Quapaw News

Three vacant homes in Picher were destroyed or heavily damaged by fire late Sunday night and authorities say the fires were probably intentionally set.

By Krista Duhon news@joplinglobe.com COMMERCE, Okla. - The serving of hot meals to senior citizens in Commerce and Quapaw has been restored, thanks to the generosity of neighboring community leaders.

It was a nice day for a drive, so about 11 a.m. Wednesday, I left the newsroom and walked the short block or so to my car.

Quapaw Tribe Chairman John Berrey asked President Obama on Thursday to visit the Tar Creek Superfund site to see the devastation caused by the management of tribal resources.

This past week, Cherokee Nation officials attended the Annual National Congress of American Indians Convention in Palm Springs, California.

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Dozens of homes are being recycled. Homes that once stood in Picher are being relocated to a subdivision south of Quapaw.

A new organic water treatment system has cleaned up one-fifth of contaminants that enter into the lead- and zinc-polluted Tar Creek stream in northern Ottawa County.

U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe , Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, included an amendment to the FY2010 Interior Appropriations bill that will benefit the sale of chat from the Tar Creek Superfund site.

The U.S. Senate has approved a major spending bill that included amendments by Oklahoma's two senators, Republicans Jim Inhofe and Tom Coburn, to boost chat sales from the Tar Creek Superfund site and promote transparency.

An Ottawa County commissioner recently ordered the closure of the Beaver Creek Bridge on County Road 630.

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By Krista Duhon news@joplinglobe.com QUAPAW, Okla. - Carol McGowen wiped away bittersweet tears Saturday as she and her family members walked through Quapaw's newest subdivision, now home to 19 homes removed from the former mining communities they once called home.

For the town of Picher, Oklahoma Monday was the last day for City Hall to be open before workers close the doors for good.

By Debbie Robinson news@joplinglobe.com PICHER, Okla. - Water service in Picher apparently will continue as long as there are residents in the shrinking former mining town.

PICHER, Okla. - The city of Quapaw and the Quapaw Tribe of Oklahoma are working on proposals to buy one of the city of Picher's water wells to continue to provide service to remaining households in Picher.

Rain delays, the need for additional base rock and change orders have delayed completion of the parking lot near the new Ottawa County Courthouse in Miami, but the project is back on track and expected to be completed in a month or so.

The city offices in the mining-scarred town of Picher in far northeastern Oklahoma are set to close next week.

A Joplin man was sentenced Tuesday to three years and one month in prison after pleading guilty to a robbery charge connected to a purse snatching outside an Ottawa County casino.

Authorities say strong winds damaged mobile homes and felled trees as severe weather moved through northern Oklahoma.