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The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments Jan. 7 in cases challenging two of the Biden administration’s COVID-19 vaccine mandates. Those mandates would apply to more than 100 million Americans who work at private-sector businesses and health care facilities.
Read moreA story in Sunday’s Kingfisher Times & Free Press incorrectly reported the amount of ad valorem taxes collected through Dec. 22, County Treasurer Robin Rother said.
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Record highs (80 degrees on Christmas Day) and mostly clear skies have resulted in some beautiful morning and evening skyscapes, like this Dec. 21 sunrise captured by Jacque Moss from her home atop College Hill northeast of Kingfisher. But the wild weather pendulum may be swinging back toward winter, with a predicted low of 18 degrees on New Year’s Eve and possible snow on New Year’s Day. Prediction of a polar vortex with the potential to bring another round of super frigid air as far south as Texas carries renewed concerns about the stability of the electrical grid. The state corporation commission discussed state utility follow-up to federal recommendations to address last February’s grid failure at a meeting Tuesday. An article on the meeting, with comments from local utilities will appear in Sunday’s Times & Free Press. [Photo Credit: Jacque Moss, via Facebook]
Read moreCounty bridge work plans drew the attention of Kingfisher County commissioners Monday at their weekly meeting.
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Bobby S. Carter, the coach of the Okarche boys’ lone state championship team in basketball, died Thursday, Dec. 23, in Elk City.
Read moreDecember waited until right to the end to deposit any rain on Kingfisher.
Read moreAn online consumer information company recently rated Oklahoma’s roads among the bottom third in the nation for 2021.
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