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CASC to turn dirt for event center, safe room

Carl Albert State College is
set to host a groundbreaking and
naming ceremony for its new
Hoffman-Wilson Center at 9
a.m. Monday on its Poteau campus.
The Hoffman-Wilson Center
will serve the Poteau campus as
a dual-purpose safe room and

Flood hits historic proportions

Memorial Day 2019 will go down in history, not for anything
related to the meaning of the holiday, but because the epic
flooding is beyond most people’s memory.
“I saw the flood of ‘45. We sat right here in a ‘46
Ford my father had just bought. There weren’t as

Flooding continues on Arkansas

Coming into Memorial Day weekend, travelers
need to be aware that recent heavy rains have
forced the Corps of Engineers to release tremendous
amounts of water to proactively control flooding
issues, versus a free flow flood. That situation has forced other

Floodwaters cause detours, delays

Two barges that broke free from their tethers and threatened the dam at Webbers Fall
are only part of the problem caused by the unusually high amoount of rainfall.
The Oklahoma Department of Transportation, Oklahoma Highway Patrol and some

New Experience

A new calf at the Milbauer Longhorn Ranch sidles up next to his mama for a quick drink at the milk
bar before getting introduced to the rest of the herd. This was one of the fi rst two calves born on the
Milbauer Ranch, a new experience for Joe and Sandy Milbauer.

More severe storms likely

Even as area residents brace for yet another round of possible storms,
many residents go about the business of cleaning up the damage caused by
weekend storms. LeFlore County Emergency Management Director Kim Wann

Choctaws open new housing, financial service office here

Nearly a year in the making, the Choctaw Nation on Friday cut the ribbon
on the new EnVision Center in Poteau, which will offer a hand up to
those in the Choctaw community seeking a better way of life.
“It is an honor to partner with HUD on the EnVision Center pilot

Shady Point archers compete at nationals, world competition next

In their first trip to nationals, the Shady Point archery team performed well at last week’s NASP Eastern National Tournament in Louisville, Ky., from which it came home ranked 103rd out of 255 middle school teams with a team score of 3,187.

Association struggles to maintain cemetery

Shady Point Cemetery, like so many of the free cemeteries throughout the county, came
about as the community grew, prospered and community members died, requiring a final
resting place. The deed to the original five-acre tract was deeded as a cemetery in December

Trailing Chuckwagons

The Chisholm Trail is an indispensable part of our history, not just locally, but nationally.
Our teachers are a commodity that are all-too-often taken for granted, but "granted"
is just what two local teachers are.