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Aug 26, 2026 Accepting reader endorsement letters
Accepting reader endorsement letters

Registered members can submit letters supporting candidates on the November ballot.

Stillwater Regional Airport   -   Aug 22, 2026 Stillwater Regional Airport opens new $30 million terminal
Airport Director Kellie Reed cuts the ribbon at Stillwater Regional Airport's new terminal opening Aug. 19, 2026, flanked by Sen. James Lankford and Mayor Will Joyce among officials.

A second gate and seating for more than 130 passengers join a wellness room and pet relief area as the airport marks 10 years of commercial service

The entrance to Courtroom 307, the district courtroom on the third floor of the Payne County Courthouse in Stillwater. A frosted-glass transom reads "District Court Room."
District Attorney   -   Sep 01, 2026 New DA wants out-of-state prosecutors to review Payne County justice system

Residents who sought a grand jury welcome the offer but say it is no substitute for their own

by Chris Peters
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Editorial   -   Apr 23, 2026 No more paywall. Here's the honest reason why.
No more paywall. Here's the honest reason why.

Sixteen months in, I'm opening up all reporting, restructuring reader support, and sharing the numbers I need to hit to make The Stillwegian last.

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District Attorney   -   Sep 01, 2026 New DA wants out-of-state prosecutors to review Payne County justice system
The entrance to Courtroom 307, the district courtroom on the third floor of the Payne County Courthouse in Stillwater. A frosted-glass transom reads "District Court Room."

Residents who sought a grand jury welcome the offer but say it is no substitute for their own

by Chris Peters
Aug 26, 2026 Accepting reader endorsement letters
Accepting reader endorsement letters

Registered members can submit letters supporting candidates on the November ballot.

by Chris Peters
Stillwater Regional Airport   -   Aug 22, 2026 Stillwater Regional Airport opens new $30 million terminal
Airport Director Kellie Reed cuts the ribbon at Stillwater Regional Airport's new terminal opening Aug. 19, 2026, flanked by Sen. James Lankford and Mayor Will Joyce among officials.

A second gate and seating for more than 130 passengers join a wellness room and pet relief area as the airport marks 10 years of commercial service

by Chris Peters
Stillwater City Council   -   Aug 06, 2026 Stillwater proclaims Spinal Muscular Atrophy Awareness Month, advances rewritten noise ordinance
Mayor Will Joyce hands Allie Williams, who uses a power wheelchair, a proclamation for Spinal Muscular Atrophy Awareness Month in front of a Stillwater, Oklahoma backdrop.

New noise permit rules, and a renewed a call for citizen board volunteers

by Chris Peters
Stillwater Utilities Authority   -   Aug 05, 2026 SUA approves Boomer Lake Station demolition contract, new energy credit rate
Exterior view of the vacant Boomer Lake Station power plant, a decommissioned natural gas-fired steam turbine facility, showing its rusted smokestacks and blue sign in Stillwater.

Trustees hired an engineering firm to plan the plant's removal and approved a program letting large customers buy renewable energy certificates through GRDA

by Chris Peters
Weekend Brief   -   Aug 02, 2026 The new DA isn't waiting
District Attorney Jeremiah Gregory, holding a stack of files, smiles while talking with a man outside the district courtroom after his swearing-in July 31, 2026, at the Payne County Courthous

Why I won't report on court cases — and who could

by Chris Peters
District Attorney   -   Jul 31, 2026 Jeremiah Gregory sworn in as District 9 DA, vows to 'make right what has been wrong'
Jeremiah Gregory raises his right hand as Judge Robert Hudson administers the oath of office July 31, 2026, in the Payne County Courthouse in Stillwater, as his family looks on.

He inherits an office under public scrutiny and says trust must be earned, not assumed

by Chris Peters
Stillwater City Council   -   Jul 28, 2026 Airport rate study recommends fee hikes across the board
An American Eagle regional jet taxis behind a general aviation plane and two people preparing it on the tarmac at Stillwater Regional Airport on Nov. 7, 2025.

Stillwater City Council adopts higher landing, hangar and parking rates in the airport's first fee overhaul in years

by Chris Peters
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