Dewey County News

Authorities are searching for a 48-year-old Dewey County jail inmate who escaped Sunday night between 10 p.m. and 11 p.m., Dewey County Undersheriff Clay Sander said.

Oklahoma Gas and Electric has agreed to buy power from two new wind farms that are planned for northwestern Oklahoma.

OG&E announced Sept. 29 agreements with developers who will build two new wind farms in northwestern Oklahoma as part of a plan under which OG&E will more than triple its current wind power capacity by the end of 2010.

Sheriff's deputies are looking for an escaped inmate from Dewey County. Gary Bruce McKenney, 48, cut through a fence at the Dewey County Jail late Sunday.

Imagine wrestling a pig in the mud. That's only one of the events that will be featured at the Major County Free Fair at 6 p.m. Aug.

Oklahoma Gas and Electric company says it has taken a signifcant step toward quadrupling the electricity generated from its wind farms in the state.

A Seiling man was injured Thursday when his motorcycle hit a pickup on Oklahoma 60 in Dewey County.

Two judges in northwestern Oklahoma have ruled for Oklahoma Gas and Electric in separate imminent domain cases over transmission lines.

Superintendent Don Bird in an update Monday on activities affecting High Plains Technology Center reminded board members the school's Annual Awards Assembly would be held from 8:30 a.m. to noon May 11.

Conflict is brewing between Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co. and some northwestern Oklahoma landowners over OG&E's attempts to condemn property for a high-voltage transmission line to transport wind-generated electricity.

Graduate students in the University of Oklahoma's new MBA Energy program may one day wear designer suits and trade energy futures contracts.