ENID — In spite of money problems, Oklahoma’s colleges and universities are among the best in the nation, said Glen Johnson, chancellor of the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education. “The chancellor said Oklahoma ranks eighth out of the 50 states in affordability of college tuition and in a...

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ENID — The owners of Broadway Tower announced this week plans to sell the 15-story downtown Enid office building. Enid businessmen Bob Berry and Lew Ward, principal partners in Tower Investment Co., confirmed Wednesday plans to sell the building in an open real estate auction March 15. Tower ...

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Each year, 2,000 company locations are opened nationwide, making the competition for those businesses competitive. That was what John Reid, of the Reid Group, economic development consultants, told those attending Thursday’s quarterly meeting of Enid Regional Development Alliance. Reid gave a presen...

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ENID — Students at Emerson Middle School will have to relearn where their classes are today, when they return to a building where the page is being turned in ongoing renovations.Throughout the fall semester, classrooms on the third floor were out of commission because of construction work taking pla...

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ENID — With economic conditions not the greatest, perhaps it would have surprised no one if the United Way failed to reach this year’s fundraising goal. Nevertheless, United Way of Enid and Northwest Oklahoma already has exceeded its target by nearly $45,000 — and that’s before final totals come in...

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ENID — Founding, owning and running a small business can be hard work, attendant with many of the challenges associated with running a much larger organization. For those who have successfully built and run their own business, the end of a career poses a new challenge: finding a successor to carry ...

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