Western Technology Center honor students

Arapaho-Butler High School student Haley Cordes received an Outstanding Attitude, Outstanding Student and Perfect Attendance Awards in Culinary Arts at the Western Technology Center.

Elementary artists

Arapaho-Butler Soil Conservation Poster Contest participants included front from left, Nislee Chisum, Evelyn Roush, Carlos Martinez, Ainslee House, Lamdry Lockhart, Wacey Jones; middle, Jade Jackson, Maggie Keeton, London House, Chase Fawver, Carter Richardson, Madison McHenry; back, Beckett Southall, Lauryn McHenry, Madalin Lockhart and Audrey Kauk.

Republican lawmakers unveil medical marijuana regulations

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Republicans in the Oklahoma House on Monday unveiled a package of new restrictions on the state’s booming medical marijuana industry, designed to crack down on illegal growers who sell cannabis on the black market.

COVID-19 vaccines protect from serious illness

Hello, dear readers, and welcome back to our ongoing conversation about all things coronavirus. We continue to receive a lot of mail on the topic, and we'll keep adding bonus columns so we can keep up.

Parishioner questions pastor’s marriage timeline

DEAR HARRIETTE: I have been a member of my current church for over 10 years now. I love my pastor, but I am having trouble accepting some of his choices. He just divorced his wife of 25 years and remarried one of our former choir members within one year of signing the papers. I don't know what was going on behind closed doors, but this just seems messy to me – not to mention how hard it is to not suspect he was seeing his new wife while he was married to his former wife. Should I confront him about how I feel? – Hard To Accept

Here's your preview of Tuesday's CDN

- CEDA seeks funds for future projects

- County burn ban continues

- Auto parts store part of lengthy tradition

- CHS track and field competes at Altus

- Bulldogs claim GAC title

- Notice of death for Lawrence Hart

Updated bridge

Custer County crews recently completed replacing a bridge on County Road 2070 west of Butler. The original bridge (above) was built in 1940 and had a 20-ton weight limit. The new bridge (below) has the ability to handle weights in excess of 50 tons. CDN

The Custer County burn ban was extended, with the exception of welding if county guidelines are followed, by commissioners during their regular Monday morning meeting.

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