BRYAN COUNTY –– Authorities are investigating a one-vehicle accident that occurred Thursday and resulted in a Boswell, Okla., woman losing her life. According to reports from the Oklahoma Highway Patrol, Linda Gardner, 71, was pronounced dead at the scene of an accident on U.S.

East and westbound US-70 will be closed at the Texas, Oklahoma and Eastern railroad tracks in Valliant beginning 2 p.m. Friday, March 25 through Sunday night. Through traffic will detour using Valliant Bypass Rd. Message boards will be in place to direct traffic. Drivers should expect delays or locate an alternate route.

High winds last week possibly contributed to the Hugo Lake Marina breaking lose from its cable anchors and floating into the boat slips. The Mesonet reported wind gusts as high as 39 mph on Friday. Contributed Photo

Once a U.S. Supreme Court ruling effectively declared much of eastern Oklahoma is composed of tribal reservations, tribal governments became responsible for prosecuting many crimes committed by Indians against Indians on those reservation lands.

BRYAN COUNTY –– The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation (OSBI) is investigating an in custody death at the Bryan County Jail. On March 19, 2022, the Bryan County Sheriff’s Office requested assistance from the OSBI after an inmate was found unresponsive in his cell.

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WASHINGTON –– Advancements in medicine are making life better and longer for senior citizens. Vaccines “Over the past two decades, widespread interest in RNA-based technologies [Ribonucleic acid] for developing prophylactic and therapeutic vaccines has increased.

For a limited time, the American Red Cross has resumed testing all blood, platelet and plasma donations for COVID-19 antibodies. Plasma from routine donations that have high levels of COVID-19 antibodies may be used as convalescent plasma to help meet the needs of COVID-19 patients with weakened immune systems.

Veterans interested in farming and ranching now have a stronger support system in Oklahoma. The Farmer Veteran Coalition of Oklahoma, Inc. was formed as an official chapter of the Farmer Veteran Coalition (FVC) through a joint effort between the Oklahoma Department of Veteran Affairs and the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry as well as private citizens.

Through the Agricultural Conservation Easements Program’s Agricultural Land Easements (ACEP-ALE) component, NRCS provides financial assistance to eligible partners for purchasing Agricultural Land Easements that protect the agricultural use and conservation values of eligible land. In the case of working farms, the program helps farmers and ranchers keep their land in agriculture. The program also protects grazing uses and related conservation values by conserving grassland, including rangeland, pastureland and shrubland. Eligible partners include American Indian tribes, state and local governments and non-governmental organizations that have farmland, rangeland, or grassland protection programs.