Credit: Brad Gregg But it is evidently, and the results are promising for Oklahoma City water customers and connoisseurs. The local wet stuff that flows from your faucet recently was crowned “Best of the Best” at this year’s American Water Works Association’s conference in Denver. Knowing that, it seems like such a waste now to […]
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Thrills! Chills! Spills!
Shoot the Silver Bullet at Frontier City11501 N. Interstate 35 Service Roadfrontiercity.com 478-2140 Race along nearly 2,000 feet of steel track at speeds reaching 48 mph on the Silver Bullet. Oklahoma’s highest roller coaster takes you 83 feet up, only to send you into a heart-pounding, 80-foot drop down. Your hair will stand on end […]
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Still stealing land
However, this expansion project symbolizes that we are at a standstill, stuck in our habits and ways. Regarding jobs, it is debatable whether the KXL Pipeline will create any lasting jobs. Cornell University has reported that it could destroy more jobs than it creates in the long-term. Regarding energy independence, this pipeline serves to export […]
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Enter the dragon
credit: Georgie Read Perhaps it should. Since the creation of the Oklahoma River in 2004 and the designation of Oklahoma City National High Performance Center (NHPC) as an Olympic training site in 2009, water sports have become increasingly popular in the metro. Construction of the Devon and Chesapeake Boathouses has also helped spur interest in […]
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Worst-case scenario
Credit: Mark Hancock Already, the city has implemented mandatory odd-even lawn watering, but even that could get more restrictive depending on the amount of rainfall received by OKC and its other water resources in southeastern and northwestern Oklahoma. Recent rains have replenished a portion of the city’s water supply with lake capacity now at 56 […]
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OKC, get serious about water conservation
However, one resource is running out. And once it does, the very future of our city is at risk. Water is Oklahoma’s greatest resource. Without it, Oklahoma’s very way of life is threatened. Few Oklahomans alive today can remember what life was like for the Okies during the Dirty ’30s. Our only frames of reference […]
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A fine idea
A measure introduced at today’s Oklahoma City Council meeting would allow for a progressive fine schedule. Currently, the fine is $167, but that could change in about two weeks when the council will consider final adoption of the proposal. The would-be penalties would require a $119 fine for a first-time offense, followed by fines of […]
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CFN Quote of the Week
—Norman mayoral candidate David Kempf at a March 27 candidate forum, as quoted in The Norman Transcript
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CFN Quote of the Week
—Norman mayoral candidate David Kempf at a March 27 candidate forum, as quoted in The Norman Transcript
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Range war
Meadowlake residents by a new gate near the proposed gun range Credit: Mark Hancock The Tecumseh-based Quail Ridge Sporting Clays opened that part of its outdoor shooting range business in February 2012 at S.E. 149th between Air Depot and Midwest boulevards in the Oklahoma City Water Utilities Trust (OCWUT)-owned Elm Creek Reservoir reserve, where a […]