02/11/2012 - Antivirus is not enough protection
My state-wide teaching tour continues Monday 6:30 p.m. at the Belle Isle Library in Oklahoma City....
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02/10/2012 - Two Oklahoma legislative vacancies will be filled Tuesday
Voters on Tuesday will elect a House member in southeastern Oklahoma and a senator in Oklahoma City. One position each in the House and Senate will still be vacant, to be filled in elections in April.
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02/09/2012 - Oklahoma Commerce Secretary Dave Lopez joins Hall Capital board
Oklahoma Ethics Commission has ruled it won't be a conflict of interest for Commerce Secretary Dave Lopez to serve on Hall Capital board.
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02/06/2012 - One-on-One with Debbie Rogers
When Debbie Rogers was a girl, she always looked forward to visiting her aunt in Oklahoma. It might ...
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01/31/2012 - Realty, schools, state government highlight Edmond Economic Preview
The event is a way to present, both online and face-to-face, the latest population, demographic and business information for Edmond and its trade area, which includes north Oklahoma City and Logan County.
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01/27/2012 - Reversal of beach parking-meter plan will cost Cape Canaveral
John Bond Age: 50 Lived in city: Nine years Occupation: Real estate broker Education: Studied business administration at University of Central Oklahoma Previous political experience: Past chairman, Cape Canaveral Board of Adjustment What is the most important issue facing Cape Canaveral, and what will you do about it if elected?
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01/26/2012 - Board says Oklahoma City should buy Santa Fe Train Depot for transit hub
The MAPS 3 Citizen Advisory Board on Thursday voted unanimously to recommend that the Oklahoma City Council should authorize the purchase of the Santa Fe Train Depot to serve as the transportation hub included in MAPS 3.
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01/26/2012 - Pair of big deals in local real estate forecast for 2012
A corporate relocation from Oklahoma City is expected in the next 30 to 45 days.
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01/20/2012 - Oklahoma's DHS director considers future plans
Howard Hendrick said he is not ready to give up job as the director of the Oklahoma DHS just yet.
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01/14/2012 - Free 2012 travel guide available for central Oklahoma
Frontier Country Marketing Association is introducing its 2012 regional travel guide to assist visitors and local residents in discovering unique tourism attractions and destinations throughout the 12 central Oklahoma counties, known as ...
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01/08/2012 - Thunder roll over Spurs, 108-96
OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma City was playing its third game in three days. Conventional wisdom would suggest it would’ve played its worst game of the string.
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01/06/2012 - Facebook makes Greyhound fun from Houston to Oklahoma City
By the way, there is an awful lot of real estate between Oklahoma City and Houston.
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12/28/2011 - OKC's shelving of quiet zone plan has some in downtown making noise
Downtown residents and business owners are challenging claims by Oklahoma City officials that the creation of a railway quiet zone along Automobile Alley is not urgently needed.
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12/27/2011 - Stanford, Oklahoma State have rich foundations
The current economic fortunes of Stanford and Oklahoma State rest heavily on the admissions of a couple of basketball players more than a half-century ago. John Arrillaga, 74, was a third-team All-American at Stanford...
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12/22/2011 - Texas woman arrested after death of Guthrie man
Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation agents said surveillance video shows Beverly Rhea McColm, 65, of Forney, Texas, near the Guthrie home of Francis Maurice Byrd, 60, about the time he was shot to death. McColm is in jail in Kaufman County, Texas, awaiting extradition to Oklahoma.
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12/20/2011 - Owner of First National Center indicted on charges of theft by false pretense and embezzlement
The legal and financial troubles for the owner of downtown Oklahoma City's First National Center now include a six-count indictment of theft by false pretenses and embezzlement in connection with a senior condominium property.
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12/17/2011 - University program achieves distinction
The Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education has awarded the highest level of accreditation — Accreditation with Commendation — to the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine, ACCME officials announced recently, noting ...
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12/16/2011 - Grocery Shopping on Speed
How a shopping magnate in Oklahoma dreamed up the wheeling shopping cart.
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12/10/2011 - OU and First Fidelity Bank celebrate $1 million donation
Oklahoma University’ Price College of Business and Oklahoma City- headquartered First Fidelity Bank have partnered in the Integrated Business Core program....
