MCALESTER –– Recently, the Choctaw Nation Clinic in McAlester, Okla. celebrated its 15th year anniversary with a small ceremony including associates, Choctaw Nation Health leaders and Tribal Council Member Robert Karr. The McAlester Clinic, built in 2007, has the third largest patient base, seeing more than 1,000 patients each month. Several associates have been with the clinic since it’s opening.

The Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation hosted a record intern class this summer as students conducted wide-ranging experiments while working alongside some of the top minds in science. Twelve students formed the 66th class of the Fleming Scholars Program.

By Andy and Renie Bowman Comments to: andybowman839@ gmail.com Coffeetimecolumn. com Ever wonder why goofballs walk this earth? You know them, not a serious thought in their head for more than 58 seconds at a time.

...with Steve Norris Hugo News Meteorologist Looks like it’s going to be a week of partly cloudy weather with highs near 90 and lows around 70 and there could be a few pop-up afternoon thunderstorms, but the best chances will probably come late in the weekend or early next week, about 40%. The Farmers Almanac had a great article about how occasionally you will see a halo around the moon at night and did you ever wonder if it means anything on what kind of weather is coming? I learned about this when I first started studying meteorology and we do get rain about 70% of the time.

The Bureau of Land Management is announcing new grants available to public and private partners to help support the agency’s mission to manage and protect wild horses and burros. The funding opportunity is open to local and state governments, tribes, other federal agencies and non-profit organizations.

The 2022 Annual Conference and Meeting of the American Society of Agricultural Consultants (ASAC) will be held Sunday, Oct. 23 - Tuesday, Oct.

The Hugo News reached out to Hugo Public School Superintendent Cory Smith, after receiving calls concerning the lunch period at the Middle School. Smith answered: “The issue is three fold 1) Student safety 2) Cafeteria space 3) Keeping schedules in sync with HHS.

HUGO –– Choctaw County Library, Inc. (CCLI) a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation —separate from the Southeast Oklahoma Library System (SEOLS) — is currently under investigation for possible misappropriation of funds after a recent internal audit.