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Canadian Valley Electric Cooperative (CVEC) has announced that Director Randall Cole (District 7) has recently completed the Credentialed Cooperative Director Certificate (CCD) by the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA).
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Accreditation Collaboration Brings NOC, Seminole State College Leaders Together
Read moreA tense final day of witness testimony brought an unusually lengthy preliminary hearing to a close for the co-founders of Epic Charter School.
Read moreWe’ve wrapped up the fourth week of the 2026 legislative session here at the Capitol. We continued working through bills in committee, but folks were also talking about money and an education funding package proposed by Senate Republicans. I have a lot of concerns about this proposal, and I’m hearing more from people in the district and around the state who are also voicing their own concerns.
Read moreThis summer, middle and high school students can experience life on a college campus while exploring exciting fields of study at the free 2026 Summer Academies in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math.
Read moreAverage gasoline prices in Oklahoma have risen 12.2 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $2.41/g Monday, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 2,294 stations in Oklahoma. Prices in Oklahoma are 8.0 cents per gallon higher than a month ago and stand 21.1 cents per gallon lower than a year ago. The national average price of diesel has increased 5.4 cents compared to a week ago and stands at $3.740 per gallon.
Read moreFebruary ended as the warmest on record across Oklahoma, a distinction that also pushed the climatological winter of 2025–26 to its warmest on record. The unusual warmth combined with expanding and intensifying drought to create critical fire weather conditions across much of the state. Those ingredients culminated in a mid-February wildfire outbreak that burned more than 300 square miles and forced evacuations across multiple counties. It was a month defined by record heat, deepening drought and wind-driven flames.
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