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Local headlines for Wednesday, November 20, 2024

The goal of the Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust grant funding is to “provide communities with resources to create lasting health improvements.”

Local headlines for Tuesday, November 19, 2024

The Oklahoma Supreme Court will be down a justice when it hears a case challenging State Superintendent Ryan Walters’ mandate to put a Bible in every public school classroom.

Osage Nation citizens and representatives from the Bureau of Indian Affairs gathered in Pawhuska on Monday to sign in to place the second-largest acquisition of fee-to-trust land.

Nichols has ambitious plans to build new housing, cut crime and improve roads when he takes office next month.

The first bills of Oklahoma’s 60th legislative session are filed. They already regulate a diverse range of topics, but it appears tax cuts will again be top of mind.

Enter for a chance to win tickets to see Preservation Hall Jazz Band at Tower Theatre in Oklahoma City on Sunday, December 15, 2024.

Local headlines for Monday, November 18, 2024

Oklahoma State Election Board data shows 37.9% of Oklahoma voters chose the straight-party voting option in the Nov. 5 general election, down from 45.5% in 2020. Voters in southeastern Oklahoma were the most likely to check the option.

Colleen Thurston is an Oklahoma filmmaker, curator, educator and Choctaw citizen. Her most recent feature documentary is Drowned Land, a film about protecting the Kiamichi River from extraction. The film is personal for Thurston as she narrates her family’s relationship with the land and water in what is now southeast Oklahoma on the Choctaw reservation.

The Pawnee Nation will welcome home 27 sacred objects next spring. The items will be retrieved from Indiana University in compliance with guidelines outlined by the Native American Graves and Repatriation Act.