In 2018, state lawmakers approved some of the largest tax increases in Oklahoma history, arguing a larger tax burden was required to increase teacher salaries, which politicians claimed were necessary to reduce teacher shortages. Lawmakers approved an average teacher pay raise of $6,100 in 2018 and added another $1,200 in 2019.
Indian Health Service, Clinton Service Unit (CSU) has moved into the third phase of the vaccination program for COVID-19. Clinton, El Reno and Watonga Indian Health Centers has extended COVID-19 vaccination priority to American Indian and Alaska Natives (AI/AN) and local non-Native community members 16 years of age and older.
The service unit, in partnership with Indian Health Service, is working to ensure the vaccine reaches Indian country as quickly and equitably as possible. As of March 12, 2021, CSU has vaccinated over 4,600 individuals.
The need for quality horse hay, shorthand for attributes desirable in hay fed to equines, has not quite lifted yet.
“We’re still in hay feeding season as pastures have not greened up as yet, and now is not the time to cut back on horses having ready access to hay to meet their nutritional needs,” said Kris Hiney, Oklahoma State University Extension equine specialist.
Attributes of desirable horse hay include:
TULSA – Moving out of the first round of the state tournament for just the second time in school history, El Reno High School’s girls basketball team had its run to the Class 5A title game stopped in the semifinals.
Top-ranked Sapulpa, which went on to win the state championship, hit five 3-pointers to start the game and fended off a handful of comeback attempts by El Reno to hand the fifth-ranked Indians a season-ending 73-55 loss.
