The John W. Rex Charter Elementary School is the final school that will be built through MAPS for Kids. It is a partnership between Oklahoma City Public Schools and OKC Quality Schools Inc., a nonprofit group headed by former mayor Kirk Humphreys. Oklahoma City Public Schools will apply for the school’s charter to the University […]
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Myriad Gardens is a dream come true
Now, after more than 40 years, I can breathe normally, thanks to the vision of another energy executive, Larry Nichols, whose determined efforts have allowed Mr. McGee’s audacious plan to be realized. Oklahomans are not by nature or history a patient people, and support for the realization of the vast potential of the gardens has […]
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Frack, yeah!
Otherwise known as fracking, the method of natural-gas extraction is hailed by the energy industry (and those the industry has helped elevate to regulatory government positions) while simultaneously drawing fire from critics in the media, Hollywood and environmental groups. Thus far this year, the Environmental Protection Agency pushed back hard on criticism of its report […]
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Healthy variety
Variety Care, a federally recognized community health center, provides affordable and accessible health care at 10 locations statewide, including seven in the Oklahoma City metro. Services include medical, dental, vision and behavioral care for all ages. According to Lou Carmichael, executive director, the average annual cost per capita for health care in the U.S. is […]
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Next stage
The iconic downtown building’s immediate future is unclear as community groups await the release of a study commissioned to help decide its fate. The structure has stood unused since torrential rains forced its closing in June 2010. Architect John M. Johansen designed Stage Center in the 1960s, and it was constructed as a permanent home […]
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Devon debris
On the night of June 20, a large piece of metal is believed to have come dislodged from the skyscraper, thanks to high winds in the area, falling and crashing through the Phillips Murrah law office in the neighboring Corporate Tower, according to The Associated Press account. No one was hurt, but the metal left […]
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Nichols’ tower
Not only is Devon Energy’s tower transforming the Oklahoma City skyline, but Project 180 — undertaken at the behest of Nichols as a condition of the tower’s location — is transforming the streets of much of downtown as well. But Nichols’ influence is not limited to Devon tower and the Project 180 area; he also […]
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CFN Correction of the Week
The March 2 brief “Anonymous vendetta” that reported HBGary Federal had a business relationship with Devon Energy is incorrect. Devon has never had a relationship with HBGary Federal and its affiliate, HBGary.
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Anonymous vendetta
E-mails concerning Oklahoma City-based company Devon Energy were among the thousands reportedly released by the online group Anonymous, a loosely organized cyberactivist group, after an official at a company Devon used for network security attempted to infiltrate the group. Anonymous has taken on big groups such as the Church of Scientology, as well as more […]
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O tower, where art thou?
Nary a crane was in sight even though construction has been under way for more than a year. Sometimes, the universe works in ironic ways. On the very same day that The Oklahoman ran an editorial titled “Natural gas anything but ignored in state,” Josh Fox’s “GasLand,” a film exposing the health and environmental risk […]