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U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack this week unveiled a new program to support American wood processing facilities. USDA Rural Development is partnering with USDA Forest Service to provide funding through the new Timber Production Expansion Guaranteed Loan Program (TPEP). The program will support the processing and utilization of wood products from National Forest System lands to improve forest health and reduce the risk posed by wildfires, insects, and disease and the detrimental impacts they have on communities and critical infrastructure.
Read moreThe Oklahoma Employment Security Commission (OESC) is announcing the OKJobMatch.com system will officially shut down on December 31, 2024 at 5pm CST. A new, more advanced job-matching platform will take its place and is anticipated to launch on January 13, 2025.
Read moreAttorney General Gentner Drummond’s office has awarded grant funding totaling $18 million to provide support for every county sheriff’s office in Oklahoma through a new program created by the state Legislature this year to enhance law enforcement services.
Read moreThe Oklahoma Legislature will have less to spend in fiscal year 2026, a state panel was told Friday.
Read moreOklahoma Gas & Electric Company (OG&E) recently donated 330 bicycles and helmets to deserving Oklahoma children, just in time for the holidays.
Read moreNo matter what holiday you are celebrating in December, there are usually gifts involved.
Read moreThe Zeta Epsilon Chapter of Epsilon Sigma Alpha International had a quite eventful Christmas party. We started at the David L. Boren Library media room where the temperature in the building was colder than outside! So, Pam Robinson saved the evening opening her real estate office to us.
Read moreEast Central University is recognizing students for their outstanding academic work during the Fall 2024 semester by naming them to the Dean’s Honor Roll.
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