Working Together, North Central Oklahoma Center of Workforce Excellence

Ponca City, OK ------ Partners from the region of North Central Oklahoma received official designation last week as a Center of Workforce Excellence, as approved by the Governor’s Council for Workforce Development. Earlier this year, the Oklahoma Department of Commerce began rolling out a plan for these Centers to leverage and align resources, ensuring a... Read More.

NOC, University Center partner in new Weekend College for Spring 2021

  Northern Oklahoma College is partnering with the University Center in Ponca City for the newly created Weekend College for Spring 2021.   The new program offers college credit classes on Friday evenings and Saturdays. Students can earn credits for an Associate of Science degree in Arts and Sciences – General Studies within a 2-year... Read More.

Blackwell Youth Center opens on Saturday

The Blackwell Youth Center will reopen on Saturday with social distancing rules in place. The center will open for elementary aged kids on Saturday afternoons. Older students can drop in on Friday evenings on “away-game weeks”, and each Saturday night from 7 ‘til 10. Only 30 kids will be allowed in at one time, and... Read More.
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Blackwell VFW is making gift bags for Claremore Veterans Center

The Blackwell VFW is making gift bags for the men and women in the Claremore Veterans Center and could use your help. The organization is asking for donations of toiletries, white socks, word search books, writing paper, pens, hand lotion, and lip balm. Items can be dropped off Saturdays from 9 to 4 at... Read More.
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Ponca City Recycle Center currently closed

Due to the state of emergency proclaimed for the COVID-19 situation, Ponca City Recycling Center is currently closed and will remain closed through the month of April. Supported Community Lifestyles, the company that operates the recycling center, will evaluate the situation at the end of this month and decide when to reopen the center.... Read More.
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NOC honors Autry Technology Center with Business Partnership Excellence Award

 The partnership between Autry Technology Center in Enid and Northern Oklahoma College was among twenty-seven business and higher education partnerships throughout the state recently recognized as innovative collaborations that further the education of Oklahoma’s workforce.   The Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education’s Regents Business Partnership Excellence Award is designed to highlight successful partnerships between... Read More.

CNB Center Now Named Stride Bank Center

The next time you visit Enid to attend a show or concert, you might notice something different. On Tuesday morning, Stride Bak CEO Brud baker, Market President Todd Earle, GM Kevin Boryczki Enid Mayor Bill Shewey held a ribbon cutting ceremony as the Central National Bank Center in Enid has officially changed its name... Read More.