The Alva High School Class of 2025 celebrated commencement last Saturday morning, May 17, at the high school auditorium. Dr.

The Darci Sander Memorial Scholarship has been created to assist students in the science field, making it financially easier ...

Avard Regional Rail Park Authority members Stan Bixler, Todd Holder, Allan Poe, and Scott Riley met Wednesday afternoon for their May meeting, joined by Woods County Clerk Shelley Reed. Jeremy Zeller, ...

ALVA – Northwestern Oklahoma State Head Softball Coach Casady Webb has announced she will be stepping down as the Northwestern softball coach. “I truly appreciate the work that Coach Webb put in ...

Before the Woods County Excise Board meeting on Wednesday morning, County Clerk Shelley Reed explained that Chairman Bob Seivert resigned effective immediately. Chris Olson, who had been vice chairman ...

Neilan Bruce Dietz, son of Floyd Thomas and Frances Irene Cox Dietz, was born at his grandparents' home east of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma, on Easter Sunday, March 24, 1940. Neilan went to Cleo Springs ...

Northwestern Oklahoma State Women's Track & Field had one athlete named to the 2025 NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field All-Region team. Harmonie Hughes was named to the team for the Triple Jump.

An Alva man was arrested after police were called to a domestic altercation. According to court records on May 15 about 10:38 a.m. Alva Police Officer Andrew McVicker was dispatched to a residence on ...

I wrote a little introduction note for the church directory with the goal of sharing my vision for the next five years. I had been in Alva for about nine months, and we were in the beginning weeks of ...

The angry and resentful young man sat sullenly on the edge of his narrow cot in the cell. He had no idea how long he had been sitting there, body motionless but with his brain racing in high gear. Ben ...

Students in the Wisdom Family Foundation Doctoral Program for Rural Nursing Practice summer residency program will be on the Northwestern Oklahoma State University Alva campus July 13-17. During ...

A bill designed to make hospital pricing more transparent, authored by Sen. Casey Murdock, R-Felt, has passed the Senate and is now awaiting action by the governor, according to a state Senate news ...