels has earned another term in office after overcoming a challenge from former State House District 11 Representative Wendi Stearman in the Tuesday's GOP primary election. There is no Democrat opponent in November, so this primary election settled the ... read more »

Incumbent State House Dist. 10 Rep. Judd Strom won another term in office by defeating challenger Chad McCarthy in the June 18th Republican Primary Tuesday night. Strom does not have a Democrat opponent in November.    Strom garnered 64.11% or 2,565 total votes to Chad ... read more »

Michael Colaw and Corey Shivel are heading to an August run-off in the race for Washington County Commissioner District 2. According to unofficial results after Tuesday’s primary election, Shivel received 971 votes, or 38.9%, and Colaw received 916 votes, or 36.7%. The third candidate, ... read more »

Osage County cittizens went to the polls on Tuesday with five local primary races on the line and voters have elected a new sheriff in Bart Perrier.  Anthony Hudson will fill the expired term of County Commissioner for District One, Steve Talburt will retain his seat as County Commission ... read more »

The Osage Nation Department of Natural Resources will be hosting a disc golf clinic this Friday. The clinic will teach youth how to play disc golf beginning at 9:30 a.m. at the corner of Main Street and Lynn Avenue.   Hotdogs and hamburgers will be served following the two-hour long ... read more »

The Pawhuska School Board had its regularly scheduled meeting at the administration building on Monday evening and got a number of agenda items approved.    A state law going into effect on July 1st states that there is to be no one-on-one contact between students and teachers. ... read more »

The Dewey Public Works Authority met directly after the City Council Monday night, in a short meeting that showed the approval of just one item. The Council voted to approve the resolution to reappropriate funds from finance/administration to water/wastewater in the amount of $8,000. Mayor To ... read more »

The Dewey City Council met Monday night for their second and final meeting of the month of June, and started with sales tax reports for the month of June. City Manager Kevin Trease gave the update. Next, the council heard two separate presentations, starting with the Washington County Histori ... read more »

A Bartlesville woman was arrested on Saturday, June 15th for a DUI after she had jumped a sidewalk with her vehicle and came to a stop after hitting a railing. Cassandra Blount was speaking with police after the wreck and was subjected to standard field sobriety test’s (SFST’s). T ... read more »

A Bartlesville man was arrested Saturday on the charge of domestic abuse by strangulation. Tyler Ledford is alleged of punching the victim in the ribs and also grabbing the victim by the throat. Ledford was seen in Washington County Court on Monday afternoon. According to an affidavit, the vi ... read more »

The Nowata County Commissioners discussed multiple items on Monday, starting with the sales tax budget for the upcoming fiscal year. The biggest point of discussion in that was the budget for the Nowata Public Library as they are set to hire an entirely new staff at the beginning of the month. ... read more »

The Board of Osage County Commissioners convened for a regularly scheduled meeting at the fairgrounds on Monday. At that meeting, the Board signed a mass appraisal services agreement with ACT for $25,000. This is a yearly contract and assists the assessor's office.   District Two ... read more »

Residents of Barnsdall are still picking up the pieces seven weeks after a strong EF-4 tornado ripped through town seven weeks ago. To help with clean-up efforts, there was discussion at Monday's Board of Osage County Commissioners meeting to reach out to the Natural Resources Conservation Se ... read more »