A daily, two-mile walk is an excellent thing for many of us. Nothing like fresh air, exercise and an invigorating conversation with your walking buddy. Those four thousand+ steps can clear your thinking, give you more energy and actually change your mood for the better.

WILBURTON –– More than 680 Eastern Oklahoma State College students recently received emergency federal funding provided by the American Rescue Plan (ARP) to assist them with unexpected costs incurred during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Oklahoma City-Friends of the Capitol was honored to be a part of the celebration of the life of Oklahoman, Robert Miner, by engraving his name at the Memorial Plaza at the Oklahoma State Capitol and meeting Miner’s friends and family who visited his paver. Nothing was going to stop Miner’s loved ones from celebrating his life, COVID-19, construction or heat, it did not matter!

Bobby “Bob” Owen Ray, of Hugo, Okla., passed away July 30, 2021, at the age of 64. Bobby Owen Ray was born on Jan.

Funeral services for Nancy Love, of Boswell, Okla., were held at 2 p.m. July 31, 2021 at Victory Life Church in Boswell.

Funeral services for Juanita Marie Christian, of Hugo, Okla., were held at 10 a.m. Aug.

Robert Eugene Lenz passed from this life at the age of 65 on July 24, 2021 on his last ride in Broken Bow, Okla. He was born in San Antonio, Texas, on May 21, 1956, the son of Robert Wayne and Doris Mae (McKenrick) Lenz.

The times we are living in presently are almost surreal. Watching the Summer Olympic Games and athletes donning full face coverings after each event.

President Biden’s vaccine rule for federal employees is expected to bolster efforts to require vaccines in the workplace, but experts say it’s also likely to spark court fights that could threaten the longstanding legal authority of employers to impose health measures at work.

I’m still trying to wrap my brain around the astonishing shift from the CDC on Tuesday, July 27, 2021. It is not just that the CDC is re-recommending masks for people indoors in many parts of the country, which could include your neighborhood or not, and this could change tomorrow. (Hint: right now, it disportionately affects red states.)