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Crowds Grow As Oklahoma Teacher Walkout Reaches Stalemate Over Education Funding

Dozens of schools across the state are closed for the seventh day, as thousands of Oklahoma teachers, students and education supporters are expected to...

University of Oklahoma President David Boren announces the first Indigenous Peoples' Day October 12, 2015 outside the Bizzell Memorial Library on the south end of campus.

University Of Oklahoma Marks First Indigenous Peoples' Day With Expansion Of Native Programs

Native American students and University of Oklahoma administrators marked the first annual Indigenous Peoples’ Day Monday morning. The ceremony came after…

Report: Economic Growth Slowed In Oklahoma City, Tulsa In Recession’s Wake

A study by the group Metro Economics found Oklahoma City recovered from the Great Recession more quickly than the rest of the country. But there's still…

Oklahoma's regional power grid sees highest-ever demand as temperatures soar

As Oklahoma and surrounding states have sweltered this week, the regional power grid saw record-breaking usage.

Mabel Bassett Correctional Center is a maximum security prison located in McLoud, Oklahoma and is the state's largest women’s prison.

Oklahoma nonprofit hosts weekly grief counseling sessions in jail, women's prison

The nonprofit Calm Waters has expanded its reach to offer free grief counseling sessions at the Mabel Bassett Correctional Center, Oklahoma's largest women's prison.

Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation scientists Sue Bodine and Benjamin Miller.

Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation scientists to study how exercise combats aging

OMRF scientists are collaborating with Florida researchers to use a nearly $8 million grant to create a model to predict what factors determine whether someone responds to exercise.

Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin delivered her final State of the State address at the Oklahoma Capitol on Feb. 6, 2018.

Audio: Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin's 2018 State Of The State Speech

FULL TRANSCRIPT: Gov. Mary Fallin: Thank you very much. Lieutenant Gov. Lamb, statewide elected officials, Speaker [Charles] McCall, President Pro Tem…

Pencia Truhan, who lives near the Oklahoma City–Yukon city limits, stands beside the natural, spring-fed pond bordering her property on June 27, 2026. She says the pond has dried up before and worries the proposed data center could affect both the pond and the well water her family and animals rely on.

A loophole leaves Oklahoma data center water consumption largely untracked

While a new state law partly limits data center groundwater use, in reality, data centers avoid water permits entirely by buying water from utilities. Residents are demanding answers in communities like Luther and Yukon.

Amy Gore, a small business owner in Seiling, Okla., signs her paycheck protection loan papers in the drive thru of the Seiling State Bank last Thursday.

Oklahoma Businesses, Banks Continue Wait For More Relief Funding

More than 35,000 Oklahoma small businesses received loans from the federal $2 trillion stimulus plan last week, but thousands more are stuck waiting for a…

How The NRA Uses Its Political Clout: An Early Lesson In Oklahoma

Rep. Mike Synar, a Democrat, had the National Rifle Association's backing in 1980. But by 1994, his positions had changed, and so had the NRA's. Here's how the group worked to defeat him.

Oklahoma City considers making garage apartments easier to build, rent

It could soon be easier to build a little bonus home on the same plot of land as an existing house in Oklahoma City.

Long Story Short: Berry-Rock and Beyond - How ex-secretary’s investment ties sparked lawsuits, audits and controversy

Oklahoma Watch, Dec. 11, 2024

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