ENID – There were a lot of out-of-town visitors in downtown Enid last week.   Historians from across the state attended the three-day annual meeting of the Oklahoma Historical Society at the Cherokee Strip Conference Center. Elementary, middle school and high school students from Oklah...

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 ENID – In 2010, visitors from 46 states and the District of Columbia, 15 other countries and 60 of Oklahoma’s 77 counties came to downtown Enid to Leonardo’s Discovery Warehouse & Adventure Quest.   In August, the millionth visitor came to Leonardo’s since the hands-on children’s ar...

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 ENID — Enid museums were the highlight of the day Thursday for many Oklahoma Historical Society members. One particular museum, Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center, especially caught the eye of the Enid visitors Wednesday and Thursday. “It’s really great — really, really outstanding,...

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 ENID — Enid City Commission Thursday approved a $20 million appropriation to the city’s capital improvement fund for the downtown Enid Renaissance Project, although that appropriation may not be sufficient to do all of the Convention Hall renovations that have been discussed. Also approved ...

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 Garfield County’s unemployment rate for March dropped to 3.7 percent, down nearly a whole percentage point from February. According to U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the last time the county unemployment rate was below 4 percent was in February, when the rate came in at 3.6 percent. En...

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 Enid received about 5.3 percent more in sales taxes receipts for sales at the end of February and beginning of March than the city did during the same time period last year. According to a report from Oklahoma Tax Commission, Enid brought $1,958,348.29 in sales taxes from end of February sa...

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