Education Department Is Ripping Off Defrauded Students

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos is back in the news on a topic close to my heart: student loans. It’s close to my heart because I’m six years into a PhD program and six figures in debt right now.

Congress Should Be Delivering Bipartisan Results

Congress has long been a revered institution within the federal government.

FEMA Funds Approved For Oklahoma Infrastructure Development Projects

At the most recent Beckham County Rural Water #1 board meeting, Cornell Wesley, former representative for the U.S. Department of Commerce-EDA and Jimmy Seago, deputy director of Oklahoma Rural Water Association, announced immediate availability of FEMA funds for Rural Community Development enabling...

SWODA Presents Annual Service Awards

The South Western Oklahoma Development Authority (SWODA) Board of Trustees honored the service of eight board members and one SWODA employee at the monthly meeting held Tuesday, December 10, in Burns Flat. SWODA Board Chairman John Dee Butchee presented the awards.

Trends In Oklahoma Public School Enrollment

Enrollment in Oklahoma public schools is growing, but it’s not happening in every district.

Cordell Fire Department Torches Dilapidated House

Last Saturday, Dec. 14, the Cordell Fire Deparment burned down a dilapidated house on the corner of Grant and Third. The burn served two purposes: to help clean up a dangerous structure and to provide a live-fire training exercise for Cordell’s firefighters.