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Kelly Bland, the Osage County tourism director, resigned from that post on Thursday, March 17. Bland held two jobs and drew two salaries as both the county tourism director and the director of the Pawhuska Chamber of Commerce. Bland asked in a letter to terminate her $67,808 contract with the county.

 

It is now up to the Board of Osage County Commissioners to fill that Tourism Director vacancy and this is what District One Commissioner Randall Jones had to say on Monday regarding how they plan to move forward.

Jones says they plan to begin making decisions on how they would like to proceed quickly.

Bland’s resignation letter said in part, “I would like to thank you for the past four years. I fell in love with Osage County, its people, diverse cultures and rich history. It has been my pleasure to promote northeastern Oklahoma.”  

(Photo Courtesy of Oklahoma Tourism Association.)