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WPS wants to keep everyone informed on the impact of COVID in our district. We currently have 2% of our students that have positive cases. There are an additional 3% of our students who have been quarantined. Our faculty and staff have done an excellent job sanitizing our school and social distancing our students when they can. This has allowed us to continue with our educational plan that keeps our students at school where they can learn in person from their teachers! We urge you to do your part in helping to keep one another safe and healthy. Wash your hands, watch your distance from others, and if you or your child are sick please stay home!

OKLAHOMA — Even though summer is winding down, there is much to do in your garden and yard. Be sure to visit us at the Blaine County OSU Extension Office, basement of the Courthouse, we have a multitude of fact sheets to provide guidance in your garden and landscape. Happy Gardening!

Oklahoma’s law preventing schools from mandating masks is temporarily on hold due to a judge’s ruling Wednesday morning. That means school districts can move forward with a mask requirement on school campuses potentially later this week or early next week, as long as the mandate gives parents the ability to opt out.

WATONGA – During a sleepy Labor Day morning in Watonga, a special visitor arrived in town in the bed of a pickup truck. Bearsun, a costumed figure who's walking from Los Angeles to New York to raise money for charity, stopped at Domino while riding in Alan Fletcher's Cheyenne and Arapaho Emergency Management vehicle.

WATONGA — Watonga's city government is preparing for a big transition. This month it will be moving from its decades-old home at 115 N. Weigle and into a newer, larger facility at 410 W. Main, the former Department of Human Services building.