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Severe weather hits northern Oklahoma Friday

Severe weather made its way across northern Oklahoma early Friday and left an impact.Kay Electric is reporting numerous outages across their area, especially within the Grant County area. If you are a Kay Electric customer and have a power outage, please call 800-535-1079.  Crews are enroute to restore power.... Read More.

Hunnewell, KS man killed in collision north of Blackwell

The Oklahoma Highway Patrol responded to a fatality collision that occurred at 12:37 p.m. Thursday on U.S. 177, 1 mile north of Blackwell in Kay County.According to the OHP report, Billy Dean Burrow Sr., 71, of Hunnewell, Ks., was driving a 1990 Ford Pick Up northbound on U.S. 177.... Read More.
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Crazy Days weekend to be strictly a shopping event this year

The following is a statement from Ponca City Main Street:"In the interest of the health of our beloved community, our Ponca City Main Street Board has decided to make our normal Crazy Days weekend strictly a shopping event this year, and not host our usual Street Party at the... Read More.

NOC honors four retiring employees

Northern Oklahoma College honored four employees who are retiring from NOC this year.   Retirees include Deb Garoutte, Mary Skidmore, Laura Marshall, and Jeff Foss.   Normally, retiring employees are honored in May of each year but the ceremony was postponed due to Covid-19.  The ceremony honoring the retirees will be held at a... Read More.

NOC offers fall wind energy classes

Northern Oklahoma College is introducing an "Introduction to Wind Energy" course in its Fall 2020 semester.  The course is being offered as part of NOC’s Process Technology Program (PTEC).   The purpose of this course is to introduce interested students to Oklahoma's Wind Energy Sector in preparation for employment in the... Read More.
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Athletic Director Jeremy Hise leaving NOC

After 20 years at Northern Oklahoma College including the final seven as athletic director, Jeremy Hise is leaving NOC for a teaching and coaching position at Enid High School.   Hise will teach English and be the high school assistant softball coach.   Hise, a native of Perry, served as athletic... Read More.

Heat Advisory in effect until Saturday

The National Weather Service in Norman has placed Kay County and surrounding areas under a Heat Advisory for Thursday and going until 7 p.m. Saturday. .Heat index values could reach 105, and Ponca City will see highs in the upper 90s. Oklahoma counties included in the Heat Advisory are... Read More.
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Local schools receiving incentive grants from Oklahoma to fight COVID-19

Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt and State Superintendent Joy Hofmeister on July 1 awarded incentive grants totaling $16 million to 150 Oklahoma school districts to help mitigate the impacts of COVID-19 on student learning and ensure that students have learning opportunities in the upcoming 2020-21 school year.A total of 360... Read More.

NOC Virtual Graduation set for Aug. 8

 The Northern Oklahoma College Class of 2020 will be celebrated with a Virtual Commencement Ceremony held Saturday, Aug. 8.  The ceremony is not live, but the link to the virtual commencement will be made active at www.noc.edu Aug. 8 at 9:30 a.m.   The ceremony will celebrate Fall 2019 graduates... Read More.

Ponca City at a 62 percent response rate to U.S. Census

Households that receive the 2020 Census invitation packets are strongly encouraged to respond promptly to the 2020 Census using the census ID included in the questionnaire packet. People can respond online, by phone, or by completing and returning the paper form by mail. Responding with the census ID or... Read More.
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