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Encana’s corporate relocation and rebranding announced in October became official on Monday when the company announced it is now domiciled in the U.S. and has adopted the new name Ovintiv Inc.

[Ed. Note: Servrina Prim has authorized the Times & Free Press to publish the following announcement of her candidacy for Kingfisher Board of Education Office No. 5, subject to the Feb. 11 school primary election.] “Children are the world’s most valuable resource and its best hope for the future.

The low bid of $30,494 to build a 100-foot radio tower at the new sheriff’s office-jail at the south edge of Kingfisher got the nod from Kingfisher County commissioners Monday.

A recent lawsuit filed by three tribal governments raises a major question: Did a law passed by the Legislature and signed by former Gov. Mary Fallin in 2017 violate state-tribal gaming compacts, opening the door for tribes to now seek damages?

The Hennessey High School speech and debate team had its first outing of the new year at the Crescent Tournament the weekend of Jan. 24-25.

Kingfisher Lions Club members and guests were updated last week on the expansion plans of CHS Oklahoma. Jason Kroener, general manager, talked about the agriculture-based company’s expansion plans at the club’s weekly luncheon meeting last Thursday.

Katie Lippoldt and Colton DeMuth were united in marriage Saturday, Oct. 26, 2019, at St. Eugene Catholic Church in Oklahoma City. Rev. Don Wolf officiated the 7 p.m. ceremony.

The Lone Oak Community Center will be presenting its 15th annual Black History program this weekend. “I Am One” is the title of the program that will be presented at noon Saturday, Feb. 1. The center is located at 19484 E 700 Road in Dover (2 1/2 miles east of Dover on 700 Road).

Jeff Hyatt, chief operations officer of Cimarron Electric, touched on a variety of subjects as the featured speaker of the Kingfisher Rotary Club last week. He showed three winning videos of local high school students chosen last year to visit Washington, D.C.

Winners in the Judge’s Choice at Saturday night’s Hennessey Friends of the Library Chili Cookoff were, from left: first, Eddie Taggart, Taggart’s Garden Center; second, Cristopher Choate (and daughter Blakely Choate not pictured), and third, Katha Vaverka and Madison Vaverka, Triple M...