FIVE-YEAR GRANT: City of McAlester receives $5.8 million to prevent grassfires

FIVE-YEAR GRANT: City of McAlester receives $5.8 million to prevent grassfires

The City of McAlester was awarded a $5.8 million grant through the "Community Wildfire Defense Grant program" in May 2024.The money will be distributed over a five-year span.It's aimed at clearing dead vegetation to prevent the spread of grassfires in the area by creating 100-foot fire breaks.Lucky Huff is the director of utilities for the City of McAlester.We are a very heavily forested area of Oklahoma, and we're kind of the gateway to the mou…