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Melissa Cook, Southern Workforce Board REI Oklahoma hosted a Southern Oklahoma Women in Business Networking Luncheon today at Poteau's Donald W Reynolds Center. Presenters at today's event included James Harrington from REI Oklahoma, Melissa Cook from Southern Workforce [...]
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(L-R) Rep. Andy Fugate, Rep. Daniel Pae, TECO Director-General Yvonne Hsiao, TECO Consul Michelle Lu and Sen. Roland Pederson. OKLAHOMA CITY – The Oklahoma Legislature welcomed a delegation from Taiwan to the State Capitol this week. Rep. Daniel [...]
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Rep. Denise Crosswhite Hader and Sen. David Bullard and other lawmakers stand with Gov. Kevin Stitt after a ceremonial signing of House Bill 1168 into law. OKLAHOMA CITY – A bill making it a felony crime to traffic [...]
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Oklahoma Watch, at oklahomawatch.org, is a nonprofit, nonpartisan news organization that covers public-policy issues facing the state. By Stephen Martin/For Oklahoma Watch Kim McGuire had already spent nearly two weeks at St. Anthony Hospital in Oklahoma City when a [...]
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What to Know About State Question 832 and Gradually Raising Oklahoma’s Minimum Wage to $15 an Hour
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Funeral services for Freddie Cooper, 80, of Hammond, will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday, May 27, 2026, at Mallory-Martin Funeral Home Chapel in Spiro with Reverend Howard Jeffery officiating. Burial will follow at Forest Park Cemetery under the [...]
Cathy Diane Fullen, 76, of Poteau, Oklahoma, went to be with the Lord on May 21, 2026. Cathy was born on June 23, 1949, in Poteau, Oklahoma, to Clyde (Bud) and Rachel (Farmer) Doshier. Cathy was known for her servant’s [...]
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With her family at her bedside, on the morning of May 22, 2026, at the age of 49 years and one month, Amanda Fowler was taken into God’s merciful arms. Entering the world on April 22, 1977, in Fort Smith, [...]
Sharon Kay Clinton passed away May 20, 2026, at her home in Poteau, Oklahoma at the age of 79. Sharon was born November 3, 1946, to JB Oliver and Gladys (Heflin) Oliver in Wister, Oklahoma. Sharon is survived by Ron [...]
