“Rogers County and the health department are proud to introduce a new nurse practitioner”, said Larry Bergner, Regional Director for Rogers County Health Department. The health department is building its staff of health professionals and is optimistic about the future of health for Rogers County.

Memorial Day weekend marks the unofficial start to summer and with warmer weather on the way, many Oklahomans will be firing up their grill and celebrating with cookouts, picnics and other activities.

At the Oklahoma Main Street Annual Awards Banquet, Claremore’s Main Street Program was named Top Main Street Program in the State by the Oklahoma Main Street Center, a division of the Oklahoma Department of Commerce. Approximately 35 communities in Oklahoma competed for category awards and t…

“Judy, Judy, Judy,” you’ll say with love when you meet this beautiful 3-year-old Sheperd-Collie Mix.

Claremore’s award-winning Will Rogers Stampede PRCA Rodeo returns Thursday, May 23 and runs through Sunday, May 26. Great performances by some of the PRCA’S best have entered and this year a record number of contestants will be in town. Coming from thirty-two states and Australia, more than …

Eighty-six years ago after Blue Boy, a Hampshire boar and Will’s co-star in “State Fair”, aired he wrote in a syndicated column “Blue boy was the best actor of the two of us.”

U.S. Air Force Airman Anthonee Garcia graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, San Antonio, Texas.

It’s time to start thinking about the summer. Imagine Action Theatre Camp is signing up students for the children’s theatre camp in June and the teen theatre camp in July. Students that love to act, sing, or dance, have a fun place to attend this summer and make friends while putting on a show.

Friday the J. M. Davis Arms and Historical Museum is sponsoring a Red Cross blood drive. The event is from noon to 6 pm. Everyone who donates blood will receive a coupon for ice cream from the Claremore Chick-Fil-a Danielle Wolf, administrative director of Chick-Fil-a and Davis Museum Direct…

CLAREMORE –The second Cash Mob of the season will be on Tuesday, May 14. Participating shoppers should meet at the Claremore Main Street office, 419 W. Will Rogers Blvd., by 5:30 p.m. This year’s Mobs are sponsored by Pelco Structural.

Spiderwort flowers bloom for weeks at the base of deciduous tree trunks and shrubs, tucked among their roots. Each individual flower lasts only a day but there are several waves of little three-petaled flowers that keep the show going.

CLAREMORE, Okla. – On Tuesday, May 14, from 5 to 7 p.m., Whataburger will host a Neighborhood Heroes celebration at the Whataburger located at 1410 S. Lynn Riggs Blvd. to celebrate the local men and women in uniform who keep our community safe.

U.S. Air Force National Guard Airman 1st Class Payton E. Reeves graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, San Antonio, Texas.

Decked in a sturdy pair of tennis shoes, saffron robes and a backpack, Thai Buddhist monk Sutham Nateetong trekked through Claremore Thursday morning.

Each month, Child Advocates of Northeast Oklahoma (CANO) celebrates the advocacy of one of our CASA volunteers. This month, we celebrate the service of Art Bunn, a long-time volunteer advocate in Ottawa County.

OOLOGAH, Okla. — Visit the Will Rogers Birthplace Ranch on June 1 from 1 to 3 p.m. for Family Day at the Ranch. Participants will learn the basics of carpentry as the first 20 build a birdhouse together. Visitors also can enjoy a scenic stroll through the expansive property, with beautiful v…

Safenet Services, Inc’s longest standing fundraiser, Garden Tour, is getting a refresh with a Garden Party and Flower Show being added to the lineup. It will be a weekend of flower fun with the Garden Party and Flower Show on Friday, May 31st from 7-8:30pm at the Will Rogers Memorial. The Ga…

To celebrate a century of innovative engineering services, local firm Garver is teaming with schools from across the country to advance the type of critical and creative thinking first displayed when founder Neal Garver opened his one-person firm in 1919.

The community gathered inside the Claremore Museum of History Thursday night for the unveiling of an exhibit three months in the making.

