HUGO — The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma has announced a new business opening in Hugo this month, a laundry facility. The new laundry facility, located at what was previously the Pepsi plant, will service all laundry from the expanded Durant Resort, and Pocola and Grant hotels.

HUGO — The Hugo board of education selected Krystopher Gross as the new head football coach during the regular meeting held Monday.

OKLAHOMA CITY — State Rep. Justin Humphrey, R-Lane, on Wednesday gave an impassioned debate on the House floor about the protection of the right to worship even during times of emergency such as the COVID-19 pandemic.

SPIRO — The Hugo Buffaloes will continue their journey into the 2021 Oklahoma 3A playoffs Friday when they tip-off against a very talented Beggs team in the Area Tournament (8 p.m. / Henryetta).

SPIRO — Hugo’s Lady Buffaloes came off their 2021 District Championship win against Atoka (38-32) and posted an amazing first-round, Regional Tournament overtime victory against a very tough Morris Lady Eagles team (48-46) to earn a shot at the Regional Championship Saturday.

Part One The 2021 basketball playoffs have once again activated my nostalgia, and nostalgia is like a good grammar lesson — it can make the present, “tense” or the past, “perfect.” Growing up in Hugo in the 1950s and 60s I thought there wasn’t a more “perfect” place to be.

OKLAHOMA CITY –– Deputy Commissioner Keith Reed issued the following statement regarding Oklahoma reaching over one million total doses of the COVID-19 vaccine administered: “This is an extraordinary milestone for our state –– more than one million doses of this life-saving vaccine have been...