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CONSOLATION PRIZE — Soaring late July temperatures and heat indexes over 100 degrees may not be pleasant, but dramatic area skyscapes offer some consolation, like this vivid sunset captured last week by local amateur photographer Lisa Harris. [Photo Provided via Facebook]
Read moreReports of waitlists for Covid-19 treatment beds in some parts of the state, particularly ICU beds, are beginning to re-emerge as hospitalizations trend upward in the wake of the highly contagious Delta variant.
Read moreA local church has created a mission out of making sure area students can walk into school with an extra spring in their step.
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Thanks to those, who hearing about my hip replacement surgery, a couple of weeks ago, sent words of encouragement.
Read more[Zach Thapar is a student at the University of Notre Dame and an intern in The Heritage Foundation’s Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom.]
Read moreDue to their fondness for asphalt, deer cause more human deaths annually than any other creature and over the course of a 40 year career on the road I was proud to say that I never filled my deer tag by hitting one on the highway. I may have accidentally flattened my share of snakes and squirrels (who hasn’t?), but I’d never run over anything bigger than a rabbit. I’ve driven the wild country from the badlands to the Big Bend country, from the Everglades to the Okanogan without ever hitting an armadillo, reindeer, cat, yak, Hereford, PETA member, wild hog or domestic dog. Although I must admit I
Read moreLet’s play a little game, faithful readers. Pretend for a moment or two that you had become President of the United States of America and suddenly learned that after more than 60 years of Communist dictatorship, the people of Cuba had arisen in great numbers not only in Havana but in smaller cities and towns across the length of the largest island in the Caribbean. What if through the wonder of the internet, Americans at all levels were watching brave Cuban citizens marching through their streets carrying flags of their country and in many instances our beautiful Stars and Stripes as well?
Read moreThe last day to apply for voter registration in order to be eligible to vote in Kingfisher’s runoff election for city commissioner is Friday, Aug. 20.
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