Environment

Longhorn Mountain is located in the beautiful Wichita Mountains in Southwest Oklahoma.  It is about to be destroyed by the rock company Stewart Stone.  A representative from the rock company states they "will begin blasting by the end of this summer."  We need to STOP them!

The planet Earth has some exotic and unique places to live such as beaches, forests, desserts and even mountains. However some of these glamorous places contain dangers and some truly should not be habited by humans at all.

Cameron University Biology Education majors Kaci Clippinger and Kelsy Hebert have constructed educational tree tours as part of their senior projects. Clippinger designed a 10 tree tour at the Environmental Education Center at the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge. Hebert’s tree tour features 15 trees at the Nature Sanctuary at MacArthur Middle School.

Lets face it. Everywhere you turn, people are telling you that you need to go green. Now I will not argue that we need to recycle.  I am not going 180 out and change the way I do it all. But I do agree on a few of these suggestions.

An artistic rain barrel auction will be held on Dec. 15 in the new city hall at the downstairs banquet room.

Getting your hands on the iPhone 5 may be a real pain in the neck. And not for the reasons you may think.

There have been a lot of discussions about the drought lately.  Is it global warming?  Is it a shift in the polar axis?  Not according to Chris Hill from Australia, it's as "clear as day" what is causing the drought.

The crickets have been absolutely crazy this year. I did some searching on the internet and according to Dr. Roger E. Gold of Texas A&M, the crickets are abundant for two reasons; “One, they have completed development and are reproducing and spreading out. Tw...

Discarded cigarette butts may seem disgusting, but they’re actually worth cash — they’re now being recycled into things like plastic pallets, guitar picks and even jewelry.

The City of Lawton will be conducting its annual Trash-Off on April 28th.    Take advantage of this event to get rid of some of the items that you would normally have to pay to have hauled off.

Flowers are nice; lunch out with the boss is nice too, but reducing your stress at work is even better.  According to Robyn Bentley, The Feng Shui Diva here are some steps you can take to reduce your stress at work the Feng Shui Way.

As a cooperative effort to improve our community and in celebration of Arbor Day, local businesses are giving away free trees to Lawtonians.