El Reno is expected to have a new car wash on Country Club Road.

Rachel Spurger said she and her partners, including her husband, Scott, have closed on property purchased by Mighty Wash.

The land is on the east side of Country Club, across from Redlands Community College.

Mighty Wash is said to operate a “tunnel car wash.”

Spurger said Mighty Wash purchased one and a half acres. Construction, she said, is expected to begin in March of 2026. 

There is another four and a half acres attached to the property that is in the planning process for development.

Canadian County employees will receive a 3 percent pay raise in the new $40-plus million county budget.

The fiscal year 2026 general fund budget includes a cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) increase for approximately 333 county employees.

That total excludes around 31 Sheriff’s Department employees who will receive specific position raises.

Canadian County’s FY2026 budget also incorporates updated tiered benefit allowances for county employees that will now match the state of Oklahoma’s employees.

Members of the Underwood Club of Oklahoma Home and Community Education met recently in the home of Vicki Duncan. Others attending were Ann Ricketts and Janan Fletcher.

Duncan read a devotion from Prayers of Grace. Fletcher gave the treasurer’s report and noted yearly dues will be collected next month.

Discussion was held from the lesson on Cast Iron Basics. 

It was noted the Underwood Club’s booth received third place in the points contest.

An effort to replace Oklahoma’s current election system with one like California’s model, which often limits voters general-election choices to two Democrats with no alternatives, can proceed under recent decisions issued by the Oklahoma Supreme Court.

The court also held that the signature-collection process, which could place the California model before Oklahoma voters, will not be subject to reforms passed by the Oklahoma Legislature this year.