The Canadian County commissioners meeting was filled this week with vendors interested in helping build a new District 3 shop building.
Commissioners opened 22 bids submitted by 18 companies for the project planned at the District 3 yard, 1205 N. Calumet Road. The current District 3 shop was constructed in 1956.
“Thank you for taking the time to bid on this new facility,” District 3 Commissioner Tracey Rider said.
Premium Aerospace Center Oklahoma LLC (PAC) has secured a strategic long-term lease with the Oklahoma Space Industry Development Authority (OSIDA) to expand into a 130,000-square-foot hangar.
The partnership promises 40 years of aerospace commerce, positioning western Oklahoma at the forefront of the next era in space exploration and establishing key aerospace operations including maintenance, repair and operations (MRO).
Before 1950, producing Oklahoma wheat and peanut crops looked a little different from what it does now. Diseases, pests and yields were much more of a challenge for agricultural producers in the early 1900s, as farmers had few ways of obtaining new varieties with stronger genetics.
“I imagine wheat production would have been a game of ‘whatever you can get your hands on,’” said Brett Carver, Oklahoma State University wheat genetics chair and head wheat breeder.
WASHINGTON — The penny may be losing its shine in Washington, as a bipartisan-backed bill to end its production cleared a key House committee last week, with fiscal hawks and factory workers unexpectedly on the same coin.
Heads or tails, the penny’s days are numbered.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, speaking at the Young Americas Foundation Conservative Student Conference last week, joined the drumbeat, saying he would be “killing” the penny in Philadelphia.
MUNICIPAL COURT
Gavin Hitchcock, Oklahoma City, speeding, $165.
Jerry Austin Willingham II, El Reno, failure to wear seat restraint, $20.
David Wayne Oliver, Jones, failure to stop at stop sign, $165.
Blake Collins Burt, El Reno, driving under suspension, $395.
Thomas Wayne Minson, Purcell, speeding, $175.
Carson Lawrence Jacobs, Yukon, expired tag, $165.
Cameron Jay Russell, El Reno, expired tag and failure to appear warrant, $410.
Matthew Gordon Whitman, El Reno, failure to wear seat restraint and expired tag, $150.
Proposed non-structural design changes are being reviewed for the third and fourth floors of the new Canadian County Courthouse project.
Construction will start this fall on a four-story county courthouse at 201 N. Choctaw. The new courthouse is due to open during the third quarter of 2027.
The building’s third and fourth floors will house Canadian County District Court offices and courtrooms. Canadian County government departments will occupy the first and second floors.
NEXUS Animals is partnering with animal shelters and others to host a “Clear the Shelter” pet adoption event.
El Reno Animal Shelter is one of the partnering agencies, according to information provided by NEXUS.
The adoption event will be from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Aug. 16 at the NEXUS Equine Center, 6608 S. Manning Road.
Dogs, cats and horses will be available for adoption. Those wishing to adopt a horse need to bring their own trailer.
I would like to encourage you to do whatever you can to celebrate our city, our school system, our community, our veterans and our rich heritage as the quickly approaching year of 2026 will mark two huge anniversaries significant to our community, our state, our nation, and arguably the entire world.
U.S. Postal Service mail carrier David Mann takes a quick break from his route along Jensen Street last week to get a glass of lemonade from Zoey Neal.
Zoey was selling drinks and chips as local temperatures reached near triple digits last week.
Mann was her first customer of the day. Zoey made $5 on the sale with a tip from Mann and two glasses of lemonade for the El Reno Tribune.
Canadian County District 1 placed third out of 15 teams at the Association of County Commissioners of Oklahoma (ACCO) Summer Safety Conference Cookoff in Norman.
From left, Jamie Williams, Jill Worthington, Eric Loyall, Nick VanWay, Logan Guth, Justin Atkinson and Commissioner Tom Manske.
This was the first time for Canadian County District 1 to place in over 14 years.
