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By Lucy Spence
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Read moreSome Republican officials are sounding the alarm about a provision tucked into the Senate budget reconciliation bill that would potentially eviscerate state regulation of artificial intelligence.
Read moreApproval of annual contracts comprised a major part of Monday’s weekly meeting of Kingfisher County commissioners.
Read moreDespite clear skies and warm temperatures over the weekend, wheat harvest continues to drag on in Kingfisher County.
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Kingfisher’s season came to an end Saturday, but not before the team was able to reach the OK Kids 12U state tournament semifinals. Altus advanced to the title game with an 8-0 win over Kingfisher in Weatherford. Later in the day, Altus downed Sulphur 5-4 to win the state championship. Sulphur was the only other team to beat Kingfi sher in the state tournament. After winning regionals last week, Kingfisher opened the state tournament with a 4-0 win over Elk City last Tuesday at state before falling to Sulphur 3-0 on Wednesday. The Jackets then rattled off three consecutive wins in the consolation bracket. They downed Chickasha 3-2 on Thursday and then got two thrilling wins Friday evening. The first was 6-4 against Weatherford and then 5-3 against Cushing. The last win advanced Kingfisher to the Final 4. The team finished the season with a 43-6 record. Team members are Maverick Stebens, Bryson Black (Photo #3), Cooper Myers (Photo #7), Jo Jo Voth (Photo #5), Beau Brueggen, Kolton Cline, Jordan Maddux, Kruz Meyer (Photo #4), Isaac Martin, Declan Matthews (Photo #6), Gage Kusik (Photo #2), Reid Swafford, Matthew Schaefer, Cal Farrar (Photo #1) and coaches Heath Myers, Chase Farrar and Joe Voth. [KT&FP Staff Photos]
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New York City nominates ‘Socialist Democrat’ for mayor
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Last week, science writer Christopher Plain published a story in the online magazine The Debrief (which describes its subject matter as “Science, Tech and Defense for the Rebelliously Curious”) about fossilized human footprints found in a desiccated lakebed in White Sands, New Mexico. According to the article, radiocarbon dating places the age of the footprints at 23,000 years old. This would be during the “Last Glacial Maximum,” a time when glaciers were at their southernmost extent over what is now North America, northern Europe and Asia -- and 10,000 years earlier than contemporary theorists claim human beings were in the Americas.
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