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Tribal Traditions Still Hold Back a Free Press
Journal-isms
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August 22, 2025
Indigenous Journalists Honor Their Culture, but . . . Homepage photo: After the formalities of the closing awards banquet at the Indigenous Media Conference in Albuquerque, N.M., some went outside the ballroom to the Enchanted Photo Booth to be...
Texas Goes All In For Convention Centers
Hospitality Net
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August 22, 2025
Convention Centers have emerged as a hub of industry, commerce, culture, and architecture. Since they first marked the maps in the mid-20th-century U.S., they have become a symbol of economic progress. As the global events industry rebounds from...
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....
Trump Cabinet member rebukes MAGA superintendent with eye-brow-raising snub: report
Raw Story
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August 21, 2025
Far-right Christian nationalist and Oklahoma schools superintendent Ryan Walters has generated nonstop controversy in his state — most recently, for pushing a policy he says will screen applicants for evidence of "woke" bias by using talk radio...
Ryan Trahan, Haley Pham’s 50-state trek raises $11.5 million for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Tubefilter
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July 30, 2025
Husband-and-wife duo Ryan Trahan and Haley Pham have completed an epic cross-country voyage, and they smashed several personal records along the way. Aided by an innovative approach to donations, Trahan and Pham raised $11.5 million to support the...
We fact-checked what Oklahoma law says about teaching the Bible in schools
The Frontier - Oklahoma
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Some raised questions about what power Oklahoma State Superintendent Ryan Walters has to mandate specific curriculum after he issued a directive requiring schools to incorporate the Bible into classroom lessons. “Immediate and strict compliance...
Long Story Short: Historic cuts to SNAP put 131,000 Oklahomans at risk of losing benefits
KGOU - Oklahoma
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July 30, 2025
President Donald Trump’s budget bill brings stricter rules to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, the federal food assistance program, and shifts costs to states, putting an estimated 131,000 Oklahomans at risk of losing food benefits....
Trump Administration Blocks NIH From Funding Grants Then Reverses Course
Forbes
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The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB), led by Director Russell Vought (C) seen here with U.S. President Donald Trump (L), is reportedly blocking the National Institutes of Health from issuing any new funding to grantees and...
Film lovers unite to save historic Paramount Screening Room in Oklahoma City
KOCO 5 - Oklahoma
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July 30, 2025
STORY. IT’S A FACET OF OKLAHOMA CITY HISTORY. JUSTIN JANE IS WITH THE OKLAHOMA FILM EXCHANGE, OR OFEX, A GROUP ON A MISSION TO BUY OKC PARAMOUNT SCREENING ROOM, WHICH HAS HISTORY TRACING BACK TO 1907 AS ONE OF THE ORIGINAL PLACES PARAMOUNT...
Gov. Stitt and RFK Jr. pledge to ‘Make Oklahoma Healthy Again.’ Their policies signal the opposite
Oklahoma Voice
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July 30, 2025
Imagine this: a TV drama where a patient is being pushed through an emergency room by people in scrubs. Lights are blinking, alarms are sounding. Rounding the corner, the camera zooms in on an operating theatre ready to receive its patient....
Polaris Technologies files lawsuit against City of Muskogee for annexation of industrial park
FOX23 News - Oklahoma
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MUSKOGEE, Okla. — Polaris Technologies has filed a lawsuit against the City of Muskogee to stop the annexation. The company is asking for an injunction to invalidate the annexation ordinance and stop the city from enforcing it. FOX23 reported...
Fun for Kids: How melted crayons can teach children about Oklahoma's summer heat
KOCO 5 - Oklahoma
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July 29, 2025
Fun for Kids: How melted crayons can teach children about Oklahoma's summer heat While the Oklahoma temperatures continue to rise, there are fun ways that children can take advantage of the heat. EXPLAIN THE HEAT TO THE KIDDOS. IT’S HOT. IT’S...
Who’s Who on the Oklahoma State Board of Education?
News9 - Oklahoma
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The Oklahoma State Board of Education, the governing board of the public school system of Oklahoma, comprises six members and is headed by the State Superintendent of Public Instruction. According to the Oklahoma State Department of Education...
Around the world, birds sing longer in light-polluted areas
Science News
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August 21, 2025
Light pollution makes birds work overtime. A behavioral analysis of nearly 600 bird species suggests that light pollution from human development can lengthen the time birds spend singing by nearly an hour per day, researchers report August 21 in...
How UCO tackles teacher shortages amid Oklahoma’s education struggles
News9 - Oklahoma
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On Monday, the Oklahoma County Sheriff's Office took over as the assigned investigator to look into the State Superintendent Ryan Walters. Two education board members claimed a video of nude women played on Walters' office TV during an executive...
OSDE releases five sample questions for required out-of-state teacher test
KOKH - Oklahoma
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OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLA. (KOKH) — The Oklahoma State Department of Education has sent FOX 25 five sample questions from a new test OSDE and PragerU are developing to ensure teachers coming to Oklahoma from states like California and New York aren't...
The breath between breakthroughs: Dr. Heather Fahlenkamp and the science of saving lungs
Oklahoma State University
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July 28, 2025
Monday, July 28, 2025 Media Contact: Kristi Wheeler | Manager, CEAT marketing and Communications | 4057445831 | kristi.wheeler@okstate.edu Dr. Heather Fahlenkamp grew up in Enid, Oklahoma, developing an early appreciation for biomedical...
SVSU Golf Alumni Shine in Oklahoma State Championship Success
BVM Sports
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July 28, 2025
Saginaw Valley State University alumni Parker Dietzel and Mandy Ehrlich have played pivotal roles in the Oklahoma State men's golf team's success, contributing significantly to their 2025 NCAA Division I National Championship win. Both are...
Cyclone super fan Jay Chapman helps create Hilton Magic
Des Moines Register - Iowa
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Jay Chapman has been a dedicated Iowa State Cyclones fan for over 40 years, leading the ISU Alumni Pep Band and serving as president of the Cyclone Gridiron Club. The alumni pep band, founded by Chapman, plays at Hilton Coliseum during school...
Only on 13: A first look at the next generation of weather radar technology
ABC 13 - Texas
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July 28, 2025
NORMAN, Oklahoma (KTRK) -- The 13 Alert Radar network is today's most powerful radar technology and gives our team of meteorologists the ability to track severe storms more accurately. But in the heart of Tornado Alley, researchers are testing the...