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12/09/2011 - Loans OK'd for OK earthquake damage
The U.S. Small Business Administration is offering low interest loans to Oklahoma residents and business owners who have damage from earthquakes that have struck since Nov. 5.
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12/07/2011 - First Capital Appoints Najeeb Baqui as Business Development Associate
HOUSTON & OKLAHOMA CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--First Capital, a specialized commercial finance compan...
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12/02/2011 - Wind farm project in Oklahoma clashes with land's other energy use
In one northern Oklahoma county, oil and wind don't mix.
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12/02/2011 - Carnahan's Wind Capital faces legal fight in Oklahoma
In one Northern Oklahoma county, oil and wind don't mix.
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12/02/2011 - Edmond Realtor sees recovery for metro area in 2012
Victoria Caldwell her role as a Realtor, as a real estate brokerage owner, as president of the Oklahoma City Metro Association of Realtors — and last week for the first time as managing broker of RE/MAX Associates in Edmond and member of the Edmond City Council.
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12/01/2011 - Oklahoma adds 2 basketball recruits
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma basketball coach Lon Kruger has announced the addition of two more recruits. Kruger says 6-foot-9 forward Jarion (JAIR'-ee-on) Henry from Dallas and 6-foot-7 forward C.J. Cole from Sperry will join OU for the 2012-13 season.
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11/29/2011 - Rayonier Completes Acquisition of 250,000 Acres
JACKSONVILLE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Rayonier completes acquisition of 250,000 acres in Mississippi, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Alabama.
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11/23/2011 - Schusterman Caps Israel-to-Tulsa Career With KKR Sale
Stacy Schusterman, the only daughter of Oklahoma oil man Charles Schusterman, was studying abroad in Israel in 1983 when her father arrived to ask her a question.
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11/18/2011 - Ponca City couple killed in crash remembered as avid pilots, community supporters
Olin Branstetter was a former Oklahoma senator. He and his wife set a record in 1984 for flying over the magnetic north pole in a single-engine airplane.
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11/17/2011 - Lunch links: Movie-making in the Big 12
Before I heard the siren song of residential real estate, I was bitten by the rub bug. OSU linebacker Alex Elkins' story is movie-making material, writes Gina Mizell of The Oklahoman. Think "The Air Up There" more than "Rudy." That prank on Landry Jones? It was no prank. He really had the tires stolen off his truck, writes Travis Haney of The Oklahoman. Don't get too riled up, Aggies. A&M's ...
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11/17/2011 - Proposal to eliminate Oklahoma's personal income tax rate draws concerns
Oklahoma's personal income tax generates about one third of the money appropriated by legislators for state services, and getting rid of it would mean increasing other taxes or creating new ones, economists say.
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11/14/2011 - Henry Lyons Joins APMEX as Chief Financial Officer
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK-- - American Precious Metals Exchange has hired Henry Lyons as Chief Financial Officer. This position will be responsible for all corporate finance activities and will be based out of ...
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11/14/2011 - Coburn report: Bon Jovi, Springsteen, Quincy Jones, Ted Turner received federal funds
Wealthy celebrities including Bruce Springsteen, Jon Bon Jovi, Quincy Jones and Ted Turner have received federal subsidies, according to “Subsidies of the Rich and Famous,” a new report from the office of Oklahoma Republican Senator Tom Coburn.
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11/14/2011 - Downtown Oklahoma City's Coney Island Hot Dogs is a survivor but is struggling through Project 180
One of downtown Oklahoma City's oldest restaurants is seeing a steep drop in business as road construction continues longer than expected along Main Street.
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11/02/2011 - Oklahoma's water plan draws criticism
Geologist calls the plan rigged to promote the sale of water in southeastern Oklahoma to Oklahoma City and places in Texas, but the director of the Oklahoma Water Resources Board said the plan is based on science.
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10/25/2011 - FFN Announces Start of Due Diligence for Sale of $47 Million in Loans on Behalf of FDIC
OKLAHOMA CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--First Financial Network, Inc. (FFN), the nation’s leading loan sale advisor, announced today the start of due diligence for the sale of $47 million in loans on behalf of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). The portfolios consist of loan participations, commercial real estate and agricultural loans held by the failed Bank of Whitman in Colfax, WA, for ...
