• NOC hosting free tax preparation services starting Feb. 7

    NOC hosting free tax preparation services starting Feb. 7 - January 28, 2019

    TONKAWA --  Northern Oklahoma College is trying to make this year less taxing by providing free basic income tax return preparation for students, NOC employees, and area residents. Singles or fami...

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  • Higher education chancellor presents 2019 legislative agenda

    Higher education chancellor presents 2019 legislative agenda - January 28, 2019

    STILLWATER --  Strengthening Oklahoma’s workforce pipeline through degree and certificate completion continues to be the state system of higher education’s top priority. That was the message ...

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  • Bill to align state poultry standards with U.S. Department of Ag’s

    Bill to align state poultry standards with U.S. Department of Ag’s - January 28, 2019

    OKLAHOMA CITY – Legislation has been filed to bring Oklahoma’s poultry laws in line with U.S. Department of Agriculture standards. Sen. Ron Sharp (R-Shawnee) authored Senate Bill 995 to provide...

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  • Chamber Chat

    Chamber Chat - January 28, 2019

    We want to thank everyone that purchased Chamber Banquet tickets. We are sold out for the 15th year in a row! We want to thank Phillips 66 for the use of the Atrium for our 125th Annual Chamber Ba...

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  • Newkirk FFA selected a Top 10 premiere chapter finalist for 2018

    Newkirk FFA selected a Top 10 premiere chapter finalist for 2018 - January 28, 2019

    Newkirk was selected as a Top 10 premier chapter finalist in 2018 for an outstanding FFA activity with last year's predator hunt. The chapter was also selected as a 3 Star chapter on the n...

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  • NOC enrolls students at Kaw Nation

    NOC enrolls students at Kaw Nation - January 28, 2019

    Northern Oklahoma College conducted an on-site enrollment event at the Kaw Nation education center recently.  NOC students dropped by and enrolled for the 2019 spring and summer semesters. Gina Co...

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  • Habana Inn has new owners

    Habana Inn has new owners - January 28, 2019

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - An Oklahoma City hotel that bills itself as the largest gay resort in the Southwest has new out-of-state owners. The Journal Record reports Los Angeles-based Alternatives Resor...

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  • Oklahoma DA determines officer justified in shooting biker

    Oklahoma DA determines officer justified in shooting biker - January 27, 2019

    (Information from: The Norman Transcript, http://www.normantranscript.com) NORMAN, Okla. (AP) - An Oklahoma district attorney has determined a police officer was justified when he shot and wounded a ...

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  • OU president sees blackface incidents as ‘call to action’

    OU president sees blackface incidents as ‘call to action’ - January 27, 2019

    (Information from: Tulsa World, http://www.tulsaworld.com) NORMAN, Okla. (AP) - The president of the University of Oklahoma says recent videos showing people in blackface serve as a "call to action" ...

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  • Inmate captured a day after fleeing Oklahoma prison facility

    Inmate captured a day after fleeing Oklahoma prison facility - January 27, 2019

    MCALESTER, Okla. (AP) - Authorities say a 48-year-old inmate who ran from a minimum-security prison in eastern Oklahoma has been apprehended a day after his escape. The state Department of Correction...

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