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The deadline to request absentee ballots by mail is approaching for the Nov. 9 City of El Reno Ward 2 and Yukon School Bond election. Applications must be received by the Canadian County Election Board no later than 5 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 2.

Oklahoma faces a shortage of nurses and engineers, but a state higher education leader says Oklahoma colleges are not necessarily enthusiastic about making changes that would reduce those reported shortages. Why? Because Oklahoma colleges don’t view those programs as money-makers.

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Four graduates of El Reno High School will be honored at the annual Distinguished Alumni Banquet. The event is set for 6 p.m. Nov. 9 at Roblyer Learning Center. The dinner will be catered by Marilyn Arnold and tickets are on sale for $20.

The advice Amanda Meyer would give to someone wanting to open their own small business would be summed up in one word: consistency.

No action was taken by the El Reno School Board in its October meeting on an agenda item calling for the purchase of new land. Under the items to be discussed in executive session was entry 10. F, which stated “Possible consideration and vote regarding the purchase of real property.”

Redlands Community College has been awarded a five-year grant totaling $2.06 million by the U.S. Department of Education that will allow it to improve its capacity to increase the participation, academic success and graduation of Native American and low-income students, as well as increase the...

Gov. Kevin Stitt will be the guest speaker at the Oct. 21 El Reno Chamber of Commerce annual banquet. The event is set for 6:30 p.m. at the Canadian Valley Technology Center. Stitt was one of several GOP governors who visited the U.S.-Mexico border last week.

As the aerospace industry — Oklahoma’s second largest employer — continues to boom, there is hope among legislators that the film business will prove just as successful.

With nearly 30,000 more registered voters in Canadian County than there were 10 years ago, the Canadian County Election Board is seeking places to open new polling precincts. Canadian County’s population increased by 33.6 percent - to 154,405 - in the 2020 U.S. Census.