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To the Mayor, City Manager of Holdenville, and Editor of the Holdenville News: May 8, 2024 Gentlemen, there are two issues that are of concern with regard to the Holdenville Airport Board. First, conflicts of interest and second, control of financial obligations.

OKLAHOMA CITY –The Hughes County Rural Water District No. 1 (District) received approval for $620,000 in funding Tuesday from the Oklahoma Water Resources Board (OWRB) to improve the District’s water infrastructure. Construction of upgrades and improvements to the water system will be financed by the Oklahoma American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) grant program.

MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Matthew Kyle Pinson, age 37, of Wewoka, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 51 months in prison for one count of Involuntary Manslaughter, and 51 months in prison for one count of Felon in Possession of a Firearm, to be served concurrently. Pinson was also sentenced to 57 months in prison for one count of Assault resulting in Serious Bodily Injury, to be served consecutive to the other terms of imprisonment.

Ava Lynn Sawyer, 73, of Ada, passed away on May 19, 2024, at her home in Ada. Ava was born on May 19, 1951 in Holdenville, Oklahoma to her parents Alvin and Agnes( Hampton) Orr.

At 96 Bob Hogan has been around and done a little bit of everything. Most locals know Bob from his mini years of managing sharps department store in Checotah but before then Bob lived in Holdenville and was the scoutmaster of a local Boy Scout troop in the 1950s.

The Holdenville Airport Board is pleased to provide the Federal Fiscal Year 2024-2028 Five-year Capital Improvement Plan (CIP), which contains critically needed airport improvement projects for the Holdenville Municipal Airport.

It’s been exactly one month since the deadly tornado ripped through the northwest side of Holdenville. Many have been able to move on with their lives as if nothing ever happened, but there are some who will forever be changed by this horrific event.

Wolverines Impressive at Camp The Holdenville Wolverine Football fans who traveled to the Atoka summer camp on Tuesday had an opportunity to get a peek at the 2024 Wolverines and, they liked what they saw. The quote from the # OK Preps website summed the Wolverines’ camp performance in this sentence: HIGHLIGHTS: Last Night In Atoka, Holdenville Was The Most Impressive Team On Offense & Defense.

Blue roses are very rare I am the oldest of six siblings and usually have as many jobs as I do retirements. My youngest sister Paula Dunlap is the other teacher in our gang and when she retired as Director of Special Services at Harrah, she has stayed retired.