Night Timers OHCE group from Rogers County hosted a workshop on Thursday, April 25th to make mastectomy pillows for breast cancer patients. Joining the half dozen ladies from Night Timers club were members from Oowalla and Holiday Hills plus the RoCo Educator from the OSU Extension office, P…

The Rogers County Salvation Army Food for Kids Program packaged 14,500 meals for 441 kids in all eight Rogers County school districts this school year.

Love and unity were the prayers of the day in Claremore.

The Verdigris Jazz Band won their 27th state championship last week, a fitting send-off to 33-year Band Director Euell Hanna as he retires this summer.

Cub Scout Pack 141's first campout of the year is always at Claremore Happy Lake.

Onsite attractions have been announced for Rocklahoma, taking place on Friday, May 24, Saturday, May 25 and Sunday, May 26, 2019 at “Catch The Fever” Festival Grounds in Pryor, Oklahoma, just outside Tulsa.

Students from the EAST program at the Claremore campus of Northeast Vo-Tech are preparing videos for the Claremore Hall of Fame ceremony on June 20. Bob Portiss, former director of the Port of Catoosa is one of this year’s inductees. Students recently recorded video and research on Portiss a…

Today is national Adopt a Shelter Pet Day and boy are you in luck.

The 48th Annual Rogers State University Claremore Graduation Honor Powwow will be held on Saturday, May 4.

Agriculture Comedian, Tim the Dairy Farmer will perform his comedy act live on Saturday, June 22, 2019 as a benefit for the Owasso FFA Chapter.

Meet this precious gem at the Claremore Animal Shelter, Jewel. Jewel is a 1 and a half year old mix who is currently leash trained. She is good with other dogs. And although she can be shy at first, she is looking for someone to sing, “you belong with me, and I belong with you.” Contact the …

Taylor, Foster, Mallett, Downs, Ramsey, & Russell is pleased to announce that Colton Grant Scott, a Claremore Sequoyah graduate, has joined the law firm as its newest associate.

Pack your sleeping bag, pajamas, toothbrush and toothpaste and spend the “Night at the Chuck Wagon,” May 25, for the newest Will Rogers Memorial Museum event, a sleepover in the Museum.

Organizers are pulling out all the stops for the inaugural Rogers County Farmer’s Market at Gazebo Park.

NBC’s new comedy Abby’s, about a backyard bar tended and owned by the incredibly likable Abby, isn’t perfect. But if it can work out its kinks before it gets canceled, it will be a great show. The pilot itself was honestly only fine. It reminds you of the shows it’s supposed to. Shows that h…

After the crazy train derailment, Korn came through.

The last living veteran of World War I died seven years ago February, seemingly cutting off the possibility of a genuine human connection to that fraught period in world history.

Community members gathered at Green Eyes Coffee Tuesday night to view and comment on finalized district plans that the planning commission and city council will adopt in May.

TULSA, Okla. – Multiplatinum rock-punk band Good Charlotte is coming to Oklahoma and taking the stage at The Joint inside Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tulsa on May 18.

The Rogers State University Theatre program will present “The War to End All Wars,” an original music theater piece written by Machele Miller Dill and Steven Marzolf. The production will run April 11-13 and April 18-20. Performances will be held at 7:07 p.m. at the Will Rogers Auditorium on …

Rock, alternative band brings hits to Dog Iron Saloon May 10

Terry Neese is busy.

The Club’s distinguished Honorary Members, and the Chief of the Cherokee Nation, Chief Bill John Baker will be honored guests at the Indian Women’s Pocahontas Club’s annual “Old Fashion Picnic”, Saturday May 18, 2019 from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm, at the Will Rogers Birthplace Ranch near Oologah.…

For decades, Rehoboth Baptist Church has been a lonely welcome sign into Claremore off of Highway 66.

Optimist Club of Claremore will be joined by the Easter Bunny to fill and hide thousands of eggs on the rolling hillside of Will Rogers Memorial Museum for the annual hunt on Saturday, April 20.

No two knots are the same. The grain in each cut of wood is unique.