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The Cherokee Nation will accept applications for its College Housing Assistance Program from July 27 through Aug. 7 to help eligible low-income Native American students with housing costs during the 2026 fall semester. The program provides qualifying students with up to $1,000 per semester to ... read more »

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Oklahoma in Bartlesville is preparing for its upcoming fundraising event, The Emerald Gala, set for Saturday, August 8, at 6:00 PM at The Center.   Appearing on Community Connection, Area Director Todd Estes shared details about what attendees can expect a ... read more »

In a town famous for endless partisan bickering and taking recesses when the going gets tough, Senator James Lankford has pitched a radical new concept to Washington: acting like responsible adults. Testifying before the House Appropriations Committee in its first full oversight hearing since 200 ... read more »

The Nowata County Commissioners tabled their motion to intervene on the Northeast Oklahoma Transmission Enhancement Project from American Electric Power (AEP) during a regular meeting Monday morning. Assistant District Attorney Ashley Kane submitted a response to the board advising against in ... read more »

Washington County School Supply Drive (WCSSD) aka Pack the Backpacks, local volunteers, and community partners are preparing their annual charitable effort providing essential school supplies to local students in need. The organization serves Washington County, OK., including Bartlesville, Dewey, ... read more »

Osage County Assessor Ed Quinton Jr. has re-worked a contract with Eagleview so that they will perform pictometry for the county for the next eight years. This is a renewable contract each year for just over $229,000 and Quinton says if a bill were to get signed into law, Osage County could be ge ... read more »

A Wichita, Kansas man found himself in the Washington County Jail on Monday on identity theft charges. It is alleged Jessee Wilson attempted to use a fake name, go into a local business and get a loan.   Wilson entered a local Bartlesville finance company on Thursday and attempted to ... read more »

One of the Senate’s newest members was months late disclosing 700 personal stock trades that together are worth millions of dollars, according to a NOTUS review of new congressional financial records.   Sen. Alan Armstrong, R-Oklahoma, who entered the Senate on March 24 after M ... read more »

The Washington County Commissioners approved Monday a $600,000 supplimental for a major bridge rebuilding project across Saunders Creek just north of Vera.   The project is being funded by the Cherokee Nation, but has been on replacement lists for the Oklahoma Department of Transport ... read more »

Patients with appointments at Ascension St. John Jane Phillips' primary care and pediatric clinic in Bartlesville will temporarily see their providers at alternate locations after flooding affected the clinic over the weekend. The relocation begins Monday. Appointment times will remain un ... read more »

The City of Bartlesville is moving ahead with more than $10 million in infrastructure improvements while opening new opportunities for entrepreneurs and homeowners, according to city officials on KWON Radio’s City Matters program on Monday. City staff also highlighted stronger-than-expected ... read more »

Get ready to hear the victorious cheers of elementary schoolers and the collective groans of their parents' alarm clocks. Thanks to Oklahoma's new Senate Bill 1481, the little tykes are scoring double the recess time next year, leaping from 20 to a glorious 40 minutes of daily playground ... read more »

Everyone who participated in the Bartlesville Public Library summer reading program is welcome to come out to Frontier Pool Saturday evening at 6:30 p.m. to partake in some fun activities.    Grand prize winners of who read the most books will be announced and Library Director K ... read more »

The Washington County Commissioners have a fairly standard meeting scheduled for Monday morning. According to an agenda, the commissioners will discuss a letter of support for the Cherokee Nation Tribal Facility Bridge Funding Application for the Saunders Creek project in the southern portion ... read more »

The Board of Osage County Commissioners will convene for a regularly scheduled meeting at the fairgrounds on Monday morning. At that meeting, there will be consideration to approve an amendment agreement with Eagleview to perform yearly fall aerial flights for Osage County to perform Pictomet ... read more »