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Apply Now for Local Foods for Schools

Apply Now for Local Foods for Schools

Apply Now for Local Foods for Schools

OKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry is now accepting applications to participate in the Local Foods for Schools program for Fiscal Year 2026.
Clinic Adds Clewell

Clinic Adds Clewell

Clinic Adds Clewell

With the addition of Tasha Clewell as a nurse practitioner, Mercy Clinic Watonga now has four practitioners to see patients.Clewell, a homegrown health care favorite started at Mercy Clinic September 17.

Screwworms Discovered 70 Miles From Border

( WASHINGTON, D.C.)–Mexico’s National Service of Agro-Alimentary Health, Safety, and Quality (SENASICA) confirmed a new case of New World screwworm (NWS) in Sabinas Hidalgo, located in the state of Nuevo León, less than 70 miles from the U.S.Mexico border.
An employee applying signage when the Lookout Kitchen opened at Roman Nose State Park

An employee applying signage when the Lookout Kitchen opened at Roman Nose State Park

Oklahoma State Park Restaurants to Close Operations September 30

The Lookout Kitchen will be closing restaurant operations within Oklahoma State Parks September 30, 2025. After the restaurants close, OTRD will provide grab-and-go food options and catering lists to ensure food remains available for park visitors and event guests.

State Question 836 to Move Forward

OKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma Supreme Court has ruled 8-0 that State Question 836, a proposed constitutional amendment to create a system of open primary elections, is “legally sufficient for submission to the people of Oklahoma for signatures.

Poverty Is Not a Crime

Why is it that when you don’t have enough money, everything gets more expensive?Late on a bill? Add a fine.Can’t afford rent? Risk eviction, jail, or hospitalization.Homeless? Brace yourself for stigma, surveillance, and criminalization.Not every late payment is neglect.
A Bubble Off Plumb

A Bubble Off Plumb

A Bubble Off Plumb

Sometimes in the fall, the voices in my head get so loud and frantic I am surprised the people near me can’t hear them.“Hurry,” they say. “Hurry. Get a move on. Time is wasting.”You see, long before Jon Snow heard the prophecy, I knew winter was coming.It began back when the Boy was an infant.