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Dear Dave, My wife and I own three commercial properties. They are all leased out long-term. Currently, we owe about $400,000 each on two of the buildings, and a little over $500,000 on the other. The only other debt we have is our home mortgage, and we should have that paid off in two or three years. I know you hate debt, but how do you feel about owing on commercial properties that are consistently making good money?
Read moreThe Oklahoma Partnership for School Readiness (OPSR) will continue its work to build a more robust early childhood system in Oklahoma, thanks to the December award of a $14.7 million Preschool Development Grant Birth through Five (PDG-B-5) from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
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Oklahoma CareerTech officially opened a new Skills Centers School System facility in Vinita Monday in what Lt. Gov. Matt Pinnell called “the definition of a win-win for the state of Oklahoma.”
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The city council made it official Tuesday night, voting formally to seek federal Bureau of Outdoor Recreation funds to help purchase 20 acres of land which will be adjacent to the proposed site for Seminole’s new intermediate school. Council members approved a plan of acquiring the land in a special meeting Sunday night, which involves the city purchasing 20 acres of land to be used as a municipal park and as a playground for the school, and the city’s school system acquiring five acres next to the proposed park for construction of the school. At a cost of one dollar.
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An investigation of Epic Charter School’s finances determined inexplicably poor budget management, misguided enrollment projections, a lack of transparency and too few questions asked all contributed to a fiscal crisis last school year.
Read moreOklahoma Children’s OU Health has performed an innovative new pediatric contrast-enhanced voiding urosonography (ceVUS) procedure, marking a milestone in the hospital’s expanded contrast- enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) program that increases access to safe, radiation-free imaging for children.
Read moreThe National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) Small Business Optimism Index rose 0.5 points in December to 99.5 and remained above its 52-year average of 98. Of the 10 Optimism Index components, two increased, three decreased, and five were unchanged. An increase in those expecting better business conditions primarily drove the rise in the Optimism Index. The Uncertainty Index fell 7 points from November to 84, the lowest reading since June 2024.
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Local Band Students Pass Challenging Audition
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