Enid’s housing market is faring well as low interest rates are allowing first-time home buyers ample opportunities to make their dreams come true, while others are making moves into bigger homes. Sunday’s Fall Home Showcase featured 50 homes currently on the market. A mixture of good weather, curio...

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Thanks to the successful completion of a Community Development Block Grant through the city of Enid, Leonardo’s is able to provide free family memberships for up to 250 local families who qualify. A membership at Leonardo’s includes unlimited visits to the museum and Adventure Quest for five family...

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Leonardo’s Discovery Warehouse and Adventure Quest received a $20,000 grant from Tulsa-based George Kaiser Family Foundation Tuesday to support the children’s museum’s educational programs. George Kaiser Family Foundation (GKFF) is a charitable organization “dedicated to breaking the cycle of pover...

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Saying he’s “bullish” on the Oklahoma economy, State Treasurer Ken Miller told Enid Rotarians Monday about the strong fundamentals of the state’s economic recovery. Miller, the Edmond Republican elected to the office last November, gave a mostly positive report. He is a former state representative ...

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When Navy Lt. j.g. Robert Cannell was preparing to enter undergraduate pilot training, he volunteered to take his initial instruction at Vance Air Force Base, rather than at a Naval Air Station. “I had one of the instructors at Pensacola (Fla.) tell me when I volunteered to come to Vance, ‘I wouldn...

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The last two years have been tough ones for the wind energy industry, but that hasn’t stopped TradeWind Energy from forging ahead with plans for a wind farm in Garfield and Grant counties. Rob Freeman, president of TradeWind Energy, said the industry saw dramatic growth from 2003 to 2008, then the ...

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