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10/11/2011 - State tax revenue jumps 12 percent
Oklahoma's general revenue fund tax collections were up 12.1 percent in the first quarter of this fiscal year, Preston Doerflinger, director of the Office of State Finance, said Monday.
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10/14/2011 - Oklahoma Realtors to remain Hopeful through 2012
Dave Momper, 2012 president, said that 2011 President Hope White's centerpiece “Quality of Life in Oklahoma” public awareness campaign will continue when he takes the reins of the 8,500-member Oklahoma Association of Realtors.
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10/14/2011 - Oklahoma real estate transactions
Oklahoma real estate notes
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10/07/2011 - Housing bust still oozes bull, even in Oklahoma
The Treasury Department's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network says mortgage fraud reports jumped 88 percent nationally in the second quarter compared with the same quarter in 2010. Fraud reports were also up in Oklahoma and Oklahoma City.
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10/06/2011 - Projected BCS Rankings 2011: Who Belongs at 4, Boise State, Stanford or Wisconsin?
We already know who the clear-cut top three teams in college football are. At this point, it seems like it’s LSU, Alabama, Oklahoma and then everybody else. While there’s a chance that it could all play out as planned and the Sooners could run the table and meet the winner of the LSU-Alabama matchup in New Orleans for the title game, there’s also a chance that all three teams could slip up at ...
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09/25/2011 - U.S. Rep. Frank Lucas' rise in House leadership requires more fundraising for Republicans
BY CHRIS CASTEEL ccasteel@opubco.com Oklahoma rancher quietly becomes one of the leading contributors to campaigns for GOP candidates. Read more on NewsOK.com
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09/19/2011 - Broken Arrow-Area Grazing Land to Be Auctioned in Oklahoma
TULSA, OK--(Marketwire - Sep 19, 2011) - Approximately 640 acres of pasture/ranch land near Broken Arrow, in Wagoner County, Okla., will be auctioned Oct. 20 as Oklahoma firm National Residential Auctioneers teams with agriculture specialist Schrader Real Estate & Auction Company .
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09/15/2011 - Philip Anschutz Buys Broadmoor, Pikes Peak RR, Okla. Newspaper
The Anschutz Corp. is buying the Oklahoma Publishing Co., including its newspaper and two hotels.
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09/08/2011 - Oklahoma's economy is ahead of the curve
It is no secret that the economy is suffering, but Oklahoma is managing to stay ahead of the curve.
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09/01/2011 - Tulsa native made mark with OU donations
Cy Wagner, a Tulsa native, prominent oilman and philanthropist who put his stamp on the University of Oklahoma through millions of dollars in donations, died Tuesday in Midland, Texas. He was 77.
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09/06/2011 - Tulsa, Oklahoma City make list for real estate gains during past five years
Zillow, an online real estate database, named Oklahoma City and Tulsa the third and fourth metro areas on their list of the 10 areas whose real estate values have gained the most over the past five ye ...
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09/07/2011 - OKC, Tulsa rank in top 10 on real estate list
Zillow, an online real estate database, put Oklahoma City and Tulsa in third and fourth place, respectively, on a list of metro areas whose real estate values gained the most over the past five years.
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09/01/2011 - Raging wildfires hit Texas and Oklahoma again destroying dozens of homes as residents flee the flames
Wildfires have raged through Texas and Oklahoma for a second day, destroying dozens of homes and forcing hundreds of residents to flee as the flames burned thousands of acres of parched land.
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08/31/2011 - Wildfires again rage through Texas and Oklahoma
DALLAS (Reuters) - Wildfires raged through Texas and Oklahoma again on Wednesday, threatening homes and buildings and charring thousands of acres of parched, dry land.
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08/26/2011 - Edmond, Norman boost Oklahoma City-area homebuilding
If the two suburbs had issued the same number of building permits through July as during the same period last year, the metro area as a whole would have seen a decline of 5.4 percent, according to The Oklahoman's calculations using figures from the Central Oklahoma Home Builders Association.
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