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Jul 08, 2025

OU athletic director Joe Castiglione announced he will retire in the future.   The OU AD has been serving as the department head since 1998. In what will be his 28th season in 2025-2026 running the athletics department at the University of Oklahoma, he is the longest tenured athletic...read full story »

Apr 27, 2018

Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin has signed legislation designed to shrink the state's prison population.   Fallin signed seven criminal justice reform bills Thursday to cut the number of nonviolent offenders in state prisons, streamline the parole process and reduce the number of repeat of...read full story »

Jun 02, 2025

District Two Commissioner for Osage County, Steve Talburt wants to keep things as easy as possible for his employees. That is why at Monday's Board of Osage County Commissioners meeting, a purchase was made for just over $38,000 that will keep track of the amount of fuel being consumed by cou...read full story »

Apr 23, 2026

The City of Bartlesville announces that work is progressing on the 20,000 square-foot hangar project at Bartlesville Municipal Airport. The project, worth $5.4 million, is being funded by $2.38 million from the Oklahoma Aerospace and Aeronautics Commission with the remaining $3.02 million fun...read full story »

Nov 11, 2025

The Bartlesville City Council will hold a special workshop meeting next Monday evening. According to an agenda, Director of Engineering Micah Siemers will present staff recommendations for general obligation bond projects and the one-half cent sales tax in preparation for the capital election...read full story »

Jan 16, 2026

The Board of Osage County Commissioners will convene for a regularly scheduled meeting at the fairgrounds on Tuesday in lieu of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday.    At that meeting, there will be discussion to accept an emergency REAP funding contract for the Frontier Shores F...read full story »

Oct 13, 2025

The Bartlesville Symphony Orchestra is kicking off its 2025–2026 season with a vibrant celebration titled “Ready, Set, POPS!” on Saturday, October 18, at 7:30 p.m. inside the Bartlesville Community Center. Under the direction of Maestro Lauren, the season opener promises a livel...read full story »

Oct 15, 2025

The City of Pawhuska has a website provider that is no longer being sold and a support system will no longer be available in January 2026.    City Clerk Jennifer Burd says an upgrade needs to occur now. With that upgrade, the new website must be ADA compliant and council member ...read full story »

Jan 05, 2022

The Dewey City Council amends the City's 2021-2022 fiscal year budget to include American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding. Revenues increased in the amount of $295,516.80 with the approved ARPA funds. Expenditures in the same amount were approved. City Manager Kevin Trease says the bud...read full story »

Apr 26, 2022

United States Senator for Oklahoma James Lankford announces the sixth volume of his federal waste book, Federal Fumbles: Ways the government dropped the ball. Senator Lankford says the report highlights waste and inefficiency in the federal government and offers solutions and recommendations ...read full story »

Nov 28, 2025

The Washington County Commissioners will convene Monday morning for their first meeting of December with only a couple of business items to address. According to an agenda, the commissioners will discuss a cooperative agreement with Oklahoma State University for extension services through Jun...read full story »

Jun 10, 2025

At Tuesday evening's council meeting in Pawhuska, City Manager Jerry Eubanks presented the council with a draft of the 2025-2026 budget. By state law, Eubanks has to present the council with a balanced budget. In order to do that, Eubanks had to cut five jobs within the City of Pawhuska. He g...read full story »

Feb 19, 2026

UPDATE 4:30am Friday, 2-20-2026: Crews from 16 different agencies remain on the scene of a large wildfire burning south of Bartlesville and north of Ochelata. Firefighters have worked through the night and will continue implementing control measures to contain the blaze.   While the ...read full story »

Feb 16, 2026

The Board of Osage County Commissioners will convene for a regularly scheduled meeting at the fairgrounds on Tuesday morning in lieu of Presidents Day. At that meeting, there will be possible action taken regarding opportunities for 2026 community development block grants with the Oklahoma De...read full story »

Jun 24, 2025

The Pawhuska City Council will hold a special city council meeting on Tuesday evening. At that meeting, the council will look to adopt the budget for the 2025-2026 fiscal year. This follows a presentation of the budget to the council two weeks ago and a public hearing for citizens to be a par...read full story »