Harper Road from Hwy 281 to Skyline will be closed through Friday. The Street Department will be re-paving the road over the next 3 days. The road will be open in the evenings when we don't have heavy equipment moving around. This will allow people to use Harper Road as they need. Please use alternate routes during working hours. We appreciate your patience and understanding while we complete this project.
The Cory Washburn Family Memorial Swimming Pool season passes are now available online. Please use the following link to apply for your season pass!
https://swimmingpoolpasses.net/city-of-alva-pool/
June 18, 2025 First Responders will be conducting a joint exercise involving an active shooter today June 18, 2025 at Alva Middle School from the hours of 2:00 PM- 6:00 PM. This exercise will involve multiple agencies including Alva Public Schools, Alva Police Department, Alva EMS, Alva Fire Department, Woods County 911, Woods County Emergency Management, Woods County Sheriffs Office and Oklahoma Highway Patrol. During the exercise personnel will be responding to the scene and will be limiting access to the immediate area while the exercise is being conducted. Please keep in mind this is only an exercise, residents nearby may hear noises or activities of concern. It is essential for agencies to train and exercise their response to better prepare responders and staff for a better more efficient response in the event of an incident taking place.
Great news! The Cory Washburn Family Memorial Swimming Pool will be opening on Saturday, 21 June 2025 at 1:00pm. We will have a ribbon cutting ceremony at 12:00pm for major donors and other dignitaries and then open to the public at 1:00pm. If you are wanting to purchase a season pass, you can do so by coming to City Hall next week, filling out a form and paying for the pass. Season pass prices are $75 for an individual, and $225 for a family of 4 ($25 additional for each family member over 4). Come get your pass and let's enjoy the rest of the summer at the pool!
Reminder - the rules for taking tree limbs to the transfer site are: No bigger around that 6 inches and no longer than 6 feet. Any limbs bigger around or longer must be cut up prior to being taken to the wood pile at the transfer site. The attached pictures are some obvious violations of this rule. These large logs will burn for months and pose a risk to start brush fires if there are strong winds. Please adhere to the approved sizes of limbs that can be dumped at the transfer site wood pile. Thank you in advance for helping us with this!
Beginning at 3:00pm, 30 May 2025 and running through the weekend, we will have 14th St blocked to all traffic North of Flynn and North of Choctaw, as well as the West end of Choctaw. This is so that we can run a fire hose across 14th St to facilitate filling up the swimming pool. We apologize about the inconvenience, but this is the quickest way to get the new pool filled up so that the plaster can properly set.
Great news! The Plaster is finally going in the new pool which will be followed by filling up the pool! It's still going to be a little bit, but this is one of the last huge hurdles before we can get up and running! It won't be long now, but still no solid opening date.
May 28, 2025
First Responders will be conducting a joint exercise involving an active shooter Today May 28, 2025 at Alva High School from the hours of 2:00 PM- 6:00 PM. This exercise will involve multiple agencies including Alva Public Schools, Alva Police Department, Alva EMS, Alva Fire Department, Woods County 911, Woods County Emergency Management, Woods County Sheriffs Office and Oklahoma Highway Patrol.
During the exercise personnel will be responding to the scene and will be limiting access to the immediate area while the exercise is being conducted. Please keep in mind this is only an exercise, residents nearby may hear noises or activities of concern. It is essential for agencies to train and exercise their response to better prepare responders and staff for a better more efficient response in the event of an incident taking place.
Just a friendly reminder, our trash service will run as usual tomorrow. Also a friendly reminder, please take a minute to remember our fallen hero's. Those who gave their lives for our ability to live in a free nation. I hope everyone has a grateful Memorial Day. All gave some, some gave all!
Until further notice, we will only be accepting limbs in the wood pile on the Northeast Side by the Gun Range. The Southwest side of the wood pile is currently smoldering and we don't want to risk an all out fire. We appreciate your understanding and have a Happy Memorial Day!
Once again, sorry for the late notification. Our crews were finally able to get the leak fixed on Thunderbird Rd. They are turning valves back on and everyone should have plenty of water soon. We appreciate your patience and understanding. We also appreciate our water and street team who have battled 4 leaks in 2 days. They are awesome!
We are currently experiencing yet another waterline break. This one is on Thunderbird Road and is significant. We are working to isolate the water flow so that our Water Department can make the necessary repairs. Everyone may experience low water pressure for a bit. We hope we can get this issue fixed soon and get water pressure back up to normal soon. We appreciate your patience and understanding as we deal with the 4th line break in 2 days.
Water line break update: Sorry for the late notification. All water leaks/line breaks have been contained or fixed. There may be some clean up work to do in the morning, but everyone should. Have full water pressure soon. Once again, we appreciate your patience and understanding.
Water leak update: The leak on Murray St is fixed. They are in the process of putting the valve on the leak at the intersection of High St and College Blvd. We have opened all of the valves that feed town to get our water tanks filled back up. Everyone should start seeing water pressure coming up. We will continue to fill the tanks before we have to shut off the lines to town to fix the leak on our 16 inch line that broke in Hopeton. We will continue to provide updates as they become available.
There is a large water line break at the intersection of High St and College Blvd. The contractor along with our City Water Department are working diligently to get this fixed as rapidly as possible. You may experience low water pressure while they are making the repairs -- especially on the South side of town from VAP to Garnett's. We will put out another notice when the repairs are complete. We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your patience and understanding.
The City of Alva Transfer Site has transitioned to summer hours. The Transfer Site will be open from 10:00am to 7:00pm. The attendant will take a lunch from 2:oo - 3:00pm at which time the Site will be closed. As is the new policy, you will need to bring your water bill with you to dump rubbish for free 1 time a month. More than 1 time a month there will be a charge. Stop by City Hall for a list of prices. Please call City Hall at 580-327-1340 if there are any questions.
Water Leak Repairs Last Update: Great news! Both leaks are now repaired and the crews are slowly turning the valves back on to send water to Alva. We anticipate it will take about 20 minutes to properly open the valves and then another 30 to 45 minutes for the water towers to begin to fill back up. Once they are at an acceptable level, the Water Department will be able to turn the booster pumps back on to give everyone the water pressure they are used to. When you see a Water Department worker next, please thank them for their hard work today and every day for the City of Alva. They were all waste deep in muddy water most of the day today -- and it wasn't the warmest day. Thank you again for you patience and understanding.
Water Leak Repairs Update: Leak #1 in Hopeton proper is wrapping up and the crew will move to Leak #2 approximately 2 miles South of Hopeton. The leak in Hopeton was approximately a 6 foot split in one of our 16 inch lines that feeds the City. Leak #2 is even bigger, but will be easier to repair as they are able to completely shut off the water flow in that location. We are hopeful that in a couple of hours they will get the valves opened back up and water flowing to town. A huge KUDOS to the Water and Street Departments. They have been working together as a team to get this fixed. We will send out another update when Leak #2 is buttoned up and they are turning valves back on. Thank you again for your patience and understanding.
Update to the water issues: Our water crews are deploying to a very large leak on one of our main lines that supply water to the City South of Hopeton. They have had to shut off water to the City at this time. We have water in our water towers that should provide water to the City, but with very low pressure. We have had to shut off our booster pumps to try to save as much water as possible. We don't have an estimated time that the repairs will be completed. We will provide more updates as the situation continues to unfold.
Some of you might not have water or very low pressure this morning. We are working to get this fixed. While tying into the new water line a leak was discovered south of Hopeton. Sorry for the inconvenience and your patience with our crews as they continue to get this issue resolved. We will put out updates as the situation unfolds.