SHAWNEE – Linemen teams from across OG&E’s service area gathered in Oklahoma City on Aug. 6 to compete in the company’s annual Linemen’s Expo for the first time in the past three years. This was the 31st year for the event, after a two-year pause due to health and safety concerns of COVID-19.
WASHINGTON (AP) — With inflation raging near its highest level in four decades, President Joe Biden on Tuesday signed into law his landmark Inflation Reduction Act. Its title raises a tantalizing question: Will the measure actually tame the price spikes that have inflicted hardships on American households?
Crisis looms without big cuts to over-tapped Colorado River SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Hydroelectric turbines may stop turning. Las Vegas and Phoenix may be forced to restrict water usage or growth.
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By Elisabeth Slay The Shawnee News-Star eslay@news-star.com The Seminole High Aviation Program (SHAP) began last school year and as it enters its second year, it continues to provide opportunities to students. According to McKayla Plett, Seminole Aviation Instructor and Seminole High School Assistant Principal, she introduced the program to SHS Principal Wade Rigney, which led to a Seminole administration meeting with Paula Kedy from the Oklahoma Aeronautics Commission and approval of the program.
By Elisabeth Slay The Shawnee News-Star eslay@news-star.com • For the August Block pARTy, from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Friday, Aug.
Early voting for the August 23 Runoff Primary continues Friday and Saturday in all 77 counties. Early voting is still available Friday, August 19 from 8 a.m.
Area residents impacted from the May storms and tornadoes may be eligible to receive help from FEMA If you sustained damage from the May 2-8 tornadoes, storms and flooding, and initially did not receive FEMA assistance because of insurance coverage, you may now be eligible. If your insurance did not cover all damages or if your reimbursement is delayed, FEMA may be able to help.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency has developed a new strategy to better engage with hundreds of Native American tribes as they face climate change-related disasters, the agency announced Thursday.
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An Oklahoma lawmaker has filed an Open Records Act lawsuit seeking records about expenditures from Governor’s Emergency Education Relief, or GEER, funds. Republican Rep.