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The Blackburn Ridge Townhouse project is beginning to take shape, as structures are now visible, and several slabs have been poured at the site. Eventually there will be 78 units that feature 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths with onecar garages. The development is just east of the Wellness Center on Strother Avenue. —Staff Photo by Bob Melton
Read moreOklahoma CareerTech has extended the deadline for proposals from schools and technology centers serving rural populations for grant money to recruit students into STEM programs.
Read moreThe Oklahoma Department of Commerce (Commerce) announced the hiring of Jimmy Cagle as the State Automotive Director. Cagle is retiring after 37 years on the communications staff of The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, 12 of which were spent at the company’s Lawton facility. In his role with the Commerce Business Development Team, he will lead the state’s efforts to grow Oklahoma’s automotive sector and supply chain.
Read moreThe Oklahoma State Department of Education (OSDE) Office of Child Nutrition Services is seeking sponsoring organizations for the 2022 Summer Food Service Program (SFSP). Eligible sponsors include public or governmental agencies, private, nonprofit residential summer camps and private, non-profit organizations.
Read moreNORMAN, OKLA.— University Theatre at the University of Oklahoma will present Lori Laitman’s opera The Scarlet Letter, a contemporary setting of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s cautionary tale of puritanical patriarchy, on the OU Norman campus Feb. 10 through 13.
Read moreUniversity of Oklahoma associate professor Saeed Salehi is leading a team of researchers from the Mewbourne School of Petroleum and Geological Engineering in the Mewbourne College of Earth and Energy to turn abandoned and retired oil and gas wells into geothermal wells that they hope to eventually heat two Tuttle, Oklahoma, schools.
Read moreConservation Incentive Contracts (CIC) address priority resource concerns, including sequestering carbon and improving soil health in high-priority areas. Through these contracts, Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) works with producers to strengthen the quality and condition of natural resources on their operations using management practices, such as irrigation water management, drainage water management, feed management and residue and tillage management that target resource concerns, including degraded soil and water quality, available water, and soil erosion.
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One of the most iconic buildings in central Oklahoma, if not the entire state, is one step away from being recognized as a national treasure.
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