FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell announced the availability of another $300 million in Swift Current funding to help property owners across the nation become more resilient to flooding. Swift Current aims to speed up the award of Flood Mitigation Assistance funding to reduce the damage-repair cycle of repetitively flooded or substantially damaged properties.

Boy the weather has been nice these last few weeks! The conditions where I live were just beautiful… sunny days with average temperatures in the 60s to low 70s and little wind. It’s hard to believe that it’s the middle of November.

Heritage United Methodist Church, 401 N. Second St., will have free Advent lunch Monday, Nov.

Boswell High School hosted a Veterans Day program to honor local veterans. They were privileged to have in attendance members of the local Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 1048, guests from Soper High School, and special guest speaker retired Colonel Bobby Yandell.

Last week, Oklahoma Tribal Nations came together for a twoday 988 Mental Health Lifeline Summit planned and coordinated by the Wichita and Affiliated Tribes in partnership with additional 988 Mental Health Lifeline grantees (Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, Comanche Nation, Muscogee Creek Nation, Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma, Osage Nation, and Southern Plains Tribal Health Board) across Oklahoma. The event brought together Tribal leaders, Oklahoma 988 Tribal grantees, community advocates and mental health experts from across the country, including officials from the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health & Substance Abuse Services (ODMHSAS) and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).

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DURANT –– Southeastern Oklahoma State University has announced the schedule and speakers for the 15th Biennial Native American Symposium – “States of Sovereignty” – which will be held on the Durant campus on Friday, November 17. This event will be a hybrid event, with online options available as well as in-person attendance.

OU Daily Sports PROVO — Jackson Arnold didn’t like what he saw. With 2:07 to play on third-and-7, Oklahoma was on the brink of putting BYU away with a first down.