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Local college student earns honors at national angus showmanship contest in Oklahoma
The Union - California
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Arden Franks, resident of Grass Valley and graduate of Bear River High School, represented the State of California at the 2025 National Junior Angus Showmanship Contest, held in conjunction with the National Junior Angus Show (NJAS), earlier this...
Students explore scientific research at Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation
KOCO 5 - Oklahoma
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July 30, 2025
WEEK’S STEM SPOTLIGHT. HEY, SABRINA. HEY THERE. ABBY. THESE ARE STUDENTS WHO JUST GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL. OR THEY MAY BE IN THE MIDDLE OF COLLEGE. WE HEARD FROM SOME OF THE SCHOLARS WHO SPENT THEIR SUMMER DIVING INTO SCIENCE. WE’RE LOOKING AT THE...
BidItUp Launches Wave of Premier EV, Battery & Energy System Equipment Auctions from Industry Leaders. Former Assets of Canoo in Texas & Oklahoma, Former Assets of Arrival, Manz Tesla Lines, Brand New Dry Rooms for Battery Production, Late Model Brand…
Autochannel
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LOS ANGELES, July 31, 2025 -- BidItUp Auctions Worldwide, a global leader in industrial asset solutions, is proud to announce a series of landmark auctions featuring high-spec manufacturing, robotics, energy storage, and EV production equipment...
Stanton Optical integrates new dry eye therapy, retinal imaging technologies to care arsenal in 35 locations
Optometry Times
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July 31, 2025
Stanton Optical of Now Optics has announced that it will be expanding its onsite clinical services to 35 locations nationwide in partnership with Physician Eyecare Group. This allows for new diagnostic tools and treatments for dry eye disease and...
Fuel OKC bringing educators to Oklahoma from Mexico, funding paraprofessional degree program
NonDoc - Oklahoma
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July 31, 2025
In an effort to address the state’s ongoing teacher shortage, an Oklahoma City nonprofit has created a new program to bring educators from Mexico to Oklahoma classrooms despite the risk of xenophobic rhetoric inflaming tensions about immigration...
Research center in Ada hit by EPA cuts
The Oklahoman
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On Friday, July 18, the Environmental Protection Agency said it will eliminate the Office of Research and Development and reduce its workforce. The termination includes the Robert S. Kerr Environmental Research Center in Ada, which employed about...
I'm an Oklahoma physician. We must invest in disease prevention
The Oklahoman
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Dr. Ashley Weedn In medicine, we’re trained to recognize symptoms, examine patients, thoughtfully make diagnoses, and deliver effective treatment. But what if we could do more to prevent illnesses before they begin? That question shaped the...
With rocket-powered spaceplane, Oklahoma is a step closer to reaching space
The Oklahoman
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Oklahoma has partnered with Dawn Aerospace to bring its reusable Mk-II Aurora spaceplane to the Oklahoma Spaceport by 2027. The Aurora spaceplane offers a rare service by providing quick, low-cost access to microgravity for research and testing....
Deckard chosen as city manager
Yukon Progress - Oklahoma
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August 16, 2025
Earns top city post after serving in interim capacity The Yukon City Council, at a special meeting Saturday, voted 4-0 to appoint Jeff Deckard as new city manager. Deckard has been acting city manager since May after the resignation of Mike...
Oklahoma’s Reading Crisis
Tulsa Today - Oklahoma
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July 22, 2025
Jonathan Small, President of the Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs, spoke to the McGrath Breakfast Group on Saturday with a chilling message. Small said, “Nearly 75 percent of students across any grade you might pick in Oklahoma, have not...
Exclusive: Oklahoma Education Board members speak out about inappropriate images in Walters’ office
News9 - Oklahoma
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In an exclusive sit-down interview with News 9, three members of the Oklahoma State Board of Education are publicly sharing their accounts of a startling incident that unfolded during a closed-door meeting inside State Superintendent Ryan Walters’...
Peter Schweizer: Book Claims Oklahoma City Bombing Was ‘Manufactured Terror’ with Deep FBI Involvement
Breitbart
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July 30, 2025
Was the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing really an FBI deep-cover operation that went wrong? That is the conclusion of a new book by an author who has studied the worst incident of domestic terrorism in America’s history for more than 20 years. Margaret...
Leeward starts construction at 152MW Oklahoma solar projects
PV Tech
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July 31, 2025
Data centres are a growing component of the global energy mix, with figures from Figures from Independent Commodity Intelligent Services (ICIS) showing that, in Europe, data centres will account for 5.7% of Europe’s electricity demand in 2035, up...
George Nigh, former Oklahoma governor, legislator and veteran, dead at age 98
KOCO 5 - Oklahoma
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July 30, 2025
George Nigh, former Oklahoma governor and state legislator, died Wednesday morning, according to family and friends. | VIDEO ABOVE | From the KOCO Archives: Former Oklahoma Gov. George Nigh through the yearsNigh died at home surrounded by his...
Oklahoma City men plead guilty to illegal firearm possession after apartment shooting
Sooner State News - Oklahoma
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July 21, 2025
Robert J. "Bob" Troester U.S. Attorney | U.S. Attorney for the Western District of OklahomaRobert J. "Bob" Troester U.S. Attorney | U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma LARRY WELCH, 29, and JACOB MADISON, 24, both from Oklahoma City,...
Oklahoman executed alongside family during clash in Syria, federal officials say
KOCO 5 - Oklahoma
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July 22, 2025
Oklahoman executed alongside family during clash in Syria, federal officials say A U.S. citizen and member of the Druze community was killed during a clash in Syria, federal officials confirmed. IN A FEW MINUTES. JESS. ALL RIGHT. DAMON. THANK YOU....
Only on 13: The timeline and future of phased array radar technology
ABC 13 - Texas
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July 30, 2025
NORMAN, Oklahoma (KTRK) -- This summer, ABC13 Meteorologist Elyse Smith traveled to Norman, Oklahoma, to learn more about the world's most advanced weather radar named HORUS. She joined the radar research team the morning of one of their...
Who Was George Nigh? Architect Of Modern Oklahoma Governance Passes Away At 98
Times Now
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July 30, 2025
After leaving office, Nigh served as president of the University of Central Oklahoma from 1992 to 1997. Photo : iStock George Nigh, a McAlester native who rose from a small-town grocery store to become Oklahoma’s most iconic governor, passed away...
Tribal nations left with few options to resist Oklahoma's Westwin Elements due to complex history
KGOU - Oklahoma
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July 30, 2025
About a half-dozen activists line a bustling intersection near the Comanche Nation Casino in Lawton, united in their fight against city leaders and their decision to support Westwin Elements, a nickel refinery in the southwest Oklahoma city....
Oklahoma City Council approves AI facial comparison software for police department
KGOU - Oklahoma
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July 22, 2025
A memo written by Oklahoma City staff says the Oklahoma City Police Department is seeking facial comparison software that allows investigators to identify suspects in videos. Of the three companies the department contacted, Clearview AI provided...