Entries for July 2010

A new clothing retail store has moved into Oakwood Mall just in time for Crazy Days this weekend. Factory Connection, which buys clothing from name-brand retailers and offers it at discounted prices, was bustling with customers — most of them teens and young adults — Friday afternoon. The store off...

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A ground-breaking ceremony for the new Enid wastewater facility is scheduled for 1 p.m. Aug. 2 at Cherokee Strip Conference Center, with an actual dirt turning to follow at the plant site. The new sewer plant will be built at 1401 S. 42nd, about a mile south of the current facility. City of Enid D...

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Col. Chris Nowland no longer is wing commander at Vance Air Force Base, but he left behind a colorful phrase to describe the transition under way at Vance’s Radar Approach Control center. “We’re going from a Pinto to a Ferrari while driving 80 miles an hour down the freeway,” was the way Nowland pu...

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MONTREAL — The Western Enterprises fireworks team was hoping it would open up the heavens Saturday at the Montreal International Fireworks Competition. The heavens sure did open up, but not the way Western Enterprises had wanted them to. Torrential downpours soaked the city on the day of the show, ...

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For the third consecutive month, sales tax distributions in Enid have been greater this year than last year. According to Oklahoma Tax Commission, about $2.01 million in sales taxes were received from Enid businesses in the second half of May. A portion of the receipts also were based off estimated...

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PRINCETON, NJ -- More than half of the 10 best job markets in 2010 are energy- and commodity-producing states, indicating how valuable these natural resource-based industries are to the U.S. economy at this time. Best Job Markets, Gallup Job Creation Index, by State, January-June 2010 Worst Job Mar...

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