(Photo by JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images) The warfare in Gaza and Ukraine prompted crude oil prices Thursday to gain more than a dollar and settle higher than $90 for the day. Global benchmark Brent rude for June finished up $1.30 or 1.5% at $90.65 a barrel on ICE Futures Europe. US benchmark, West Texas …
With Oklahoma Corporation Commissioner Kim David present, a State Senate Committee on Thursday approved a bill to create exemptions from the Oklahoma Public Meetings Act for the 3-member regulatory agency. While the Oklahoma Press Association remains neutral on the issue, some wonder if there will be less transparency and the public is seeing the …
Oklahoma U.S. Sen. James Lankford took another swing this week at the Biden administration over its attack on the oil and gas industry. This time, he and Wyoming Sen. John Barrasso and other Republican Senators in raising concern to US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen about targeting the industry with higher production taxes. “We write …
Earth Day is April 22, but the Oklahoma City Office of Sustainability is focused on clean air, water and soil every day. Established in 2010, the Office has a staff of two who use data-driven strategies to strengthen OKC in the face of economic, environmental and social challenges. The Sustainability Office’s blueprint for action …
Astronaut and Oklahoman General Thomas P. Stafford will be buried Friday in Weatherford, his hometown. Stafford, born in Weatherford in 1930 died March 18. He was 93. His body lie in state Wednesday and Thursday at the Stafford Air and Space Museum where space items from his several trips into space are on display. …
Texas legislators who are investigating last month’s deadly Panhandle wildfires that burned more than 1 million acres in the state and neighboring Oklahoma have run into a roadblock. The company hired to inspect utility poles in the Panhandle has refused to testify before the lawmakers. It didn’t go over well with committee members when …
The Oklahoma Broadband Office (OBO) is moving quickly on several fronts to ensure successful integration of high-speed internet service throughout the state. The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) recently approved the state’s DE Plan to fulfill Oklahoma’s Digital Promise. While other programs administered by the OBO expand broadband infrastructure, this plan focuses on ensuring …
The ranchers, conservationists and environmentalists who spent the past 10 years fighting new oil and gas drilling in the region called the Thompson Divide in central Colorado are finally seeing victory. U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland moved this week to withdraw a broad swath of Bureau of Land Management and Forest Service land …
Hate to ruin your plans if you intend on driving to southeast Oklahoma or north Texas on Monday for the rare solar eclipse. But there’s a strong chance clouds will interfere in your viewing prospects. Stormy weather is in the Monday forecast for those two regions of the country. Thunderstorms are in the forecast …
The 730,000 customers of Entergy Arkansas will see a drop in their utility bills as the utility intends to cut electricity rates in May. The company, in its recent announcement, said average residential customers will see a drop of about $10 a month. Entergy Arkansas is the state’s largest utility and explained the reduction …
