A crew from Environmental Works Inc. pulled old gasoline tanks at 300 S. Rock Island this week.
City Manager Matt Sandidge said the city received a $90,000 grant from the Environmental Protection Agency, administered though the Oklahoma Corporation Commission, for the work.
The city purchased the long-vacant building several months ago.
Sandidge said the tanks had to be pulled before any type of development could be pursued at the site.
Oklahoma Gas & Electric Company (OG&E) recently donated electric fans to El Reno area seniors and families with low income to help residents stay safe and cool during the hot summer months.
In early June, OG&E volunteers handed out 50 fans in El Reno to those who may be at higher risk for heat-related injury and illness. OG&E partnered with Blessing Baskets, a local nonprofit organization that serves vulnerable populations.
Lacey Dawson fell just one vote short in the June 18 Republican primary of winning the District 2 Canadian County Commissioner seat, forcing a runoff with the second-place finisher.
Union City’s Dawson earned 49.9 percent of the 3,861 votes cast across 19 precincts in a three-person District 2 primary battle.
Mustang’s Josh Davis garnered 44.4 percent for second place, with Oklahoma City’s Laramie Bryant finishing a distant third at 5.57 percent.
Oklahoma City continues to grow further west into Canadian County.
The Oklahoma City Council voted 6-3 to approve an ordinance “extending the corporate limits of the City of Oklahoma City.”
An industrial mega-site development is proposed on a 1,250-acre property west of Gregory Road and south of N.W. 10th Street just west of C.E. Page Municipal Airport.
The specific use has not been determined or revealed for the large site, which is south of Interstate 40 between Yukon and El Reno.
OKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma Housing Finance Agency (OHFA) is alerting vulnerable households of a fake Facebook page pretending to be OHFA. Information on the fraudulent Facebook page includes a flier announcing the opening of a wait list for the Housing Choice Voucher Program (Section 8).
The scam encourages residents to provide their personal information through a fraudulent link or to visit the OHFA office in person.
The Oklahoma Supreme Court has ruled that the Oklahoma Constitution prohibits the Catholic church from operating a state charter school, but the court majority’s decision also reinforced the legality of school-choice programs that put parents in control.
Invasive zebra mussels have been detected for the first time in Fort Supply Lake in Woodward County, according to the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation.
OKLAHOMA CITY – Adults over the age of 60 are expected to outnumber children for the first time in Oklahoma by 2034, according to the Oklahoma Department of Human Services.
The agency unveiled a 10-year plan on Tuesday to improve care for older adults and to strengthen the infrastructure for the aging population.
Deborah Shropshire, executive director of the Oklahoma Department of Human Services, said that with the growing population of older adults, the state lacks the infrastructure to support the care needed for them like it does for children.
OKLAHOMA CITY – The Oklahoma Veterans Commission is considering removing 126 beds across three veterans homes from its inventory.
If approved, the beds would no longer be available in the Claremore, Ardmore and Sulphur facilities. In a proposal during the June 10 meeting, commissioners were asked to consider decertifying those beds to “bring supply into closer alignment with local demand.”
OKLAHOMA CITY – Norwegian solar energy company NorSun has selected Tulsa for its first U.S.-based factory, an initial planned investment of $620 million in a new 5-GW silicon ingot and solar wafer manufacturing facility.
The expansion, which was facilitated by the Oklahoma Department of Commerce and Tulsa Airports Improvement Trust, will create 320 new direct jobs and provide domestic production of ingot and wafer capacity to meet the increasing demand from U.S. solar cell and panel manufacturers, supporting the growth of the renewable energy sector.
