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Appearing on KWON RADIO's CITY MATTERS program, Bartlesville City Manager Mike Bailey, City Clerk Jason Muninger, Golf Course Director Dee Roadman, and City Engineer Micah Siemers brought the community up to date on issues involving the city.

Mike Bailey reminded everyone that the Bartlesville Police will host their annual community block party on Saturday, Sept. 27, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. The event will take place along Johnstone Avenue, wrapping around Silas to near Unity Square.

The celebration will feature live music, free food and drinks, a barbecue cookoff, food trucks, vendors, children’s activities, emergency vehicle displays and demonstrations from police K-9 and drone units. Friends of the Library will also hold a book sale and visitors can tour the city’s police and fire facilities.

Other community updates shared on KWON’s City Matters program included:

• A drawing for Hudson Lake duck blinds on Oct. 24 at 9 a.m.

• Free yard debris pickup scheduled for Dec. 8–12.

• Plans for a new private indoor pickleball court on Taylor Drive.

• Plans for A Chinese buffet, “Buffet Garden,” at the former Montana Mike’s location.

• Dutch Bros Coffee set to open near Whataburger on U.S. 75.

• Road work continuing with concrete panel replacements in Oak Park and an upcoming mill-and-overlay project.

City officials also highlighted the Bartlesville Citizens Academy, now in its second year, which gives residents a behind-the-scenes look at city operations.