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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

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

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.
Stillwater City Council   -   Aug 06, 2026 Stillwater proclaims Spinal Muscular Atrophy Awareness Month, advances rewritten noise ordinance

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

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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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
Stillwater Board of Education   -   Jul 14, 2026 Stillwater schools welcome new board member, two administrators
Kiah Butcher raises her right hand as Board President Gay Washington administers the oath of office during her swearing-in to the Stillwater Board of Education Tuesday, July 14, 2026.

Elders, Zimmerman hired as Butcher is sworn in to fill Ward 5 vacancy

by Chris Peters
Stillwater Planning Commission   -   Jul 09, 2026 Neighbors raise flooding, traffic concerns as Planning Commission backs Mercury Avenue duplex rezoning
Aerial map showing the 799 E. Mercury Ave. property outlined in pink, bordered by Mercury Avenue to the north and Lakeview Ridge neighborhood to the south.

Commissioners also recommend annexing 33 acres to expand Golden Oaks Village, on the the city's southwest edge

by Chris Peters
Stillwater City Council   -   Jul 08, 2026 Council OKs eminent domain push for Lake McMurtry pipeline
A wayfinding sign with an arrow points visitors toward the City Council chambers at Stillwater City Hall.

The resolutions are the first legal step toward acquiring the land needed for a pipeline meant to end Stillwater's reliance on a single aging water line

by Chris Peters
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