The now-shuttered Black Mountain Sand mine near the Y would, under bill in the Legislature, be subject to paying taxes to the county, if and when production resumes. The money would be earmarked for road and bridge repair.
University of Oklahoma student Blake Hiebert, 22, sends his ballot into a machine at his Norman polling station after voting. Less than 10% of Oklahoma voters 30 and under participated in that election. Whitney Bryen/Oklahoma Watch
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Audrina Greeley, granddaughter of Hollie Youngbear, won first in Modern Song 6-8 grade at the 2023 Oklahoma Native American Youth Language Fair. Youngbear is the Indian Education Director at Watonga Public Schools.
The wooden children on the Blaine County Courthouse lawn represent verified cases of child abuse in the county in the past year.
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