El Reno youngsters are having a colorful summer thanks to the El Reno Arts Council Art in the Park program.

Sue Bear with the Arts Council said children are creating all kinds of colorful works of art.

The next activity will be July 12 from 1 to 3 p.m. at Frank Knight Park.

For the 35th year, the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes will host the annual Oklahoma Indian Nation Powwow in Concho.

The 2025 edition honors “35 years of tradition and culture,” the Tribes announced. The powwow will be Friday to Sunday, Aug. 1-3 in Concho.

The honorees have been announced for this year’s powwow and will include Elder Cheyenne Ruth Yellowman Brooks; Elder Arapaho Eloise Bushyhead Rice; Senior Miss Yanna Yellowfish; Junior Miss Emily La’Miyah Gray; and Little Miss Parker Blessing.

OKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma Department of Aerospace and Aeronautics (ODAA) welcomed the Oklahoma Space Industry Development Authority (OSIDA) on July 1 as the state’s space industry agency merges into the department.

The move, prompted by passage of SB 912 during the 2025 legislative session, is a signal to the nation that Oklahoma intends to launch into a new frontier of space industry development, not only at the Air and Space Port located in Burns Flat, but also across the state.

CHICKASHA — Jim Cowan, executive director of the Chickasha Economic Development Council, has spent years promoting tourism in a city best known for its giant leg lamp.

That changed 18 months ago when a private developer joined city and state leaders to transform a mile-long road through a wheat field into the center of what they’re calling the “Oklahoma Land Run 2.0.”

If all goes to plan, the field will soon be home to an industrial park, anchored by a data center with its own power plant.