McCurtain County — The Colony OK

Stacked pine logs and an idle loader in a sawmill yard, a forested ridge behind.

County DeskSEP 9, 2026

McCurtain County commissioners take up open-records fees and a Pleasant Hill road application, a week after an emergency burn ban

The Sept. 8 agenda lists a policy for third-party record holders and fees, a REAP application for District 2 and a new-hire registration rule; the Aug. 31 burn ban came as 85 percent of the county entered severe drought.

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