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KGWA Local News Tuesday

PR)--OG&E officials say power has been restored to all customers in Enid, but over 100,000 Oklahomans are still waiting for the power to come back on. In the area, customers in Covington and Crescent are still without power.

 

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GE)--Polls will be open until 7:00 tonight for the 2020 General Election. President Donald Trump is looking for a repeat of his performance in 2016 in Oklahoma, when he won each of the state's 77 counties en route to a 36 percentage-point victory over Hillary Clinton. Also atop the ballot this year in Oklahoma is Republican U. S. Sen. Jim Inhofe, who is heavily favored to win his fifth term in office. Here in northwest Oklahoma Third District Congressman Frank Lucas is seeking re-election. Oklahoma is smashing records for early voting this year and  experienced a surge in voter registration ahead of today’s election. State election officials say more than 437,000 Oklahomans cast ballots early this year, either by mail or in-person.

 

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CC)--The Enid Mayor and Board of Commissioners will meet in regular session coming up today. The commission will meet in Study Session at 5:00 p.m. in Council Chambers of the City Administration Building at 401 West Garriott. Commissioners are scheduled to hear updates on city finances and federal COVID-19 related funding, as well as ice storm clean-up efforts. The commission will then meet in regular session to address a number of business items. The commission also will vote to set Feb. 9, 2021, as the election date for commissioners of Wards 3, 4 and 6, with run-off voting on April 6. The filing period for all four races — including the recall — begins at 8 a.m. Dec. 7 and concludes at 5 p.m. Dec. 9. Candidates must be a registered voter, at least 25 years of age, a bona fide resident of the ward at the time of filing for office and have been a resident of the city of Enid for the two years preceding the election. The Regular Meeting will be at 6:30 in Council Chambers. Both meetings are open to the public.

 

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GN)--In Oklahoma and 8 other states, the overall economic index of a monthly survey of Midwest business leaders hit a 16-year high for October. The overall measure of the Creighton University Mid-America Business Conditions Index improved to 70.2 in October from September’s already strong 65.1. Any score above 50 on the survey’s indexes suggests growth. Creighton University economist Ernie Goss oversees the survey and says that even with the high index level, manufacturing output remains below levels seen before the pandemic.

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CV)— 21 more virus-related deaths and 1,331 new confirmed COVID-19 cases were reported in the state since Monday, according to daily numbers released late this morning by the Oklahoma State Department of Health. The health department said 15,948 cases are considered active in the state, with 974 Oklahomans hospitalized for treatment of the virus as of Monday evening. A total of 126,526 Oklahomans have tested positive for COVID-19 and the total number of deaths stands at 1,375.

 

There have been 2574 positive COVID-19 cases, and 29 deaths in Garfield County. 2359 of those cases and all 29 deaths have been in Enid. Currently, Garfield County is in a "moderate risk" or Orange Level 2 category as defined by the OSDH. In surrounding counties: Kingfisher County has reported 604 cases, Blaine County is at 229 cases, Major 212, Alfalfa 139, and Grant 120.

 

COVID-19 Oklahoma Test Results

11.03.20

 

Cases

126,526

*Total Cumulative Negative Specimens to Date

1,520,813

*Total Cumulative Number of Specimens to Date

1,663,016

**Currently Hospitalized

974

Total Cumulative Hospitalizations

9,104

Identified Deaths in the Past 24 hours

2

Total Cumulative Deaths

1,375

*The total includes laboratory information provided to OSDH at the time of the report. Total counts may not reflect unique individuals. Data Source: Acute Disease Service, Oklahoma State Department of Health. As of 2020-11-03 at 7:00 a.m.

 

                                       
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SC)--City of Enid storm damage clean-up is underway. Residents can pile storm damage limbs at their residential curb side for pickup. Please stack the tree limbs near the curb away from fire hydrants, mailboxes, trash cans, and water meters to assist in the clean-up. To better manage the storm cleanup effort, Solid Waste officials are asking all residents to request a pickup of tree limbs and debris by Friday, November 6th or to discard them by utilizing the landfill. Residents can request a pickup of tree limb debris the following ways:

  • Online: Submit a Request at: www.SeeClickFix.com; Choose “Tree Debris Pickup”
  • SeeClickFix Smartphone App: Choose “Tree Debris Pickup”
  • Phone: Call (580)-616-7300 or (580)-616-7301

 

For those residents who wish to take their limbs to the landfill, please bring your last utility bill with the utility account number. City officials are asking all residents to be patient during this extensive cleanup project as it will take crews several weeks to remove all debris.

 

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