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(Editor’s note: This article appeared originally in the spring 2026 issue of Piece-Work magazine, PieceWork. com, and is used with permission by Long Thread Media. To view the article in its entirety, visit to https://pieceworkmagazine. com/library/Gp4DPCIOQNWFgWj4RYq1Aw) By the time Cynthia Harjo Yerby of Wolf, Oklahoma, took up the craft of Seminole patchwork in her teens, her tribe had been separated from their original home in Florida for more than a hundred years. A brutal forced march settled at least 3,000 members of the Seminole Tribe in an area of what is now south-central Oklahoma, beginning in the 1830s, leaving a few hundred holdouts avoiding capture and relocating in the Florida Everglades.
Read moreWildfires have burned significant acreage in the Oklahoma Panhandle in recent days, with impacted land in the region exceeding 300,000 acres. With more high-firedanger days ahead, American Farmers & Ranchers Mutual Insurance Company (AFR Insurance), Oklahoma Farm Bureau (OKFB) and Oklahoma Farm Bureau Insurance have teamed up to help the fire departments working tirelessly to protect lives and property.
Read moreU.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development Oklahoma State Director Zachary Swartz announced Thursday that the agency is currently accepting Value-Added Producer Grant applications
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After a nearly two-year delay, a preliminary hearing in the prosecution of Epic Charter School’s co-founders restarted Wednesday with a star witness testifying how they planned “retribution” against Oklahoma’s state auditor.
Read moreThe approximately 279,000 Oklahomans without high school diplomas now have another way to earn the credential that will help them advance in careers or further their education.
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Read moreEast Central University’s Showtime will present “Steel Magnolias,” March 5-7 at 7:30 p.m. in the Chalmers-Herman Blackbox Theatre, located inside the Hallie Brown Ford Fine Arts Center.
Read moreHouse lawmakers voted Wednesday to advance legislation that would limit who can accredit Oklahoma’s colleges and universities based on their past diversity, equity, and inclusion policies.
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