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Read moreThe National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) released its “Fatal Firefighter Injuries in the U.S. in 2023” report, which showed a total of 89 on-duty U.S. firefighter fatalities in 2023, representing an eight percent decline over the 97 fatal injuries in 2022. Of these deaths, 50 were volunteer firefighters and 30 were career firefighters; the nine non-municipal firefighter fatalities included five full-time state forestry rangers or technicians, one state forestry contractor, one full-time federal forest service firefighter, and two military firefighters.
Read moreWASHINGTON — As part of the Biden-Harris administration’s unprecedented agreement to restore wild salmon in the Columbia River Basin, the Department of the Interior today released a report documenting the historic, ongoing and cumulative impacts of federal Columbia River dams on Columbia River Basin Tribes. The report also provides recommendations for how the federal government can further its treaty and trust responsibilities to Tribes by acknowledging and integrating these impacts in future actions. It marks the first time that the U.S. government has comprehensively detailed the harms that federal dams have and continue to inflict on Tribes in the Pacific Northwest.
Read moreOver $1 million in funding for the development of Oklahoma’s Civil Rights Trail, which will include a historical area in Seminole County, has been approved.
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Read moreGovernor Kevin Stitt Monday signed an executive order designed to eliminate barriers to professional opportunities, make it easier for Oklahomans to obtain state-issued professional licenses. The order also creates the Efficiency in Licensing Task Force.
Read moreAttorney General Gentner Drummond said a brokered settlement his office has reached with plaintiffs’ attorneys on a class-action federal lawsuit will deliver long-delayed justice for crime victims and save the state untold millions of dollars by ensuring due process for criminal defendants who have been deemed “not competent” to stand trial.
Read moreSeminole County -Birthdays- Today’s birthdays include Debbie Adams, Lance Batey, Richard Clifton, Gavin Cook, Donna Douthit, Donald Emmitt, Micah Evans, Crissy Fixico, Randy Harjo, Megan Larney, Geraldine Merritt, Bobby Phillips, Kimberly Pinson, Nolen Robinson, Rosalea Robinson, Brandon Roulston, Billy Smith, Jasmine Vazquez, B.J. Ware, Mary Warrior, Steve Walton, Dorothy Watts, Shirley Wesley, Ted McDonald, & Lahoma Williams.
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