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Rising numbers of people have been hospitalized in Oklahoma with RSV – or respiratory syncytial virus – and other sicknesses typical of the season.
The Oklahoma Department of Health has ramped up efforts to caution people about respiratory illnesses circulating that can be especially risky for children and older adults.
“It is devastating for me to see such widespread damage in my hometown,” said Keith O’Rear, Weyerhaeuser’s senior vice president of wood products and a former Idabel mill manager.
Weyerhaeuser, one of the largest employers in timber-rich southeastern Oklahoma, has pledged $100,000 to help people and businesses in Idabel recovering from a tornado that roared through the McCurtain County seat Nov. 4.
The National Labor Relations Board is expected to expand workers’ protections from electronic surveillance in ways that are going to be challenging for employers.
NLRB General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo has broadened the interpretation of the National Labor Relations Act to presume an employer’s surveillance and management practices violate the law unless they prove otherwise.
The state of New York has planned to issue three new casino licenses in 2023, and The Chickasaw Nation has joined in a venture that has proposed development of not just a casino but a major entertainment venue that proponents say would be transformative.
The Chickasaw Nation hopes to play a part in opening a new chapter in the storied history of Coney Island in New York.
Oklahoma voters may soon have the opportunity to decide for themselves, making clear their views on abortion, now that a proposed ballot item cleared a procedural hurdle last week.
State Question 828 would amend the Oklahoma Constitution to "establish a new individual right to reproductive freedom."
They’ve also totaled more than amounts that had been projected for the current fiscal year, according to the latest report on city revenues.
Recent sales and use tax collections in Oklahoma City have outpaced collections recorded in the same time frames from last year.
Cyber Monday was expected to remain the year’s biggest online shopping day and rake in up to $11.6 billion in sales, according to Adobe Analytics, which tracks transactions at over 85 of the top 100 U.S. online stores.
Days after flocking to stores on Black Friday, consumers turned online for Cyber Monday to score more discounts on gifts and other items that have ballooned in price because of high inflation.
As millions of people travel the interstates this Thanksgiving, many will encounter patches of traffic at a standstill for no apparent reason — no construction or accident. Researchers say the problem is you.
Human drivers just don't do a good job of navigating dense traffic conditions, but an experiment using artificial intelligence in Nashville last week means help could be on the way.
High inflation – that uninvited guest – has holiday shoppers searching for bargains and adjusting their spending habits.
Aware that they might have to stretch their holiday budgets, some started to cut back in the months leading up to the holiday season.
In response to ongoing political pressure to curtail international beef trade in the U.S., three of the nation’s top beef-producing states assessed the impact of the nation’s beef trade.
Beef councils in Oklahoma, Texas and Kansas have fired a new salvo in an ongoing civil war over international trade in the U.S. beef industry, publishing a report claiming trade reductions could cost the nation’s agricultural economy more than $120 billion.
Authorities said the three men and one woman, who were Chinese citizens, were “executed” on the 10-acre west of Hennessey, about 55 miles northwest of Oklahoma City.
Police have identified a suspect in the weekend slayings of four people at an Oklahoma ma*****na farm but said Tuesday they aren’t releasing a name because doing so could put more people in danger.
In the end, three proposed ordinances involving homeless encampments and trespassing were stricken from the agenda by a unanimous vote following a motion by the author, Councilman Mark Stonecipher.
Homelessness in Oklahoma City was discussed and hotly debated for about five hours during Tuesday’s meeting of the City Council.
The local dip reflected a much steeper decline in pending sales nationwide, as rising interest rates, uncertainties over the economy and other influences factored into a widescale slowdown of the real estate industry.
Pending home sales in Oklahoma City fell by 16.6% in October, according to data collected by online brokerage Redfin.
Typical rent recorded for October in Oklahoma City was $1,316. That was up by 29.9% from October of 2017.
People in Oklahoma City have had to work longer hours this year to make enough money to pay their rent.
National iconic brand Campbell's has invested in wind power in Oklahoma.
The company said it had reached an agreement with Enel North America to buy a 115-megawatt share of Enel’s Seven Cowboy wind project nearing completion in Wash*ta and Kiowa counties.
The 15 states have filed what’s known as a motion to intervene – meaning they want to become part of the legal proceedings surrounding the public health rule referred to as Title 42.
Oklahoma has joined a coalition of conservative-leaning states making a last-ditch effort to keep in place a Trump-era rule that allows many asylum seekers to be turned away at the southern U.S. border.
Francis Johnson spent 25 years in estate planning, helping clients prepare for an uncertain future while doing the same for herself.
According to a Blue Cross Blue Shield report, Oklahoma has a higher caregiver demand than most states because of an older average population and greater health disparities.
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Just two years ago, the average cost of a Thanksgiving feast for 10 was the lowest it had been in a decade at $46.90, or less than $5 per person.
Starting with a 16-pound turkey – priced nearly $5 more at $28.96 – all 12 items on the survey’s grocery list cost more than last year.
