🌱 Why Pawhuska’s tribal early learning academy is under budget scrutiny now

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• Why Pawhuska's tribal early learning academy is under budget scrutiny now

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📰 News we're reading

• Education Committee questions WELA costs after Daposka Ahnkodapi closure (osagenews.org) — Osage Nation lawmakers are scrutinizing the high per-student cost, staffing levels, and underused capacity at the Wahzhazhe Early Learning Academy in Pawhuska, which now serves 73 children in a building licensed for 120. With questions swirling after the closure of Daposka Ahnkodapi, Pawhuska families could see changes in class sizes, waitlists, and use of the former Daposka buildings as the 2027 budget moves forward.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Pawhuska

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Monday October 5
• National Indian Taco Championship →
  Pawhuska Chamber of Commerce, 210 W Main St, Pawhuska
  10:00 am

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Other local events

Friday October 2
• Home Varsity Football/Youth Night
  Pawhuska Public Schools Pawhuska, OK 74056
  7:00 pm
Saturday October 3
• Osage Hills Roundup Save the Date →
  Osage Hills State Park, 2131 Osage hills state Park Rd, Pawhuska
Wednesday October 7
• Osage Nation Health System — 3rd Annual CHR Health Fair →
  Osage County Fairgrounds, 320 Skyline Dr., Pawhuska
  10:30 am
Friday October 9
• Varsity Football @ Summit Christian
  Pawhuska Public Schools Pawhuska, OK 74056
  7:00 pm
Saturday October 10
• Osage Nation Diabetes Program FREE 5K →
  Osage Hills State Park, Pawhuska
  8:00 am
Saturday October 17
• Volunteer Day for Army SSG Shane Savage →
  30336 N 3994 Dr, Ramona
  10:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday October 2
• Ketchum at Hominy →
  Hominy High School, Hwy 99 N and Cotton Gin Rd, Hominy
  7:00 pm
• Woodland at Barnsdall →
  200 S 8th St, Barnsdall
  7:00 pm
Saturday October 3
• Ketchum Warriors Football vs Hominy →
  Hwy 99 N and Cotton Gin Rd, Hominy
• Dave Laurence →
  Cooper and Mill Brewing Company, 200 Dewey Ave, Bartlesville
  7:00 pm
Friday October 9
• Hominy Varsity Football @ Woodland →
  Woodland High School, 100 N 6th St, Fairfax
  7:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• O'Reilly Automotive posted a job opening for Retail Service Specialist in Pawhuska. Apply here.
• Osage Casino posted a job opening for Main Bank Cashier - Pawhuska in Pawhuska. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Pawhuska here.

🗞 Nearby News

Bartlesville

• Dee Rodeman discusses progress at Boots Hollow golf course (bartlesvilleradio.com)
• Best corn mazes in northeast Oklahoma to explore this fall (newson6.com)
• Girls Talk Tech: 7,000 students and the next generation of women tech leaders - Tiatra, LLC (tiatra.com)

Collinsville

• Tulsa County to open 2 additional early voting sites for November midterm election (fox23.com)

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