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Operation Christmas Child volunteers are hosting two identical Project Leader Workshops on Saturday, Sept. 10. One workshop is from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at Kingfisher First Baptist Church, 1340 S. 13th St.The other is from 10 a.m. to noon at Yukon Church, 11715 NW 10th St.

Oklahoma Blood Institute has a pair of local blood drives planned this month.The first is Thursday, Sept. 15 at Chisholm Trail Technology Center.It will be from 8:15 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.Interbank Community Room in Kingfisher, 320 N. Main St., will be the host of the other drive.

The Kingfisher Board of Education held its September regular meeting on Tuesday evening, after this edition went to press.The board generally meets the first Monday of each month, but was pushed back a day by the Labor Day holiday.

Kingfisher County Commissioners voted Monday to participate in the settlement reached in the state’s litigation against three opioid distributors for their contribution to what was termed the Oklahoma opioid crisis.

Kingfisher County Commissioner Heath Dobrovolny announced two upcoming road closures for bridge construction in District 3.County Road N 2700will be closed between E 720 road and E 730 road for bridge construction, beginning Sept. 12.

The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices and the CDC have recommended the use of the bivalent COVID-19 vaccine boosters by Pfizer- BioNTech and Moderna, acording to the state health department.

The Joint Committee on Pandemic Relief Funding recently approved numerous projects to be considered when the Legislature reconvenes it’s special session to appropriate American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds.

When Dennis Baker decided to retire from the Kingfisher Police Department in March 2020, he was thinking about more leisure time with his growing family and his favorite hobbies.Becoming a licensed funeral director a little over three years later was not even on the radar.

Registration is open now for Kingfisher Community Collaborative’s second annual Walk-Tober challenge.Participants have until Sept. 16 to sign up in teams of up to five members to compete from Oct.

Cimarron Electric Cooperative’s annual membership meeting is scheduled for Thursday, Sept. 8, at the Kingfisher County Fairgrounds.Employees will be in the parking lot beginning at 4 p.m. to begin drive-through registration.Food is served and entertainment begins at 5 p.m.