Choctaw Cultural Center to celebrate third anniversary

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• Art, education, tribal pride on display, family fun all day DURANT –– The Choctaw Cultural Center will mark its third year of sharing Choctaw history and culture, unique art exhibits, concerts by Native entertainers, school tours, and more on Saturday, July 27. The public is invited for a day of activities for all ages from 10 a.m.
Previous celebrations have brought large turnouts to the Choctaw Cultural Center. On Saturday, July 27 the Choctaw Cultural Center will mark its third anniversary with a full slate of activities for the whole family. Photo Courtesy / Choctaw Nation

Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma awards 12 businesses with Chahtapreneur awards

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• Kyle Fincher of Southeastern Recycling named Chahtapreneur of the Year The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma recognized 12 small businesses at its annual Chahtapreneur Award Ceremony inside Choctaw Casino & Resort – Durant on Tuesday night. Each year, Choctaw Nation gives Chahtapreneur Awards to a Choctaw business in each of the reservation’s 12 districts, as well as crowning one business Chahtapreneur of the Year.
Choctaw Nation Small Business Development Manager Gary Johnson, Choctaw Nation Assistant Chief Jack Austin Jr., Choctaw Nation Chief Gary Batton and Choctaw Nation Small Business Development Director Billy Hamilton present Kyle Fincher of Southeastern Recycling with the Chahtapreneur of the Year Award.

Avian influenza detected in Oklahoma dairy herd

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The USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has confirmed a case of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) in an Oklahoma dairy herd. The positive sample was collected by the dairy in April and recently submitted to USDA APHIS for testing.

Invasive Hydrilla plant confirmed in Robert S. Kerr Reservoir

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Invasive hydrilla, an aquatic weed, has been confirmed for the first time in Robert S. Kerr Reservoir in far eastern Oklahoma, according to the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation. This aquatic nuisance species (ANS) was discovered by ODWC fisheries biologists during recent sampling efforts. Hydrilla is considered one of the worst aquatic weeds in the United States.
Hydrilla in Lake Murray by Priscilla Crawford/ iNaturalist CC-BY-NC).

Former President Trump dodges assassin’s bullet

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BUTLER, PA. — Calling it “divine intervention,” former President Donald Trump ever so slightly canted his head to look at a graphic chart Saturday while speaking in Butler, Pa., and thereby was only superficially wounded by an untrained assassin’s bullet.

Opposition to Kiamichi hydro project grows

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For more than a year, residents along the Kiamichi River in Southwestern Latimer County and Northeast Pushmataha County have been opposing a state and federal hydro-electric project on the upper Kiamichi River.