Bartlesville Radio: The area’s best source for news, weather and sports!

The Bartlesville Splash Club is celebrating its 75th anniversary. Founded in 1950 by Ken Treadway as a swim team for Phillips 66 employees and their families, the club has grown into a community institution that offers competitive swimming and lifesaving lessons to local youth.   App ... read more »

The Copan Lakeside Fireworks display originally scheduled for Saturday, July 5 has been postponed until Labor Day. Organizers say high water levels at Copan Lake and the closure of Copan Point Beach during the holiday weekend are the reasons for the delay. They say parking for the fireworks s ... read more »

Appearing pn joined KWON’s Community Connection, Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. highlighted some initiatives aimed at improving healthcare and economic opportunity across the tribe’s 14-county reservation.   Chief Hoskin confirmed to KWON that the Cherok ... read more »

All City of Bartlesville business licenses expired June 30 and must be renewed by July 31. Renewal notices will be emailed this week. A link to pay online by credit card will be provided in the email, but payment may also be made in-person on the first floor of City Hall or by mail ... read more »

A major cattle auction will be taking place at the Mullendore Cross Bell Ranch on Wednesday. This is the annual Bluestem Special Cattle Auction in which 25,000 head of cattle, including close to 550 fall calves coming from the Osage Nation Ranch, which is part of the Osage LLC portfolio will be s ... read more »

Bartlesville Police and Tri County Tech continue to partner to train new law enforcement officers across the state.   BPD Deputy Chief Andrew Ward says one academy is wrapping up and another one is set to begin.   The academy is scheduled to run from Aug. 18 through Dec. ... read more »

A Bartlesville woman is facing multiple felony charges after allegedly hitting someone with a trash can and stealing a Nintendo Switch.   31-year-old Ashley Wilson was charged on Tuesday with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and third-degree burglary.   Accord ... read more »

A Copan man is facing multiple misdemeanor charges after allegedly threatening someone and smashing a car windshield.   53-year-old Robert Blevins was charged on Tuesday with two counts of threatening to perform an act of violence and injury to an automobile.   According ... read more »

The City of Nowata will be celebrating the July 4th holiday in style this weekend with plenty of events taking place on Friday at Jack Gordon Park.    The fun begins at noon with a catfish fundraiser for the Nowata Fire Department. Music will start at 3 p.m. with Jason Goodell a ... read more »

Arvest Bank’s 15th annual Million Meals campaign raised $17,086 for Mary Martha Outreach in Bartlesville.    Appearing on COMMUNITY CONNECTION, Whitney Doolin with Arvest Bank said the campaign, held each April and May, fights hunger across Arvest’s four-state region ... read more »

We are less than two weeks away from the 79th annual Cavalcade Rodeo in Pawhuska, which is dubbed the world’s largest amateur rodeo. Events will start at the Osage County Fairgrounds on Monday, July 14th with the queen’s horsemanship contest and continue all week long. A morning r ... read more »

Dewey Hotel Museum is gearing up for a July 4th weekend of free community events starting with a storytelling presentation of July 4th stories at 11am on Friday morning of July 4th.    Appearing on COMMUNITY CONNECTION, Joe Sears with the historic Dewey Hotel Museum invited ever ... read more »

The Oklahoma Highway Patrol ENDUI team will partner with law enforcement agencies across the state to conduct saturation patrols in conjunction with the Fourth of July weekend. OHP says the goal is to make Oklahoma roadways as safe as possible by getting impaired drivers off the roads. In ... read more »

The Washington County Commissioners had a longer than usual meeting Monday morning for the end of the fiscal year.   The commissioners approved several resolutions and policies for the treasurer's office to close out the current fiscal year and move to the next, which begins July ... read more »

Public Service Company of Oklahoma (PSO) is now the full owner and operator of the Green Country Power Plant in Jenks, a move aimed at boosting reliability and meeting growing energy demands across the state. The 795-megawatt natural gas facility will help deliver steady, cost-effective power ... read more »