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In 1964, Oklahoma City bought its downtown’s future from architect I.M. Pei for $60,000. Although the future constructed by the world-renowned designer never fully arrived, the model displayed to an estimated 600 spectators on Dec. 11, 1964, is being rebuilt. The Pei model, a 10-by-12-foot replica of how he planned the city to look in […]

The way Oklahoma City handled adversity after April 19, 1995, was a ripple in an ocean of hope said former President Bill Clinton, Wednesday night at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum. Accepting the National Oklahoma City Memorial Foundation’s Reflections of Hope Award, Clinton took time to reflect on the strength Oklahomans showed in […]

When it comes to new home construction, green is the thing. Energy-efficient, environmentally-friendly homes are on the rise. But in this generation of Earth friendly, think less geodesic dome and more high-end and low maintenance. Today’s green construction is just as attractive as it is efficient and is bringing in buyers by the hybrid carload. […]

Ron Ferrell got out. Out of debt. Out of the housing market. Out of the city and almost off the power grid. Getting outSustainable lifeUrban gardenerSustainable community Ferrell lives in the outskirts of the metro area, but is making it in life quite literally on his own, living in a 725-square-foot home he built by […]

When in the area of The Village or the Paseo, be on the lookout for a glasses-wearing, bike-riding, grocery-toting redhead: that’s Dan Yates, the new president of Sustainable OKC. Taking office Feb. 1, Yates was unanimously elected to the position, replacing past president Shauna Lawyer Struby. He has been part of the group for three […]

A group of lawmakers from southeastern Oklahoma expressed their displeasure with a deal for Oklahoma City to start buying water from Sardis Lake in Pushmataha County, southeast of McAlester. Several state senators held a press conference and said a secret deal has been made for Oklahoma City to purchase the water rights for more than […]

On a bright, sunny day, more than 1,000 people came together to remember those who were killed and those who survived 15 years after the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Building. The grounds of the Oklahoma City National Memorial Museum was a somber place as Oklahoma leaders remembered that day and urged Oklahomans to […]

As Oklahoma and the nation approach the 15th anniversary of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building bombing, a new poll raises concern for those working to educate about domestic terrorism. A SoonerPoll.com survey asked 1,000 Oklahomans which group they consider most likely to commit an act of terrorism inside the United States in the next […]

Fifteen years after one of the most devastating acts of domestic terrorism is a time of remembrance. For two well-respected journalists, it is going back to a story that continually impacts their lives and their careers. The sixth year of the National Media Symposium will be led by Mark Halperin, editor-at-large of Time magazine, and […]

Death blew out of Kansas in a lumbering yellow truck. Profile of a profiler‘It didn’t belong there’‘No explanation’Time passagesAfter Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols built the bomb in the back of the Ryder truck McVeigh had rented only days before, according to court records and from his own account, McVeigh drove a circuitous route into […]