Jana Jae, staff and volunteers have been working hard to make the 14th annual American Heritage Music Festival held June 9, 10, & 11 the best ever. With the line-up of outstanding musicians, fiddle and clogging contestants from all over the United States, and loyal and dedicated sponsors, a successful event is assured. See the [...]
Monkey Island, OK – Brad Williams has spent most of his life on Grand Lake. As a teenager, he sanded boat bottoms, washed boats and pumped gas. His love of boats, boating and boaters never wavered. He has worked ship stores and fuel docks, sold boats and yachts on Grand Lake and at one of [...]
Miami, Oklahoma – Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College, (NEO) has announced its Dean’s Honor Roll for the 2011 spring semester. To qualify for this distinction, a student must carry a minimum of 12 credit hours and earn a 3.5 grade point average. The following students have received this honor: Pedro Freitas Simas freshman Aracaju Se Brazil [...]
Boaters and fishermen that ply the upper reaches of Horse Creek northeast of Bernice encounter an unfinished structure of concrete and steel that is frequently a conversation piece for speculation. Where did it come from, why is it there, and why was it not finished? The original steel structure that is now in Horse Creek [...]
(Monkey Island, OK) Eddy Gibbs, who purchased Shangri La Resort in March, 2010, and has been busily restoring the legendary Oklahoma resort to its original greatness ever since, has added another piece to the puzzle as he rebuilds the Grand Lake facility. Friday, May 13, Gibbs finalized the purchase of Shangri La Marina, thereby restoring an important [...]
Northeastern Oklahoma abounds with pre-historic evidence. Archaeologists have identified nearly 350 sites in Craig, Delaware, Ottawa and Mayes Counties that provide clues of man’s early existence in this region. Because glacial activity during the ice age stopped in the Kansas City area to the north the terrain in this region was never disturbed therefore providing [...]
Steel cooking tables have been designed and built for the 2011 Grove Rotary LobsterFest by welding students at Northeast Vocational Technical Center in Afton. The new tables will provide a more effective way to cook the hundreds of lobsters planned for the June 24 benefit event at the Grove Civic Center. From left are students [...]
Miami, Oklahoma – Friday, May 13, 2011 — After finishing the regular season with an impressive 48-11 record, and winning a hard-fought Division I Region II softball tournament, Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College’s (NEO) Lady Norse Softball team find themselves on the precipice of another seasonal milestone. On Thursday, May 19, Head Coach, Eric Iverson’s squad [...]
Representatives from the Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau, City of Miami and the Green Country Marketing Association are pictured with staff from the Miami Travel Information Center. The group gathered to honor the staff at the center for their hard work in promoting Miami and Northeast Oklahoma as a Tourism Destination. The event was held [...]
