Dry conditions throughout Oklahoma led to another major wildfire this week. The Limestone Gap Fire in Atoka County burned more than 1,000 acres and according to the Oklahoma Forestry Services division is only about 5% contained. The fire was named because it is in Limestone Gap, an unincorporated community in Atoka County. The town …
Smoke from Canadian wildfires spread deeper into Oklahoma on Thursday, resulting in an expanded listing of counties put under health advisories. The initial advisory from the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality, issued Thursday morning included 17 counties near the state line with Kansas. However, by mid-afternoon, the advisory was widened to 32 counties and …
An Attorney General’s cautionary observation might have led to the Oklahoma Broadband Office to start all over in its proposed distribution of nearly $400 million to private companies for an expand of high-speed internet to rural Oklahoma. Fox 25 News reported the Attorney General’s office had informed the Broadband Office that its tiered system …
One western Oklahoma school district appears to be ahead of the game when it comes to technology in the classroom. Merritt Public School district near Elk City has taken advantage of grants and other help to put an iPad in every students hands and fill the school buildings with 3D printers, full tech labs …
As coal-fired power plants are being put out of operation in northwest Colorado, the railway that carried coal to the plants might be turned into passenger rail service. At least, it’s the idea around Steamboat Springs. Two legislators recently asked the Colorado Department of Transportation to approve a regional passenger rail service. They propose …
Now it is being admitted—the electric grid in Texas came oh so close to emergency action because of solar and wind power issues in the month of August. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas confirmed this week it encountered multiple tight supply periods during the month because solar output dropped at night when the …
Regulators in South Dakota, another state where Oklahoma oil and gas operators have extensive operations, rejected a construction permit this week for a carbon dioxide pipeline project. It came a month after North Dakota regulators did the same thing on a project offered by the same company. Navigator CO2 Ventures proposed a 1,300-mile pipeline …
** The Biden administration on Wednesday confirmed it will nix seven Alaskan oil and gas drilling leases issued under the Trump administration and suspended for review shortly after Biden took office. The area in question in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge had previously been leased to the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority. ** Nearly 1 in …
Crude oil prices rose again on Wednesday but Oklahoma energy stocks recorded losses for the day. Oil rose as traders remained nervous over further draws on U.S. crude oil inventory. West Texas Intermediate crude gained 85 cents to finish at $87.54 on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Brent crude, the global benchmark, rose 56 cents …
Strong thunderstorms that knocked down power lines and damaged some buildings Tuesday evening left more than 6,700 electric customers without power as of Wednesday morning. The affected areas were from Davis in the south to Oklahoma City and up to Jay in the northeast. By the afternoon, the outages were down to more than …