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Drummond letter urges new State Board of Education members to exercise independent judgment
Oklahoma
(OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla.) Attorney General Gentner Drummond is asking Gov. Stitt’s new appointees to the State Board of Education to exercise judgment independent from the governor and State...
Wed at age 15, she wants Oklahoma to ban child marriage
Oklahoma
Written By: Brianna Bailey
(OKLAHOMA) Samantha Butler isn’t smiling in her wedding photos.
She was 15 and pregnant when she says family members pressured her to marry the 25-year-old...
City renewing push for 4-year campus at NSU-Broken Arrow, bill introduced
Oklahoma
Written By: John Dobberstein
(BROKEN ARROW, Okla.) City leaders are expected to throw their support behind legislation introduced that would help Northeastern State University become a...
Osage Agency Superintendent Adam Trumbly laid off as part of government reduction
Oklahoma
Written By: Allison Herrera
Editor’s Note: This is a developing story.
(OSAGE RESERVATION) Adam Trumbly, the second Osage citizen to fill the BIA Osage Agency superintendent role, is...
Urgent CDC Data and Analyses on Influenza and Bird Flu Go Missing as Outbreaks Escalate
National
Written By: Amy Maxmen
(NATIONAL) Sonya Stokes, an emergency room physician in the San Francisco Bay Area, braces herself for a daily deluge of patients sick with coughs, soreness,...
Can’t miss Indian Country commerce events this year
Oklahoma
Written By: Rachael Schuit
Native Commerce News is sponsored by the American Indian Chamber of Commerce of Oklahoma (AICCO), dedicated to expanding Indian Country commerce across the...
Community comes together to honor Aubrey Dameron
Oklahoma
(OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla.) On February 6, the Facebook page “Missing-Aubrey Dameron from Grove, Oklahoma” changed its name to “Remembering Aubrey Dameron from Grove, Oklahoma”, a digital...
Weather across America
National
(NATIONAL) Widespread snowfall along with increasing winds from the Great Lakes to New England will wind down with a period of sleet and ice, a surge of arctic air will spread southward...
As Oklahoma faces less water and more demand, lawmakers revive talk of stricter monitoring
Oklahoma
Witten By: Kayla Branch
(OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla.) After recent droughts and concerns about dwindling groundwater, Oklahoma lawmakers are trying for a second year to require commercial users...
Bill limiting repeated temporary cabinet nominations vetoed by Chief Hill
Oklahoma
Written By: Thomas Jackson
(OKMULGEE, Okla.) A bill that would have limited the Principal Chief’s ability to repeatedly nominate temporary cabinet positions, and would have penalized...