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Soft Landing

(ABOVE) An employee of Soil Express sprays cushioning onto the city park playground near the Scout Hut. The material is engineered wood fiber, a specially processed, eco-friendly surfacing material made from 100% wood designed primarily for playground safety.

4-H Youth Test Skills at Food Showdown

Blaine County 4-H members are invited to sharpen their cooking skills and teamwork abilities at the Blaine County 4-H Food Showdown, set for 4:30 p.m. April 30, at the Blaine County Fairgrounds Foley Building.

OCHE Scholarship Deadline Approaching

Blaine County Oklahoma Home and Community Education (OHCE) is now accepting applications for its 2026 scholarship program, designed to support local students as they continue their education after high school.

Senior Center News

Welcome, April, from the Watonga Senior Citizens Center! March did come in like a lion, but it did not go out like a lamb. The fierce winds are still blowing and helping keep wildfires going. There is a small amount of rain in the forecast, but we need to pray for more.

Heading to the End of the School Year

We are so proud of our fifth and sixth grade Academic Team for placing seventh in the Class A State Tournament! These students worked incredibly hard all year and did a fantastic job.Special thanks to Shelley Shepherd, Dora Fuqua, Maggie Cowan and Britney Sullivan for all your help and support

OYE In the Books

Results of OYE for the Canton 4H & FFA livestock exhibitors. In the first group of animals there, all but one gilt made it up the hill into the big show arena. This was a huge accomplishment for our students and their exhibits.

Structure Champ

(ABOVE Merritt Major is the fifth grade March Madness Shurley English sentence classification champion!Merritt had to battle her classmates to see who could classify the words in the sentence correctly first.

Blaine County Courthouse News

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Senate Passes Risk Based Bail Reform Bill

OKLAHOMA CITY — Sen. Todd Gollihare, R-Kellyville, secured Senate passage of Senate Bill 1618, legislation to modernize Oklahoma’s pretrial system by equipping judges with validated risk assessment tools to better protect communities and ensure consistent, informed release decisions.

House Bill Restores Reading Requirement for Driver Licenses

OKLAHOMA CITY – The Oklahoma House of Representatives has passed legislation aimed at strengthening literacy among young drivers by restoring an eighth-grade reading requirement for minors seeking a driver license.House Bill 4153, authored by Rep.