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August is the one time to opt out of EMSA monthly charge

August 13, 2020

August is the only month when Tulsa utility customers can cancel or subscribe to a monthly fee for EMSA for ambulance services. EMSAcare is a program by EMSA (Emergency Medical Services Authority) that covers the costs of emergency medical ambulance transport for all permanent members of households that participate in the program. EMSAcare subscribers either…

okPORK helps feed the needy in OK

August 13, 2020

When pork processing plants across the country had to operate at a reduced capacity, pigs were stuck on farms longer than usual. okPORK staff began to search for local processing plants that were available to process pork for donation to the Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma. The Oklahoma State University Robert M. Kerr Food and…

Insurance benefits go unclaimed

August 13, 2020

Each year, millions of dollars in life insurance benefits go unclaimed by beneficiaries who can’t find their deceased loved ones’ policies or, in some cases, may not even know the policies exist. Since 2016, the Life Insurance Policy Locator, launched by the Oklahoma Insurance Department through the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, has helped 3,972…

Development in Greenwood District

August 13, 2020

The City of Tulsa will begin work with HR&A Advisors on an economic feasibility study on development possibilities at the Evans site in the historic Greenwood District. The 11-acre Evans site is the southern half of the former Evans Fintube site, and contains the historic Oklahoma Iron Works/Bethlehem Supply Company building, which is listed on…

Higher speed limits on I-35, I-40

August 13, 2020

Higher speed limits on rural portions of Interstates 35 and 40 were approved by the Oklahoma Transportation Commission. Six locations on the two interstates totaling 179 of Interstate 35’s 236 miles in the state and 220 of Interstate 40’s 331 miles in the state will see the changes. Engineering studies showed that the change is…

Tulsa gasoline prices fell again

August 13, 2020

Tulsa gas prices have fallen 5 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $1.73/gallon Monday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 321 stations. Gas prices in Tulsa are 7.4 cents per gallon lower than a month ago and stand 46.8 cents per gallon lower than a year ago. According to GasBuddy price reports, the…

Aug. 18 deadline for absentee ballots

August 13, 2020

The deadline for absentee ballots for the August 25 runoff election and Tulsa municipal election is 5 p.m. on August 18. That ballot includes a state and county runoff primary election; a City of Tulsa municipal election; five City of Tulsa proposed charter changes; a bond election for the City of Jenks; a sales tax…

Campaign calls

August 13, 2020

The Tulsa County Election Board has received calls from voters who have been contacted on their personal cell phones by political campaigns. Election officials said those campaigns did not get the phone numbers from their office. Phone numbers are not part of the publicly available voter lists and are not available under the Open Records…

Three GOP runoffs highlight ballot

August 6, 2020

Three Republican runoff races – one for the State Senate and two for the State House – will be on the August 25 ballot in Tulsa. The ballot will have: Tulsa municipal races, including for mayor and seven city councilors Five proposed changes to the Tulsa City Charter A Jenks City bond proposal A Glenpool…

Mystery seeds from China raise suspicions

August 6, 2020 Brian Brus

STILLWATER – Oklahomans are being asked to go against their natural curiosity and green-thumb tendencies, setting aside mail deliveries of mystery seeds from China instead of planting them. The packages turned up in several other states as well, including Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Ohio and Washington, according to reports from those states’ departments of agriculture. Many…