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After record-setting December temps, New Year’s weekend brought a cold snap and first snow of the season. The Roy siblings in Okarche are among many county children who made the most of it. From left, Wyatt, age 3; Vivienne, 9; Holden, 10 months, and Elizabeth, 7. Higher temperatures and sunny skies at the start of the work week made short work of the snow cover. [Photo Courtesy Janie Roy, via Facebook]
Read moreVariant sequencing at the state health department’s Public Health Lab of most recent COVID-19 specimens from over the holidays shows a mix of 57% omicron 43%delta.
Read moreThe U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Friday before deciding whether to pause the federal vaccine mandate for employers with more than 100 workers.
Read moreWith November’s release of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s final report, last February’s arctic freeze and its impact on the Oklahoma and Texas electrical grids is back in the news.
Read moreMuch has been written about the impact of the last two years of social isolation upon those already struggling with mental health issues.
Read moreWhile initial state unemployment claims increased according to the most recent weekly numbers, the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission reports the four-week moving average has decreased 63% since the start of the year and is continuing downward.
Read moreLomega entered the semifinals of the Bertha Frank Teague Mid-America Classic hoping to pull off an upset.
Read moreAt the beginning of 2021, President Joe Biden entered office as the 46th President of the United States promising to usher in hope, bipartisanship and to rebuild our country after the coronavirus pandemic. However, his first year has unfortunately been fixated on partisan, out-of-touch polices that have triggered several converging crises nationwide. Sadly, President Biden has managed to push our nation into a worse place than it was before.
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