The bridge disaster that claimed six lives in Baltimore got the attention of Oklahoma Transportation Department leaders. Transportation Executive Director Tim Gatz will give an update on the state of Oklahoma bridges to the commission during a Monday meeting of the Transportation Commission. In recent years, the state has made strong improvements to bridges …
Ah, if it’s spring in Oklahoma, then there’s a chance of severe weather including funnels, twisters or tornadoes. The Oklahoma Mesonet’s Climatologist Gary McManus says Monday will bring a chance of severe storms across much of the state.. :Looks like we’ll see a classic springtime setup for Oklahoma, with a front and dryline, moisture return …
The efforts of envrionmentalists and others opposed to a proposed temporary storage site in southeast New Mexico for spent nuclear reactor fuel resulted in a victory for them in federal court. The Fifth Circuit Court has vacated the license held by Holtec International, ruling that federal regulators didn’t have the authority to issue the …
Having grown up in Oklahoma, U.S. Rep. Stephanie Bice knows a thing or two about severe weather including tornadoes. In a message to her constituents, she wrote of “Being Weather Aware.” Below is her column. In our state, we live by the line, “If you don’t like the weather in Oklahoma, wait a minute …
A solar power company is planning to build a 1,200-acre solar farm right in the middle of Wyoming’s hail alley. Cowboy Energy LLC is behind the $155 million project and its efforts come as a hail storm destroyed a large solar farm near Houston, Texas. Cowboy Energy’s project also isn’t far from Scottsbluff, Nebraska …
