Dozens of Yukon residents gathered at the Express Clydesdale Ranch to hear from data center executives last week, but not everyone was welcome. 

Belt Line Energy’s Managing Partner Ryan Sanders escorted The Yukon Progress out of the room and forbade press access to what he said was a private event.

However, Sanders provided comments and documents to the newspaper about the meeting and the data center’s future in Yukon.

The annual National Land and Range Judging Contest wrapped up last week after teens from 37 states converged on Fort Reno for the finals competition.

Organizers said the students were members of FFA and 4-H groups from throughout the country.

Lake El Reno provided the practice area for Tuesday and Wednesday. The contest then moved to Fort Reno on Thursday morning.

An awards banquet was held at the Canadian County Expo Center that evening.

Students arriving early worked through practice sites around Lake El Reno. (Courtesy photo/Ed Zweaicher)

OKLAHOMA CITY – A plan to ask voters to give lawmakers access to restricted funds earmarked to improve health appears to be dead.

President Pro Tem Lonnie Paxton, R-Tuttle, said the Senate does not support House Joint Resolution 1077, which would have allowed lawmakers to spend $1 billion of public funds that voters locked in the Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust Fund.

Stephanie Camp is in the midst of a career re-set, attempting to rekindle the artful passion she never left fully behind.

Camp, 35, of El Reno, first pursued college after graduating high school in 2009. A health setback and academic burnout interrupted her path before she could complete a degree.

Over the next few years, she stayed connected to art and design and worked intermittently in the field without formal training.