Union City School Superintendent Todd Carel resigned last week after failing to gain the support of the school board concerning his call to dismiss the district’s director of special education.

Carel said he, as well as board president John Everett resigned from their positions.

Carel said it became clear the board was not going to follow his recommendation even though an audit by the state Department of Education found a number of violations related to the special education program.

Carel, 49, served as superintendent in Union City for 14 years.

Employees of Canadian County could soon have an extra benefit, identity-theft protection.

Representatives of Legal Shield attended last week’s county commissioners meeting to make a presentation to the board. The Ada-based company offers a variety of services including legal coverage and identity-theft protection.

The company’s representatives said Oklahoma County recently agreed to purchase identity-theft protection for its employees.

The proposed new secretary of the Commissioners of the Land Office ran an energy company which filed for bankruptcy last year and had been underpaying the commission royalties for oil and gas production.

In a special meeting this week, the commissioners will consider the appointment of Elliot Chambers to be the new secretary at the Land Office, which runs a $2.3 billion trust fund of oil and gas leases and property to benefit public education.

The Cheyenne and Arapaho Business Development Corporation (CABDC) is moving forward into a new agricultural era of growing industrial hemp.

The moves are being made in accordance with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) 2018 Farm Bill.

With the 8th Legislature of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes finalizing confirmations for the Cannabis Commission Board members, and approval of the tribal plan through the USDA, the groundwork has been laid.