Oklahoma Route 66 Museum Director Pat Smith is retiring after serving the leadership role for more than 30 years.
Efforts are currently underway to locate a missing Southwestern Oklahoma State University student.
September was recognized as “Workforce Development Month” and CareerTech is a leader in workforce development for Oklahoma. Western Technology Center celebrates this every day as it works with business and industry and high school and adult students to meet the needs within communities with skilled training and a ready workforce.
The Oklahoma House Energy Committee this week heard a study, led by Chair Rep. Nick Archer, R-Elk City, examining the Oklahoma Corporation Commission’s (OCC) regulation of the state’s oil and gas industry, including workforce challenges, orphan well plugging and seismic activity.
(AP) – A medical helicopter crashed on a highway in Sacramento, critically injuring three people aboard, including a woman who was pinned underneath and was rescued with the help of motorists who lifted part of the aircraft, according to officials.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats believe healthcare is an issue that resonates with a majority of Americans as they demand an extension of subsidies for their votes to reopen the shuttered U.S. government. But it is also one of the most intractable issues in Congress — and a real compromise is unlikely to be easy, or quick.
WASHINGTON – Health services for Native Americans in northeast Oklahoma are expecting a major boost following Cherokee Nation’s assumption recently of the Claremore Indian Hospital, one of two federally-run Indian Hospitals remaining in the state of Oklahoma.
Responded to a 911 call in reference to a noise disturbance in the 2000 block of W. Eagle Rd., Weatherford.
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The Oklahoma Department of Corrections might soon have a long-forbidden security tool at its disposal. The Federal Communica-tions Commission voted unanimously last week to propose rules authorizing state and local correctional facilities to utilize cell phone signal jamming technology. Several state officials, including Gov. Kevin Stitt and interim Department of Corrections director Justin Farris, have endorsed the proposal, arguing cell phone jammers would allow the state to crack down on criminal activity behind bars.