A South Texas energy company’s facilities were destroyed by fire on Sunday but no one was injured in the city of Kenedy. The fire happened Sunday afternoon at the Newpark Drilling Fluids company located in a former Walmart building in the city of Kenedy, located southeast of San Antonio. The building was engulfed when firefighters …
With the Independence Day holiday approaching, the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) encourages Oklahomans to visit the state’s lakes, rivers, or streams. While recreating at these natural water bodies, DEQ reminds you to follow some simple tips to help keep you and your family safe while swimming, boating, canoeing, or enjoying other water activities. Natural bodies of …
The Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway Company has lost its appeal of a nearly $11 million court judgment stemming from the death of a southern Oklahoma man at a railroad crossing ten years ago. The family of Jeffrey Nye sued after he was killed and a passenger injured when their jeep was struck by a …
Medical marijuana–it’s something that energy firms in the state of Oklahoma will have to deal with now that voters have approved it. It means some workers might soon have a prescription for pot but the timeline depends on just how quickly the Oklahoma Department of Health can adopt regulations controlling the doctors who will prescribe …
A big endorsement for Corporation Commissioner Bob Anthony came this week from the Oklahoma Farm Bureau. As he campaigns in a run-off race with former State Senate President pro tempore Brian Bingman, Anthony’s campaign announced the endorsement from OKAgFund, the political action committee of the Farm Bureau. “Bob Anthony grew up serving customers in his …
Oklahoma City’s Blueknight Energy Partners announced over the weekend it had reached a $90 million sales agreement for three of its asphalt terminals in Texas and Tennessee. The agreement was something of an in-house deal and was made with Ergon Asphalt and Emulsions, Inc, a firm that’s buying the terminals in Lubbock and Saginaw, Texas …
Fuel taxes went up in Oklahoma on Sunday for the first time in 31 years to help pay for the teacher pay raise approved by the governor last spring. The gasoline tax rose 3 cents while the tax for diesel fuel went up 6 cents a gallon, leaving the state’s average at $2.59 a gallon, …
You can bet the politicians involved in runoff races to be decided in August will be out campaigning on July 4th—-riding in a convertible in some parade and waving at thousands of potential voters. That or else attending picnics and sharing a slice of cold watermelon. Two of the candidates are Republican Leslie Osborn and …
More tests have discovered further contamination of groundwater at a second site of the abandoned Midwest City Eagle Industries company. City council members in Oklahoma City learned of the discovery in the past week and decided to continue with more testing. The discovery came in a second round of tests after the initial contamination from …
Oklahoma City-based Echo Energy prepares to move 100 workers to the downtown business district as soon as it finishes the 10-story Parkside building it bought in May for nearly $11 million. But it’s still six months away. The company anticipates making the move early in 2019 as work is still underway on the building that …
