Will you face 2024 with fear or fearlessness
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Wages are not keeping up with the cost of living. The cost of groceries, fast food, building materials, and most anything you can name has increased dramatically.
Choctaw Nation receives grant assistance
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U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development and Oklahoma State Director Kenneth Corn announced that the department is issuing grant assistance totaling more than $24.1 million to three Tribal Nations in Oklahoma to assist in high-speed internet, higher education, tribal language preservation, and STEM courses for high school students.
Online enrollment period for low income energy assistance program open now
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Oklahoma Human Services began accepting online applications Dec. 19, for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP). This federally-funded program helps income-eligible families with their winter heating utility bills. Applications are accepted online at OKDHSLive.org.
Public Records
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Felony 138 – Justin Od Bates: Attempted burglary, second degree. 139 – Douglas Howard Kuykendall: Possession of firearm after former felony conviction.
News from the election office
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Any registered voter who wants absentee ballots mailed to them for elections in 2024 may request absentee ballots for a specific election or for a full calendar year. No excuse is needed to vote by absentee ballot. There are many ways to apply. For many voters the easiest way to apply is online through the State Election Board’s OK Voter Portal. Voters may also fill out an application at the County Election Board or simply write us a letter.
Advanced drone technologies already moving into Oklahoma...
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The Oklahoma Aerospace Institute for Research and Education (OAIRE) has partnered with uAvionix to help enable Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) drone operations at the new Skyway Range. A provider of avionics solutions and infrastructure services for uncrewed and crewed aircraft, uAvionix will play a key role in developing Skyway Range in Oklahoma, according to OAIRE officials.
Oklahoma Watch
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We are hopeful that while the national secret agencies battle the bad guys in the shadows, things right here in Choctaw County will just get better and better. We have a number of positive business developments coming our way, and we should be making as many preparations as possible to educate and train a capable workforce that businesses need to function.
2024 promises to be a busy interesting
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the point Publisher year... The week after Christmas and before New Years has always been a funky week for me.
Gov. Stitt: ‘Every state is a border state...’
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Oklahoma spent more than $544,000 for the state’s National Guard to help secure the U.S. border with Mexico, money that came from a disaster fund typically used for National Guard response to tornadoes and other extreme weather events.
