Entries for April 2012

National economic indicators always hog the headlines, but keeping tabs on the local economy hits closer to home. Here in northwest Oklahoma, our communities saw substantial increases in their April sales tax revenue over last year’s figures. Consumers are spending more than they did last year — ...

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Main Street Enid board of directors announced Thursday it has named Kelly Tompkins new Main Street Enid program manager. Tompkins will take over the position from long-time program manager Lindy Chambers, who recently was named Oklahoma Main Street Manager of the Year. Chambers has been direct...

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Enid officials delivered good news about the local economy during the Greater Enid Chamber of Commerce visit to Washington, D.C., and re-ceived some good news in return. During the Enid delegation’s Wednesday visit to the Pentagon, Gen. Philip Breedlove, Air Force vice chief of staff, said he exp...

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People spending more, sales tax revenues rocket  Apr 26, 2012, 11:40Communities throughout northwest Oklahoma saw substantial increases in their April sales tax revenue over last year’s figures, according to Oklahoma Tax Commission. That means people in those communities were spending more ...

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Main Street Enid Project Manager Lindy Chambers was named state Project Manager of the Year at Tuesday’s annual Oklahoma Main Street awards banquet. Chambers was nominated one time previously, but this is her first win. Nominations are made by individual Main Street programs, and the field is nar...

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ALVA – The economic boom in and around the Alva and Cherokee area in north-central Oklahoma has been going on for two years and shows no signs of letting up.   “It is back to the boom days again,” said Robert R. “Bob” Firth, president of Tulsa-based Caballo Energy LLC. “That area is like it w...

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