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Extended hours for blood donations

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Oklahoma Blood Institute has less than half of the blood supply needed, threatening a critical blood shortage for local patients, and creating an immediate need for blood donors. The national blood supply has stayed near emergency levels for months, having never recovered from COVID-related challenges. Oklahoma’s supply has faced similar challenges, as well as blood…

Low-cost course options at TCC

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High school juniors and seniors across the state have an expanded opportunity for a low-cost college option through dual credit, also called concurrent enrollment. Tulsa Community College is launching High School Plus One across Oklahoma providing virtual college courses for eligible high school juniors and seniors beginning Fall 2022. This means high school students can…

Silver Service event on May 21st

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Silver Service members are inviting the public to a luncheon at 11:45 a.m. on May 21 at Oaks Country Club. An auction will be held at 10:30 a.m. A book review of Life of the Party by Pamela Digby (presented by Mary Helen Stanley) will follow the lunch. Silver Service is a Tulsa organization founded…

Bike lane project starts Downtown

Tulsa Beacon

A project to install bike lanes on West 11th Street from Boulder Avenue to Denver Avenue, and then on West 12th Street between Denver Avenue and Southwest Boulevard has started. Completion of the project is scheduled for mid-May or sooner, depending on weather conditions. Lane closures will alternate between the curb lanes and the inside…

State road projects get underway

Tulsa Beacon

At its April 4, meeting, the Oklahoma Transportation Commission approved a nearly $75 million contract for reconstruction of the US-62 bridges over the Arkansas River in Muskogee. The project, which also includes rehabilitation of the nearby US-62 bridges over North 55th St. and the Union Pacific Railroad, is expected to take about two years to…

State Judicial Center

Heavy slate of candidates expected during filing period

Tulsa Beacon

Oklahomans will get a list of candidates for a host of offices – including for governor, two U.S. Senate seats and five seats in the U.S. House – as candidates file for office this week. Candidate filing is April 13-15, Oklahoma State Election Board Secretary Paul Ziriax said. Candidates filing for federal, state, legislative, judicial,…

Panelist claims OU football celebrates white supremacy

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During a recent program touted as a “conversation about race and race relations in Oklahoma,” one featured panelist declared that football games at the University of Oklahoma involve repeated “celebration of white supremacy.” “The University of Oklahoma, their mascot or their whole thing is the ‘Sooners,’” said Sarah Gray, director of movement building and organizing…

Social Security reopens local offices

Tulsa Beacon

Kilolo Kijakazi, Acting Commissioner: Social Security Administration, announced that local Social Security offices began in-person services on April 7. He said online services and telephone calls are still the most convenient ways to contact the agency. “I am pleased to announce that local Social Security offices will restore in-person services, including for people without an…

OHCA names new medical director

Tulsa Beacon

The Oklahoma Health Care Authority has named Traylor Rains as the agency’s new State Medicaid Director, effective April 1. Rains succeeds long-time State Medicaid Director and Chief Operating Officer, Melody Anthony, after announcing her intent to retire. Anthony will continue in her role as COO until her retirement on Sept. 1, 2022. “We are pleased…

300 MW wind power expansion site

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SENTINEL, Okla., (PRNewswire) Enel Green Power North America has started construction of 300 MW Seven Cowboy wind project in Kiowa and Washita counties in Oklahoma. As the company adds 6.5 GW of new renewable energy capacity in the US and Canada through 2024, Enel is investing in its growing workforce through a new training center…