A major hurdle for many potential business owners is access to up-front capital. Enid Regional Development Alliance wants to make that a little easier. ERDA Board Chairman Jim Stallings said board members, during a recent planning retreat, discussed their purpose and determined they should be helpi...

[Read the rest of this article...]

Enid Regional Development Alliance is striking while the iron is hot, encouraging and assisting new businesses in Enid, said Brent Kisling, ERDA director, During the group’s board meeting Thursday, five finalists for the Downtown Grant Program were announced. Those receiving the three $5,000 gran...

[Read the rest of this article...]

Tuesday night was great for Enid, as Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center and Enid Convention and Visitors Bureau were recognized as tops in their fields. Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center received an award for Best New Attraction in Oklahoma, and Enid Convention and Visitors Bureau rece...

[Read the rest of this article...]

Winners in the 2011 Oklahoma Associated Press-Oklahoma News Editors journalism contest were announced Saturday night, and the Enid News & Eagle brought home its fair share of the top awards in the medium-sized newspapers division. News & Eagle photographer Billy Hefton, who took awards in...

[Read the rest of this article...]

If you want a job, Enid is the place to come: The latest unemployment figures show Garfield County has one of the lowest unemployment rates in the state at 3.1 percent for March. The figures from the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission showed Garfield County has a labor force of 33,000. Of th...

[Read the rest of this article...]

Enid soon will welcome its newest hotel, with the opening of Springhill Suites by Marriott. The new hotel, located on the west edge of the city just west of Walmart, is slated to open the first week of June, according to hotel owner and developer Dr. Atul Patel. Patel said workers are putting ...

[Read the rest of this article...]