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Apr 28, 2024 · Update - There are two tornadoes now crossing Highway 9 between Goldsby and Blanchard. If you're in the warning, do NOT wait to see a tornado coming. They are heavily wrapped in rain!
May 13, 2024 · Bill Wilson | May 13, 2024. Natural Grocers workers in Norman, Okla., voted to unionize by a slim margin, reports The Huntsville Item. The move passed 11-9 to join the United Food and...
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- What Is Access Oklahoma?
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The Oklahoma Turnpike Authority unveiled the $5 billion, 15-year ACCESS Oklahomaplan that includes new access points and widening on existing turnpikes and new turnpikes in and around Norman. The turnpike authority can’t start construction without getting Oklahoma Supreme Court validation of the planned bond sales.
Engineering and site acquisition were halted by the Oklahoma Turnpike Authorityon April 11. Transportation Secretary Tim Gatz said the work was being halted due to concerns about accessing the bond market during ongoing legal challenges.
At the heart of the contested toll roads is an effort by the turnpike authority to create a “reliever” toll road to address traffic jams along southbound Interstate 35 between Oklahoma City and Norman. The Oklahoman, however, found engineers used traffic projections that excluded the impact of rebuilt junctionsalong I-35 at Interstate 240 and India...
The first lawsuit filed by homeowners, represented by attorney Rob Norman, alleges that much of the south extension turnpikethat would connect to I-35 in Purcell is not among 35 corridors approved by lawmakers in 1987. Lawmakers killed an effort by the turnpike authority to do such an extension when it was proposed in 1999. District Judge Timothy O...
Several bills were filed by lawmakers seeking to curtail turnpike authority operations, but only one was sent to Gov. Kevin Stitt. He vetoed a bill that would have ended his sole authority over making board appointments. More:Emails show Oklahoma Turnpike Authority bought domain names opposing $5 billion expansion plan Citing concerns about the imp...
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Norman (/ ˈ n ɔːr m ən /) is the 3rd most populous city in the U.S. state of Oklahoma, with a population of 128,026 as of the 2020 census. It is the most populous city and the county seat of Cleveland County and the second-most populous city in the Oklahoma City metropolitan area after the state capital, Oklahoma City , 20 miles (32 ...
Feb 28, 2023 · Tornado races through Norman, Oklahoma, injures at least a dozen, tosses vehicles around. Updated on: February 27, 2023 / 10:00 PM EST / CBS/AP. Powerful storms with widespread wind gusts and...
Mar 11, 2024 · Aviation/aeronautics is the second-largest industry in Oklahoma and as the need develops to produce more workforce-ready people to fill jobs in that industry, Norman Public Schools and the University of Oklahoma are partnering on a project that is benefitting students like Alexis.
4 days ago · VALLEY VIEW, Texas (AP) — Powerful storms killed at least 15 people and left a wide trail of destruction Sunday across Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas after obliterating homes and destroying a truck...
