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While commercial runways were nearly vacant during the early days of the pandemic of 2020-2021, staff from the Oklahoma Aeronautics Commission were knocking on the doors of high school superintendents and school counselors across Oklahoma’s 77 counties, asking if they could visit about an emerging aviation curriculum available to their students.
Read moreAs opioid-related overdose deaths continue to increase nationally, addiction treatment providers continue to reassess practices, considering how they can offer more patient-centered care that focuses on engagement, retention, and improved health and well-being.
Read moreFirst United Bank announced that it has been named to Forbes’ 2022 ranking of America’s Best Banks. The distinction is based on customer feedback and First United is one of only 133 banks in the United States to be recognized, as well as one of only five banks in Texas to make the list, which includes a total of 4,839 regional and community banks from around the nation.
Read moreLeadership Oklahoma has announced the hiring of Ms. Vivian Le as Program Director for Members and Youth. In her role, Ms. Le will work to engage Leadership Oklahoma members through networking events and continuing education, while promoting pride and a commitment to service among high school students throughout the state.
Read moreOklahoma Humanities (OH) is accepting applications from Oklahoma nonprofits wishing to apply for Major Grant awards of up to $10,000 or Challenge Grant awards of up to $20,000. Grant applications are reviewed by the OH Board of Trustees in late September and applicants are notified of funding decisions by October 1.
Read moreNon-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), which doctors historically have diagnosed in adults, is rapidly increasing in children, driven by the obesity epidemic, and the condition appears to develop more quickly in young people than adults. That troublesome reality has spurred researchers at the OU Health Sciences Center and OU Health Harold Hamm Diabetes Center to intensify their studies on pediatric NAFLD.
Read moreWages are not the only reason for the strike at the Dolese Brothers rock crushing plant, located northwest of Sasakwa, the Producer learned Thursday afternoon in talking with strikers at the plant. Beaver Ward, a stewardest for the International Union of Operating Engineers, told the Producer that working conditions had a lot to do with the strike.
Read moreThe statistics show that a growing number of senior citizens are becoming tech savvy. Perhaps the isolation protocols of the pandemic have helped encourage the elderly set to accept computers as a means of keeping in touch with friends and relations and as a way to shop online.
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