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Looking at one set of indicators, one sees an Oklahoma that’s not only surviving the national economic downturn, but even thriving: Unemployment is down, the housing market is relatively stable, the economy is benefiting from a strong oil and gas industry. Oklahoma City was even recently deemed “recession-proof” by Forbes magazine. However, looking at a […]

The man who reported downed bird nests to city officials in early June denies any responsibility for the deaths of 187 federally protected nestlings at Lake Hefner. Gregory Owen, of Oklahoma City, said he notified marina officials June 8 about the “mess” of downed nests near the marina’s slip area, east of where Owen said […]

Cash-strapped after years of dwindling ticket sales, Ballet Oklahoma is nearly bankrupt and has suspended its fall season, a board member said last week. Organizers with the historic ballet company, which has its roots in the Oklahoma City Civic Ballet, founded in 1963 by legendary American Indian ballerina Yvonne Chouteau, presented the bleak situation to […]

As of June 17, the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City’s closing or reassigning seven churches in rural Oklahoma towns became effective. Churches in Grandfield, Maud and Rush Springs are shutting their doors, while churches in McLoud, Walters and Frederick are being reassigned as missions. St. Joseph Church in Wewoka is being designated a chapel. SACRAMENTS ‘WHY […]

John Hagee, the senior pastor of Cornerstone Church in San Antonio, Texas, and founder of Christians United for Israel, will be in Oklahoma City on June 29 as the keynote speaker in a CUFI event, “Night to Honor Israel.” This is the second annual celebration in OKC, and like last year, the event will feature […]

Progress on an American Indian museum in Oklahoma City has gained momentum with an additional $25 million in funding, part of a much larger state bond package agreement reached late last week.   The funding ensures continuation of construction on the American Indian Cultural Center & Museum, east of Interstate 35 along the Oklahoma River. […]

The Oklahoma City Animal Shelter says it wants to be a no-kill facility by 2010.  “It’s great for us to go no-kill,” Unit Operations Supervisor Jon Gary said, standing nearby. “But we’re not going to be able to go no-kill unless they go no-kill out in the community. “¦ Until they start changing what they […]

Eliezer Ayalon is the only member of his family to have survived the Holocaust. Because he had a work permit when the Nazis liquidated the Radom, Poland, ghetto in 1942, he was not sent to die in Treblinka with his family. Instead, Ayalon survived five different concentration camps in Poland and Austria before his last […]

Test-driving a car is great, because it allows potential purchasers to try before they buy. And test-driving a BMW on Tuesday is greater, because it also benefits the fight against breast cancer. For the 12th annual BMW Ultimate Drive Supporting Susan G. Komen for the Cure, 25 BMWs will be available for a charity-supporting spin […]

As part of “The Big Read,” a nationwide program that encourages literary reading among adults, the Pioneer Library System will host “Trends in Contemporary Chicano/a Literature with Armando Celayo” ” part of the program’s local lecture series ” at 3 p.m. Tuesday at the Nancy Mergler Library of the University of Oklahoma Honors College in […]