Oil and gas are king in Oklahoma’s economy but not in the eastern part of the state where forest and forest products industry are tops. And a new report from the State Forestry Services and Oklahoma State University indicates that the forest industry had a total impact of $5.1 billion on Oklahoma’s economy based on …
The Oklahoma Sierra Club gave most members of the State Senate and State House failing grades for votes on environmental issues in the 2018 session of the legislature. The club released the results the results of its Legislative Scorecard and based on votes concerning Oklahoma’s environment, one A was handed out in the State …
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 …