Oklahoma’s economic outlook is somewhat of a mixed bag, according to recent analysis from the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City.
Manufacturing is down, energy activity is up but expected to slow, and job growth in the energy sector still lags.
The Holiday Pop-Up Shops will return to Midtown in a larger format for its 10th season.
The Christmas market will offer a community-focused shopping experience at the corner of NW 10th Street and Hudson Avenue starting Friday.
Metro commercial real estate markets are recovering well from the pandemic and the future looks bright, developer Mark Beffort said.
The CEO of Robinson Park and Square Deal Investments has bought seven hotels since the pandemic and plans to buy another.
A total of 44 companies were honored and ranked in two size categories.
The Journal Record released final rankings for the 2022 Best Places to Work in Oklahoma on Thursday night at a celebration at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City.
It’s a comeback story for the ages: a minor-league football team returns to its hometown and helps revitalize a critical piece of commercial real estate in the process ( Oklahoma City Wranglers ).
The Oklahoma City Wranglers are constructing a $1.1 million temporary outdoor facility at Crossroads Mall, representing a new start for both the team and the property.
The $60 million renovation is the latest multifamily project of Gardner-Tanenbaum Holdings.
Two historic buildings in downtown Oklahoma City will be united and renovated into a mixed-use development to be known as The Harlow.
The newly named Inasmuch Foundation Crystal Bridge Conservatory is 224 feet long, 70 feet in diameter, and covered by 3,028 sections of translucent, double-layered acrylic panels.
After an $11 million renovation, the Crystal Bridge at the Myriad Gardens will reopen on Friday.
Richard Stephen Fairchild began receiving the first of a lethal three-drug combination at 10:10 a.m. at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester. He was declared dead at 10:24 a.m.
Oklahoma executed Richard Stephen Fairchild on Thursday for the torture slaying of his girlfriend's 3-year-old son in 1993.
Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin was among those who testified before the U.S. House Rules Committee, which is the first to examine the prospect of seating a Cherokee delegate in the U.S. House.
The Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma moved a step closer on Wednesday to having a promise fulfilled from nearly 200 years ago that a delegate from the tribe be seated in Congress.
A federal appeals court displayed some sympathy for Oklahoma’s plight, even as the court denied the state’s plea to restore its regulatory authority regarding surface mining operations.
The one question paramount in the case is whether the mining in question takes place on Indian land.
The Cherokee Nation on Tuesday opened its new Durbin Feeling Language Center in Tahlequah, a 52,000-square-foot facility to house all of the tribe’s language programs under one roof for the first time.
All Native American languages are in danger of being lost. In Oklahoma, there were once 37 Indigenous languages spoken; 22 of those languages are now extinct.
Google Trends reports Oklahoma is the top state searching for “free thanksgiving dinner” five years running and searches for “Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma” increased by 5,000% in the past 12 months.
The Oklahoma City food bank works with community-based partners to provide food assistance in 53 counties in central and western Oklahoma.
Joseph Bear was among more than 80 representatives of Oklahoma’s “top food-service talent” recognized during the 23rd annual ceremony.
An Oklahoman who has been serving up good eats for people for a half-century, including for 44 years at Coney Island Hot Weiners in Tulsa, was named for special honors Monday as part of a hospitality awards ceremony organized by the Oklahoma Restaurant Association.
In the Sooner State, a vote has been scheduled for March on whether adult recreational ma*****na use should be legalized.
New and evolving ma*****na laws are causing advocates and opponents in Oklahoma and other states to prepare for a new future for the burgeoning industry.
In an effort to eventually confirm the remains are those of massacre victims, investigators are seeking signs of trauma, such as gunshot wounds, based on accounts at the time.
A second body of a possible victim of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre has been found to have a gunshot wound, according to the city.
Oklahoma will receive $6.8 million according to Attorney General John O’Connor ( Google ).
Oklahoma and 39 other states will share in a $391.5 million settlement agreed to by Google to resolve an investigation stemming from its practice of tracking the locations of its users.
The clergy’s plea went unanswered on Monday by Gov. Kevin Stitt’s office, though the governor recently claimed “every square inch” of Oklahoma “in the name of Jesus” during a public prayer he recently delivered at the Oklahoma Capitol building.
Religious leaders from several Christian denominations called for a moratorium on the death penalty in Oklahoma, even as another ex*****on is scheduled for Thursday.
Downtown Oklahoma City has a new media hub at 100 W. Main St. at a time when the national media landscape is changing dramatically.
Mayor David Holt said having a television news operation at the heart of city is “an integral part of a great town.”
The Federal Reserve’s efforts to tame inflation with a historic series of hikes in its short-term lending rate has led to much costlier borrowing rates.
The average rate on a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage, which was just 3.14% a year ago, topped 7% two weeks ago for the first time since 2002.
Masters had studied law at the The University of Oklahoma and began her professional career as a business litigation attorney.
Kelli Masters has now represented more than 40 NFL players who’ve been on active rosters.
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