Taking time to be thankful for the women in our lives
By DEVYN LANSDEN, Editorial Editor March is Women’s History Month. I wanted to use that as an excuse to write…
Graybill has passion for painting
By JORDAN GREEN, Editor-in-Chief When clouds fill the sky over Alva, Calvin Graybill doesn’t stay inside his house. He runs…
State officials shut down disposal wells after Friday quake rocks NW Oklahoma
By JORDAN GREEN, Editor-in-Chief State officials ordered wastewater disposal wells in northern Oklahoma to cease operations or reduce the volume…
500,000 Americans dead from COVID-19
From Staff Reports Northwestern News More than 500,000 Americans have died from the coronavirus, which has now become one of…
Amid pandemic, pets find fur-ever homes: People adopted pets in 2020 to ward off sense of loneliness, shelters say
By JORDAN GREEN, Editor-in-Chief The month was July, and Sam Gentry was dog tired of living without a furry friend.…
Editor’s rant of the week
By JORDAN GREEN, Editor-in-Chief It all started Monday. Or maybe it was Sunday. For journalists, the time between Feb. 10…
Rest in peace, Rush Limbaugh
By BRAEDEN COOK I am going to be honest. I did not expect to even mention Rush Limbaugh in our…
Green gets in a fender-bender
By JORDAN GREEN, Editor-in-Chief There’s a first time for everything. On Feb. 17, I had my first fender-bender. I was…
Just a small town girl
By DEVYN LANSDEN, Editorial Editor I graduated with 27 kids in my class. That usually shocks many people. But what…