Oklahoma News

The new 273,000-square-foot, 58-bed hospital is called the James Mountain Inhofe VA Medical Center in honor of former U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe, who died in July 2024.

Oklahoma Watch, Nov. 12, 2025

Tremane Wood is awaiting a decision from Gov. Kevin Stitt, who has final say on whether he will be the next man executed on Oklahoma's death row.

The Oklahoma Military Hall of Fame inducted the Kiowa Code Talkers for their service in World War II, for their use of coded language, never cracked by enemy soldiers.

Board members are seeking clarity on the executive order that encouraged the proposed rule.

An executive order from President Donald Trump is starting a conversation about expanding the role civil commitment plays at the intersection of mental health and homelessness.

Although the federal government could reopen soon, Oklahomans continue seeking out food in their communities and likely will be for months. Anna Pope visited a Midwest City food pantry to see how people are weathering the shutdown.

Current and former Oklahoma State Department of Education officials refuse to discuss who has been driving a state-owned vehicle that traveled frequently to country clubs, visited Texas, parked at stores at odd hours and consistently returned to former state Superintendent Ryan Walters’ home address.

Reduced prison phone call rates that benefited incarcerated Oklahomans and their families from February through August are unlikely to return.

A complaint filed by the Oklahoma Corporation Commission (OCC) alleges an oil and gas disposal well company is behind a saltwater purge that contaminated a nearby creek.

In less than a year, Oklahomans will go to the polls to vote in a wide-open and monumental general election.

For residents experiencing the effects of the federal government shutdown, the City of Tulsa is extending the utility grace period. This comes as Oklahoma City Mayor David Holt told CNN his city is working on a similar program due to the stalemate in Washington, D.C.