The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma (CNO), in collaboration with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Oklahoma State Department of Health (OSDH), has expanded its mosquito surveillance efforts across the reservation to monitor and mitigate the risk of mosquito-borne illnesses—

Contributing Writer The Soper Red Bears got their baseball machine back in gear and put up a big win over the Buffalo Valley Buffaloes last week, 9-1. Last season, the Red Bears had a new coach named Brian Harless.

Buried in the Promised Land 29 After these things, Joshua son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, died at the age of a hundred and ten. 30 And they buried him in the land of his inheritance, at Timnath Serah c in the hill country of Ephraim, north of Mount Gaash.

Micah’s Idols 1 Now a man named Micah from the hill country of Ephraim 2 said to his mother, “The eleven hundred shekels a of silver that were taken from you and about which I heard you utter a curse—I have that silver with me; I took it.”

Attorney General Gentner Drummond today launched Operation Robocall Roundup, an effort to crack down on the robocalls that disrupt Oklahoma families every day. Drummond and a coalition of attorneys general are sending warning letters to 37 phone companies that are letting illegal robocalls pass through their networks and reach Oklahomans’ phones.

You can pretty much count on an early August thunderstorm each year to bring some much needed rainfall to the sun-parched grass and crops across Choctaw County.

NONDOC CHICKASHA — Jim Cowan, executive director of the Chickasha Economic Development Council, has spent years promoting tourism in a city best known for its giant leg lamp. That changed 18 months ago when a private developer joined city and state leaders to transform a mile-long road through a wheat field into the center of what they’re calling the “Oklahoma Land Run 2.0.” If all goes to plan, the field will soon be home to an industrial park, anchored by a data center with its own power plant.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald Trump on Monday announced that he would act to crack down on crime in Washington, D.C., including by deploying the National Guard.

• Businesses, organizations and communities can apply through Nov. 1 The Oklahoma State Department of Health’s (OSDH) Certified Healthy Oklahoma Program began accepting applications for 2025 on Friday, Aug.

Paris Regional Health’s Internal Medicine Residency Program recently hosted a celebratory award ceremony to recognize the achievements and progression of its Post-Graduate Year One (PGY-1) residents as they advance to their second year of residency.