Michael Baker, former Chief of Emergency Medical Services for the Tulsa Fire Department, was chosen Monday as Tulsa’s 12th Fire Chief. He will take his post effective Tuesday, June 16. “Out of several exceptional public servants who put forth their names to serve as Tulsa’s next Fire Chief, I have decided Michael Baker is the…
The Tulsa Air and Space Museum is getting a Space Shuttle Crew Compartment Trainer from NASA. The full-size Space Shuttle Crew Compartment Trainer was used to train astronauts during the Shuttle Program. The Shuttle Trainer is a high-fidelity life-size replica of the Shuttle nose, cockpit and crew compartment of a shuttle, and will be added…
The Oklahoma Bar Association is accepting nominations for its annual awards presentations. Nominations must be received by 5 p.m. July 1. Awards will be presented to recipients at the OBA Annual Meeting November 4-6 at the Sheraton Hotel in downtown Oklahoma City. Awards are open to lawyers and nonlawyers who have positively impacted the legal…
In February, Tulsa accepted bids for management for the city’s animal shelter. A panel was established to examine the proposals. The three bidders were the Tulsa Animal Welfare (TAW) team – Brandywine Valley SPCA and Humane Society of Tulsa. The city picked TAW. “We are very pleased that the employees were able to elect representatives…
Tulsa Community College’s first phase of its Return to Campus plan provides students limited access to computers for the summer semester at two campuses, but how they access the buildings and the computers is very different. This is the first phase of restarting on campus operations as TCC looks to resume in-person classes, one of…
OKLAHOMA CITY – Gov. Kevin Stitt and State School Superintendent Joy Hofmeister want to give eligible Oklahoma school districts an opportunity to apply for $16 million in emergency relief funds through the federal Coronavirus, Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act. Incentive grant funds were made available through $8 million from the Oklahoma State Department…
In Oklahoma as of Monday, there have been 10,733 confirmed cases of the Chinese coronavirus. The number of tests in Oklahoma is 271,925. There are 197 patient in hospitals. There have only been 1,268 hospitalizations since the outbreak began and 369 Oklahomans have died.
OKLAHOMA CITY – An Oklahoma beef task force designed to analyze problems in marketing and processing beef has been organized by State Rep. Justin Humphrey, R-Lane, and State Sen. David Bullard, R-Durant. The two legislators have invited independent ranchers, meat buyers, meat processors, livestock auction owners and meat inspectors to convene and identify financial obstacles…
WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Markwayne Mullin, R-Oklahoma, and U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe, R-Oklahoma, announced that the City of Tulsa – Rogers County Port Authority will be awarded a $6.1 million grant to support the construction and improvement of rail transportation and utility infrastructure in support of a new two-million-square-foot manufacturing and distribution facility at the…
OKLAHOMA CITY – In order to improve Oklahoma’s health outcomes, increase access to health care and foster a more accountable system, the Oklahoma Health Care Authority (OHCA) will seek proposals from qualified managed care organizations to facilitate health care services to eligible and enrolled members of Oklahoma’s Medicaid program, commonly known as SoonerCare. The managed…