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• Two good reasons to buy groceries from local merchants instead of big-box stores: You’re supporting your local economy, and you’ll likely cut back on single-use plastic.

Big move puts strain on relationship

DEAR HARRIETTE: My husband and I recently moved from Seattle to Dallas to be closer to his family. It has been nice because they have helped out a lot with our two younger daughters, but I am not happy here. I am far from my family, and I had to take a salary cut to move to Dallas.

Custer County Emergency Management Director Hardy Sperle issued an emergency alert Wednesday afternoon about a wildfire located 3.5 miles south of Butler and spreading

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- CPS looks at two new programs

- County leaders talk about projects

- OBN cautions of new drug stronger than fentanyl

- Clinton baseball stumbles against Woodward

Outside of the talk of potential fire danger and taking care of regular business, different department heads gave reports during Monday’s meeting of the Custer County Board of County Commissioners.

Mother Road bags

Fifth-grader Adrianah Rhoads sits on the floor at Southwest Elementary School and focuses on designing a giftbag for the Oklahoma Route 66 Museum. Several were produced to hand out to people who purchase items in the museum’s gift shop.

New programs to help in the development of younger students and to offer learning opportunities via virtual learning were discussed at Monday’s Clinton Board of Education meeting.

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