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Ponca City Public School District Announces Distance Learning for Thursday, February 18

Wednesday, February 17

Ponca City Public School District will continue with Distance Learning on Thursday, February 18. Their lots are cleared and ready to go but PCPS still has some hazardous bus routes and poor walking conditions. PCPS is also concerned about the issues that could arise in the morning due to... Read More.

New COVID-19 deaths for Garfield, Kay and Payne counties Wednesday

Wednesday, February 17

The Oklahoma State Department of Health is reporting 1,078 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, Feb. 16. Oklahoma’s seen 415,858 COVID-19 cases overall as 18,600 cases are active. The number of active cases is 963 less than Tuesday.28 additional virus-related deaths were documented Wednesday to put Oklahoma’s death toll to... Read More.

Blackwell Rural Water Corporation gives rural water update

Wednesday, February 17

The following is from the Blackwell Rural Water Corp.*****RURAL WATER DISTRICT UPDATE***** Tuesday, February 16, 2021, 5:30 pmThe City of Blackwell is having a rash of leaks with these extreme temperatures and are requesting our help in conserving water through the weekend. We are in a catch 22 situation, running... Read More.

Section of 7th Street closed due to water main break

Wednesday, February 17

The City of Ponca City announced Wednesday morning that they will be closing 7th street from highland to hazel due to a water main break. The city apologizes for the inconvenience! One route people can use for detour is nearby 5th street.

Winter peak time occurring between 6 a.m. and 9 a.m. for Kay Electric customers

Wednesday, February 17

Kay Electric Cooperative announced Tuesday night that one of the winter peak times is 6 a.m.-9 a.m. this morning.During this time, it is possible there will be rolling SPP outages that would affect Kay Electric customers. Please try to conserve electricity during this time. Keep an eye on Facebook,... Read More.

Goods and Volunteers Still Needed at Rose Stone Inn

Tuesday, February 16

U R G E N TThe Rose Stone Inn, at 120 South 3rd Street in downtown Ponca City, has opened its doors as a shelter for the homeless and those in need of shelter during this winter storm. With another bitterly cold night and heavy snow in the forecast... Read More.

Ponca City Refinery Impacted by Cold Weather

Tuesday, February 16

The Ponca City Refinery experienced a number of cold-weather related issues that forced a partial shut-down of multiple units on February 15, 2021. The refinery has fence line and community monitoring in place. The ongoing monitoring has shown no impact to the community.The refinery will be restarting multiple units... Read More.

508 new COVID-19 cases, 20 deaths and 2,121 new recoveries for Oklahoma on Tuesday

Tuesday, February 16

The Oklahoma State Department of Health is reporting 508 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, Feb. 16. Oklahoma’s seen 414,780 COVID-19 cases overall as 19,563 cases are active. The number of active cases is 1,633 less than Monday.Twenty additional virus-related deaths were documented Tuesday to put Oklahoma’s death toll to... Read More.

SPP issues Emergency Alert Level 3 Tuesday morning

Tuesday, February 16

SPP announced Tuesday morning that they are declaring an Energy Emergency Alert (EEA) Level 3 effective immediately for their entire 14-state balancing authority area, including Oklahoma. System-wide generating capacity has dropped below the current load of approximately 42 gigawatts (GW) due to extremely low temperatures and inadequate supplies of... Read More.

Ponca City High School Mock Trial Team Advances to Quarterfinals Third Year in a Row

Monday, February 15

The Ponca City Senior High Mock Trial team advanced to quarterfinals for the 3rd year in a row. This year’s competition is a little different as it is entirely virtual. Students competed February 2nd against McAlester and Moore. They defeated Moore two ballots to one but lost to McAlester three ballots... Read More.

Ponca City Public School District Announces Distance Learning for February 16

Monday, February 15

All Ponca City Public School students will participate in Distance Learning on Tuesday, February 16, due to continued extreme weather and hazardous road conditions. Teachers will communicate with students through Google Classroom or site Facebook pages. If we experience controlled electric service interruptions, Distance Learning will resume as power becomes... Read More.

NOC Northern Encounter event at Enid postponed

Monday, February 15

The Northern Oklahoma College Northern Encounter event for Wednesday, Feb. 17 at NOC Enid has been postponed. The event will be made up at a later date. Events at NOC Tonkawa and NOC Stillwater have also been postponed due to weather. NOC traditionally holds events on all three campuses... Read More.