HUGO –– The Electrical Lineman Training Program at Kiamichi Tech graduated its third class on Friday, Nov. 10.

OKLAHOMA CITY — Applications are open for Fund for Teachers fellowships, which give Oklahoma educators who teach pre-K through 12th grade the opportunity to pursue self-designed professional learning.

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November is National Family Caregivers Month. There are more than 11 million family caregivers in the U.S and nearly half of these caregivers provide help to someone with Alzheimer’s or another dementia. Here in Oklahoma, there are 135,000 caregivers who provided 164 million hours of unpaid care valued at more than $2.6 billion.

The National Institutes of Health has awarded an Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation scientist $2.9 million to investigate how glycans, a special type of sugar group, can perform many essential functions in the gut.

The Iris Garden Club of Hugo met Oct. 23 at the Burnside Community room. The room was decorated with beautiful fall colors and arrangements. The hostess was Joye Satterfield and cohostess was Kathy Jones. President Harolynn Wofford called the meeting to order, the group recited the Gardener’s Creed and Rick Lowrance led in prayer.

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Hugo Elementary School announces it has received a $3,750 Classroom Enhancement grant from the Carolyn Watson Rural Oklahoma Community Foundation administered by the Oklahoma City Community Foundation. The grant will be used to assist in funding Science Around the Room, which will allow Hugo Elementary School to provide educational opportunities that will expand its students’ horizons.

• Paris Regional Health recognized for heart attack and heart failure care Paris Regional Health has been named by U.S. News & World Report to its 2023-2024 Best Hospitals as a High Performing hospital for heart failure and heart attack care.

The Oklahoma Tobacco Helpline, a program of the Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust (TSET), is launching a statewide campaign highlighting the link between smoking and Type 2 diabetes. In Oklahoma, diabetes is one of the ten leading causes of death, affecting nearly half a million residents (14%) — and more than one million Oklahomans are affected by prediabetes.