Crosswalk Update Crystal Herber ALVA, OK- Some of you may be wondering why most of my newspaper articles recently have been about the crosswalks around campus. Some of you may think that I have some kind of agenda. Well, to be perfectly honest, some of you would be right. But it is not the kind of [...]

Crosswalk Update Crystal Herber ALVA, OK- As previously reported by the Northwestern News and Rangerpuls.com, the crosswalks around campus are in need of re-striping. The Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT) plans to re-stripe the crosswalks that intersect Highway 64 and Highway 281 upon completion of a concrete patching project. Alva police Chief Gary Sanderson, said [...]

Crosswalks Update  Crystal Herber ALVA,OK- The crosswalk across Highway 64 (Oklahoma Boulevard) is the only protected crosswalk around Northwestern’s campus. It is classified as protected because of the signal light. The other crosswalks surrounding campus are unprotected. Donald Lee, Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT) supervisor for Woods County, said that it has been several years [...]

Crosswalks Raise Concerns By: Crystal Herber ALVA, OK- Picture this: you are walking across the street, in the crosswalk, on your way to class. You look down to answer a text on your phone and the next thing you remember is waking up in an ambulance. You were just hit by a passing vehicle. People [...]