Graycen Wheeler

The Oklahoma Water Resources Board approved a plan to bring unpermitted dams into regulatory compliance, against the wishes of homeowners in the downstream community of Cedar Lake.

Inola residents will decide the fate of a massive aluminum smelter in a town-wide vote next spring. Until then, city officials have paused heavy industrial development.

Passenger rail running between Oklahoma City and Fort Worth will continue at least through the end of next year.

Residents at a private lake community near Hinton are watching their lake shrink and their wells dwindle. They blame unpermitted dams upstream, while state regulators point to a tangle of factors.

The Trump administration has weighed in on Oklahoma's lawsuit against the companies behind an aluminum smelter in Inola. In new court filings, the U.S. Department of Justice argues the project should be allowed to move forward.

While statewide races for party nominees for governor, state superintendent, U.S. Senate and two state questions took top billing in Tuesday's runoff election, some Oklahoma voters also saw school bonds and tax propositions for cities and counties on their ballots.

In a tight race, Republicans chose businessman and former State Senator Mike Mazzei as their nominee for governor.

Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond has filed a motion to pause development on an aluminum smelter proposed for the northeast Oklahoma town of Inola.

Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. issued a statement expressing concern over a proposed aluminum smelter near the Cherokee reservation.

Tech giant Google and energy company RWE Americas have signed an agreement to build a solar power facility in southeast Oklahoma.