A free online webinar for beef producers will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, hosted by the 15-person packer/processor task force recently formed by Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry (ODAFF) and the Oklahoma Cattlemen’s Association (OCA). OCA spokesperson Chancey Hanson said the subject of the webinar will be “The Co-op Model for Beef Packing and Processing.”

CFD cools fire off 183

Clinton firefighter Jeremiah Giles battles a grass fire just off S. Highway 183 Saturday night. CFD kept smoke off the highway and contained the fire to a small area.

The Oklahoma State Department of Health reported Tuesday there are now 26 confirmed coronavirus cases in Custer County.

Friends for Life Animal Society will be having a benefit garage sale from 3-6 p.m. Friday and 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday at at 714 S. 4th St.

House Appropriations and Budget Chair Kevin Wallace, R-Wellston, has commented on the release of almost $23 million in opioid settlement funds that will go to municipalities and counties throughout Oklahoma that have been impacted by the crisis of opioid addiction.

Senator James Lankford (R-OK) and Senator Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Regulatory Affairs and Federal Management Subcommittee of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, called on the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to examine the federal government’s response to the coronavirus outbreak in the US and provide recommendations to improve America’s preparedness for a future pandemic or public health emergency.

Honor rolls at Southwestern Oklahoma State University in Weatherford and Sayre have been announced for the 2020 spring semester.

In response to reports that some Americans are mistakenly discarding stimulus debit cards, Attorney General Mike Hunter urged Oklahomans to not assume the unmarked envelopes containing cards are junk mail.

In light of increased contact tracing efforts in the state, the Oklahoma State Department of Health (OSDH) has released a Contact Tracing Overview document to inform the public on what to expect when contacted by a health department contact tracer.

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