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By News Director Jared Atha Southwestern Oklahoma State University’s College of Pharmacy in Weatherford and Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences in Tulsa have signed a memorandum of understanding to cooperate to serve students and the citizens of Oklahoma through expansion of rural healthcare education. The understanding was signed by SWOSU President Dr. Randy Beutler and OSU-CHS President Dr. Kayse Shrum, who will take over as president of Oklahoma State University in Stillwa...

By News Director Jared Atha During their first in-person meeting of the year, the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education approved tuition and mandatory fee hikes Thursday morning for 12 of the state’s 25 public colleges and universities. Fortunately, Southwestern Oklahoma State University was not one of them. State Regent Chairwoman Ann Holloway said during the meeting that “The COVID-19 crisis significantly impacted public colleges and universities (in Oklahoma)” She went on to say ...

By News Director Jared Atha The Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma has announced free meals and snacks will be available to children across central and western Oklahoma, including at two locations in Elk City. In a press release, food bank officials say children lose their most reliable source of meals when schools transition to summer break and that the Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma’s Summer Feeding Program offers free, nutritious meals at more than 100 sites to any child 18 and under. Stacy Dy...

By News Director Jared Atha A term-limited Republican state House member from Cordell said Tuesday he plans to run for Oklahoma state treasurer. 60-year-old Rep. Todd Russ who serves as District 55’s representative is a longtime banker who is finishing his sixth term in the House. Russ said he plans to seek the post being vacated by Republican Randy McDaniel, who announced earlier this month that he wouldn’t seek re-election. Oklahoma County Clerk David Hooten also has announced he plans to...

By News Director Jared Atha Parts of western Oklahoma picked up a tremendous amount of rainfall over the weekend, after heavy, and sometimes severe, thunderstorms rolled through the region. However, experts say more rain is in the forecast. KOCO Meteorologist Sabrina Bates says some parts of the area could see another two inches of rain between now and the end of the week. The National Weather Service out of Norman has much of western Oklahoma under a flood watch until 1:00pm Tuesday. 3-Day rai...

More details have been released as to why a home in Elk City was the target of an apparent raid led by the Elk City Police Department early Thursday morning.

Multiple law enforcement agencies descend on a home in the east side of Elk City. Members of the Elk City Police Department and the Beckham County District 2 Drug Task Force were seen at a home in the 100 block of Calhoon street early Thursday morning. Witnesses tell Paragon Communications that officials were seen bringing out several boxes from the home. No arrests have been announced, but a source tells Paragon that multiple suspects are being interviewed and “hundreds” of pieces of evide...

By News Director Jared Atha The wheat harvest has picked back up throughout western Oklahoma. With a report, here’s Paragon Ag News Director Jimmy Clark.

By News Director Jared Atha Oklahoma’s latest COVID-19 numbers were updated today by the State Department of Health and based on the department’s color-coded risk level map, one county in the area has been elevated from “green” to “yellow” based on the amount of active cases. Health officials say Beckham County has now been elevated to “yellow” after the latest report shows that the county has three active cases, two in Sayre and one in Elk City. Officials say counties in the �...

By News Director Jared Atha Another strong month in sales tax figures for not only Elk City, but other communities as well. During the latest meeting of the Elk City Commission, it was reported that the latest sales tax collection for the city was just over $1.2 million, a 23% increase when compared to last year. City Manager Tom Ivester credits the increase to three things. City Treasurer Jennifer Rainey also reported that the city’s use tax numbers saw an impressive boost as well, up 42% wh...