• Ruling calls for environmental reviews, prior public notice Oklahoma Ecology Project A Delaware County District Court Judge has ruled that the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry irresponsibly allowed large poultry farms to be built in a sensitive watershed without proper environmental review or advance public notice. Tulsa-based Indian Environmental Law Group representing Spring Creek Coalition, a group of landowners along one of the state’s last “pristine” category Ozark streams, sued the agency over those very points after it allowed several “megafarms” to be built within the watershed starting in 2018.

OKLAHOMA CITY — Registration is now open for the 2024 AgHERculture Conference. The AgHERculture Conference provides women interested in the agriculture industry an opportunity to hone their professional development and add to their social network.

HUGO –– Members of the Hugo city council voted unanimously last Tuesday to begin implementing digital tickets through the Hugo Police Department. The program will streamline and modernize the process of issuing tickets for city law enforcement.

HUGO –– Twelve Practical Nursing students graduated from Kiamichi Tech Hugo on Thursday, June 27. According to the program director, Shelly Swalley, Practical Nursing graduates complete 1,508 hours of class time and clinical hours.

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Hugo School board of education has begun the search for a new superintendent. After adjourning into executive session during Monday’s meeting, the board discussed the superintendent search and the interview process, which will begin at 6 p.m. Thursday, July 11 with approximately 12 applicants. The board announced after the meeting closed Monday that Sammy Drinkard, who was currently the dean of students at the high school, was asked to transfer positions and has accepted to role of high school principal.

The Coming of Zion’s King 9 Rejoice greatly, Daughter Zion! Shout, Daughter Jerusalem! See, your king comes to you, righteous and victorious, lowly and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey. 10 I will take away the chariots from Ephraim and the warhorses from Jerusalem, and the battle bow will be broken.

Deuteronomy 20 Going to War 1 When you go to war against your enemies and see horses and chariots and an army greater than yours, do not be afraid of them, because the Lord your God, who brought you up out of Egypt, will be with you. 2 When you are about to go into battle, the priest shall come forward and address the army.

A recent discovery at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation underscores a growing belief among scientists that arthritis is linked to our digestive system. Physician-scientist Matlock Jeffries, M.D., found evidence that certain changes to our gut microbiome can protect against osteoarthritis, the nation’s most common form of disability.

The Oklahoma State Department of Health’s Woman, Infants and Children (WIC) program is asking for input from individuals about the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program’s Operations. Information shared with WIC will be considered for the State Plan of Program Operations for 2025.