ENID — About 25 local business owners and community leaders raptly listened Thursday night to a woman whose ideas some have credited with the ability to save local economies. Cinda Baxter, a nationally recognized retail consultant, created the 3/50 Project via a blog post after hearing news of the ...

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ENID — Enid made it this week onto a short list of small American cities with big opportunities. 24/7 Wall St., an investment analysis firm, released a report this week naming Enid and three other Oklahoma cities to a list of “9 Small Towns with Big Opportunities.” The report was based on U. S. De...

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 When a recession is as deep as the current one, people may have to look far and wide for job opportunities. The most obvious places to find jobs are in large cities, where the numbers of openings are likely to be highest. However, there are great job opportunities in some of America's smallest...

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AdvancePierre Foods is adding about 30 new jobs at its Enid facilities as it celebrates the first anniversary of the merger that formed the company. In all, the company locally is hiring about 50 associates, said Janet Byrum, director of HR operations west for AdvancePierre in Enid. About 30 of the...

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Garfield County District Judge Paul Woodward granted the city’s motion for partial summary judgment during a hearing Thursday in a lawsuit filed by Bob and Eli Berry against the city over the $20 million Enid Renaissance Project. The lawsuit alleged the city violated required procedures in Enid Rena...

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With 7,293 students in the classrooms for the beginning of the current school year — an increase of 247 over last year — Enid Public Schools is growing faster than expected. Predictions made three years ago anticipated schools would hit the current mark in 2014. The district has grown by more than ...

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