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

Stillwater's about to get $1.3 million in federal security funding — plus annexation, rural water tower plans and airport rate study

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

Citizenship, local musicians perform "America the Beautiful" at Block 34 — plus a fee overhaul and a pipeline land grab headed to Tuesday's council vote.

A 20 percent block-level density cap survives, with a homestead exemption and six-month review added at the last meeting

Sales tax drives the city's $67 million general fund, while the utilities authority manages more than $80 million in operating revenue

Federal law limits what the city can demand from its only cable provider, but negotiators extracted a local office requirement and financial penalties for service failures

A Stillwater STR operator said the 20 percent density cap could be used to block competition rather than protect neighborhoods — the council agreed it needed more work