Hochatown fighting for its own ZIP code

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Oklahoma Watch Hochatown is a 240-person community that shares a ZIP code with a larger city, Broken Bow, which sits 10 miles to the south. But the conflation has become a problem for Hochatown beyond mail delivery errors.
Hochatown fighting for its own ZIP code

New $160 million-dollar gas pipeline will open door for WFEC plant expansion

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HUGO — A new $160 million-dollar natural gas pipeline that will extend from the Bennington Natural Gas Hub 43 miles to Western Farmers Electric Cooperative’s Hugo powerplant, has been announced by One Gas, Inc., a natural gas distribution company. The new “large-diameter” pipeline is projected to move more than 100 billion cubic feet of natural gas annually to the current WFEC powerplant, which will open the door for the plant to generate an additional 400 mega- watts of electricity with five new gas-turbine generators.

Christmas now safe for Choctaw County

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The Grinch, 121 years old of Mount Crumpit, was arrested and booked into Choctaw County Jail on Dec. 13 after stealing presents from the town of Hugo during the annual Christmas parade.
Christmas now safe for Choctaw County

Public Records

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Misdemeanor 196 – Jonathan Isael Gallegos-Garcia: DUI, under 21. 197 – Michael Allen Bruce: Protective order violation.

Genealogical society to host special speaker

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Choctaw County Genealogical Society will have a special speaker at their January meeting. Danny Groat, a longtime CCGS member and a history teacher at Hugo High School, will be discussing the Dawes Act, tribal land allotments, and the resulting corruption and theft of the allotted land.