City of Edmond ponders options on moot referendum ballot question
Edmond voters will likely see a local zoning question on their November ballot, but the election would be functionally irrelevant because the issue that...
New arena? OKC’s relationship with the Thunder faces an expensive test
Since the Oklahoma City Thunder arrived in 2008, fans have experienced the full range of emotions: the novelty and first hopeful steps of a...
Byrd reelected, but two ousted from Quapaw Nation Business Committee
Two of the three incumbents seeking reelection to Quapaw Nation Business Committee positions were ousted by voters Saturday, but Chairman Joseph Tali Byrd secured...
#Oklaed roundup: Federal audit of GEER funds released, Epic Schools Board chairman resigns
From the release of a federal audit revealing the state's misuse of more than $650,000 to the resignation of Epic Charter Schools Board Chairman...
Three Quapaw Nation leaders challenged in election
Two years after Quapaw Nation voters ousted their longtime Business Committee chairman and secretary-treasurer — who have since been charged with financial crimes in...
‘We need water’: Sasakwa residents dry for months, governments unsure of solution
SASAKWA — With temperatures topping 100 degrees around Oklahoma and forecasts projecting more heat as August approaches, some residents of a small town in...
‘From the cuff’: Senate District 2 runoff pits Jarrin Jackson against Ally Seifried
In the Republican primary runoff for State Senate District 2 in the Claremore area, one candidate has the endorsement of her two previous opponents...
OKC City Council reinstates Human Rights Commission
The OKC City Council today narrowly voted to reinstate the city's Human Rights Commission, which was disbanded more than 25 years ago. But the...
‘Elephant in the room’: U.S. Senate committee invites Five Tribes for Freedmen hearing
Leaders of the U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs have invited representatives of the Five Tribes to testify at a July 27 hearing on...
‘People looking for hope’: Lawrence Spottedbird, Jacob Tsotigh sworn in as Kiowa Tribe executives
CARNEGIE — Several Kiowa Tribe citizens seemed to breathe a sigh of relief Friday as they celebrated the swearing in of new Chairman Lawrence...
