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Hennessey modeled its medical marijuana growing laws after Kingfi sher’s ordinances but made at least one change.Hennessey’s allows growing only in areas zoned for agriculture, although Kingfisher allows it in ag and industrial areas.

Kingfisher school district patrons can meet the three candidates for school board at a lunch meeting Wednesday. Carly Franks, Susannah Copeland and Servrina Prim will introduce themselves at the noon meeting at Farm Bureau, hosted by Kingfisher County Republican Women.

Water flow at an as yet unexplained saltwater purge had dropped off markedly as work continues on a system to contain and remove it from the site southwest of Omega, an Oklahoma Corporation Commission spokesperson said.

Let your fingers do the walking. If you’re younger than 50, you probably don’t even remember that famous Yellow Pages slogan touting the convenience of conducting business over the phone.

The following article is the third in a series previewing expectations and goals for Kingfisher County and the state, from the perspective of local leaders and stakeholders. When the 2020 State Legislative session begins Feb. 3, Kingfisher’s State Rep. Mike Sanders and State Sen.

Bob Blackburn, executive director of the Oklahoma Historical Society, was the guest speaker of the Kingfisher Rotary Club last Tuesday. Blackburn, who will retire at the end of the year, said Kingfisher was his fi rst stop of his “farewell tour” across the state.

The Altrua Club met Nov. 20, 2019, at the Chisholm Trail Museum. Members attending were Keri Bivins, Martha Burditt, Carolyn Flood, Dana Golbek, Jneanne Kadavy, Terri Peck, Julie Storm, Cheryl Wheelbarger, Dorothy Whitaker and Jowanna Sisk.

The last day to apply for voter registration in order to be eligible to vote in the upcoming school board primary election is fast approaching. Primary elections will be held Feb. 11 in the Kingfisher and Piedmont school districts, both of which involve voters who live in Kingfi sher County.

Columnist Cal Thomas recommends adding Iran’s leadership to the ash heap as history. That is a reference to former President Ronald Reagan’s success in reducing the former communist Soviet Union’s international infl uence. But how do you do this to a regime of religious fanatics?

[ Edit. Note : James Jay Carafano, a leading expert in national security and foreign policy challenges, is The Heritage Foundation’s vice president for foreign and defense policy studies, E. W.