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Move to look into finances requested by DA after initial OSBI inquiry
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After multiple motions, city commission tabs Kaci Farrar to take over vacated seat
Read moreThe City of Kingfisher is going to split the cost with the Chamber of Commerce to provide an upgraded sound system for the annual Christmas parade.
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Read moreOne repercussion of the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2020 McGirt v. Oklahoma ruling, which declared that the Muscogee (Creek) Nation’s Oklahoma reservation was never formally disestablished for purposes of federal major-crimes law, is that a legal challenge has since been filed claiming that American Indians living in areas affected by McGirt are exempt from paying Oklahoma state income tax.
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from behind the plow
Read moreIn my neck of the woods every Saturday and Sunday from January through March is reserved for someone’s branding. So when it came time to brand my calves every available day was already spoken for. And no one dared jump on another rancher’s day for fear of being excommunicated. This meant that someone either had to die or quit ranching in order to claim their day. So for the first five years my wife and I had to brand our own calves which meant we worked them on a calf table. But please don’t tell anyone because this is a sin worse than jumping on someone’s branding day.
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