The Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes has officially acquired the Best Western El Reno.

Lucky Star Hospitalities LLC (LSH), a solely tribally-owned Limited Liability Company of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes, closed the purchase of the 60-room Best Western El Reno, 2701 S. Country Club Road.

The purchase represents a strategic expansion into the hospitality industry for the Tribes and their Lucky Star Casinos, said Gov. Reggie Wassana.

The El Reno Fire Department was performing a yearly pump test on its ladder truck and several other units.

According to firemen, the required tests are performed by siphoning water out of the lake with special hoses and then spraying the water back into the lake and monitoring the pressure and temperature of the trucks during the process.

Canadian County’s domestic violence center has been awarded a $492,576 federal grant that offers some financial sustainability.

These grant funds, through the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office on Violence Against Women, will be accepted over four years to support operations at the Cardinal Point Family Justice Center.

The grant program is titled “Improving Criminal Justice Responses to Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault and Stalking.”

Two Calumet residents took part in the Great American Relay over the weekend.

Shawn Davis ran from El Reno’s Heroes Plaza to the Calumet Y, while Lindy Renbarger took the baton and ran from the Y to Cherokee Trading Post. Both runners traveled down Historic Route 66.

The El Reno Fire Department, Calumet Volunteer Fire Department and the Calumet Police Department provided escorts for the run.

The Great American Relay is a coast-to-coast relay consisting of 415 stages covering 3,500 miles over 38 days and 18 states.