Opinion

We Can Have Clean Water and Good Jobs

Oklahoma can have clean water and good jobs If I had to describe my main priority as your attorney general, it boils down to this: I fight every day to do what's right for the people of Oklahoma.

A Bubble Off Plumb

I am usually not much of a New Year’s resolution maker. I’ve had the same ones for 20 years, drink more water and eat more vegetables. I never do.And while there aren’t any resolutions here, I can’t express how much I am looking forward to the next year in Watonga.

A Busy Year for OICA

OKLAHOMA CITY – It is hard to believe that 2025 has come to an end. For those of us at the Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy (OICA), I must say that our work felt incredibly important this year with addressing issues at the local, state, and federal levels for child well-being.

Today In History

December 24 is the 358th day of the year (359th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; seven days remain until the end of the year.Pre-1600 502 – Chinese emperor Xiao Yan names Xiao Tong his heir designate.640 – Pope John IV is elected, several months after his predecessor's death.

A Bubble Off Plumb

Well, I had a rude awakening Monday. I had previously written about the hoped for income from the electrical sales to the soon-tobe open Diamondback facility just outside the city of Watonga.Digging a little deeper, I discovered the facility is NOT powered by the city, nor even by Cimarron Electric.

A Bubble Off Plumb

I was sure it would happen sooner or later. I was just counting on later.I have become the weird relative who rides around their old hometown going, ‘When I was a kid, this was …’ whatever used to be there. But since my old hometown is Pensacola, Fla., there have been huge changes.

Okla Foster Wishes Facing Critical Shortages

OKLAHOMA CITY – – The Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy (OICA) through their project OK Foster Wishes is assisting Oklahoma Human Services (OHS) Holiday Hope program in an effort to provide support for foster youth in the state, according to Joe Dorman, OICA’s CEO.

Ferguson Features

As part of the Ferguson Good Government Symposium for high school seniors on Nov. 14, we celebrated Oklahoma Statehood Day (Nov. 16). Statehood was a major goal of the Fergusons as Territorial governor. Mrs.

A Bubble Off Plumb

Welcome to our Thanksgiving issue of our paper. I want to consolidate my Editor’s notes to one location for our readers.Out front we have the story of Walter Montgomery. We usually try to include a little something in this issue for folks who have come back to Blaine County for the holidays.

Kid Governor, Junior Governor Named

OKLAHOMA CITY – The work done by the Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy (OICA), while always rewarding, can sometimes be stressful, and occasionally downright depressing.