All the headlines from our Oklahoma Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 1 2016 // This post is part of a series sponsored by CoreLogic.California is typically the first place that comes to mind when one thinks of earthquake activity in the U.S. In recent years, however, the central U.S. – especially...
Nov 30 2016 // Two companies that operated a now closed aerospace plant argue that groundwater pollutants threatening to contaminate the city of Bethany’s municipal water supply are a result of the city’s 67-year-old clay...
Nov 28 2016 // The U.S. Geological Survey on Sunday recorded a magnitude 3.4 earthquake in north-central Oklahoma just two days after a 4.3 magnitude temblor struck in the same area.The 3.4 magnitude quake was recorded at 8:34 a.m. on...
Nov 23 2016 // Two earthquakes recorded within one minute of each other have shaken an area in north-central Oklahoma near the site near of a key oil hub.The U.S. Geological Survey says the earthquakes occurred Nov. 22 in Cushing in...
Nov 23 2016 // The Oklahoma Insurance Department announced that Insurance Commissioner John D. Doak will ride along with Oklahoma Highway Patrol (OHP) troopers to raise awareness of highway safety laws. Commissioner Doak wants to make...
Nov 21 2016 // Residents of a town hit by Oklahoma’s strongest earthquake have filed a class-action lawsuit against dozens of energy companies, accusing them of triggering destructive temblors by injecting wastewater from oil and...
Nov 21 2016 // The Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma has filed a lawsuit against the federal government to void drilling permits for oil and natural gas wells on tribal land that the tribe alleges cause earthquakes in northern Oklahoma.The...
Nov 21 2016 // Nearly 300 damage claims have been submitted since Oklahoma’s largest earthquake in September, but only four of those claims have been paid.An analysis of Oklahoma Insurance Department data by the Tulsa World shows...
Nov 21 2016 // The 5.0 magnitude earthquake that struck near the oil and gas storage hub of Cushing, Oklahoma, on Nov. 6 put the nation on alert to the vulnerability of the country’s oil reserves to the significant increase in...
Nov 17 2016 // An Oklahoma-based automobile detailing business, OnSite Solutions LLC, will pay $50,000 to settle a race discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced.EEOC...
Nov 14 2016 // The 5.0 magnitude earthquake that struck near the oil and gas storage hub of Cushing, Oklahoma, on Nov. 6 put the nation on alert to the vulnerability of the country’s oil reserves to the significant increase in...
Nov 10 2016 // The 5.0 magnitude earthquake that occurred near Cushing, Oklahoma on Nov. 6 has prompted state oil and gas regulatory officials to order the shutdown of more underground wastewater disposal wells in the surrounding...
Nov 10 2016 // Arkansas voters handed marijuana advocates a significant victory by passing a measure that would legalize the drug for medical use, but groups on both sides of the issue are now gearing up for fights over how to set up the...
Nov 9 2016 // Cherokee Nation Technologies has entered a partnership to support hurricane forecasting and damage assessment.The collaborative effort between Cherokee Nation along with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration...
Nov 8 2016 // Oklahoma’s oil and gas regulator plans to shut some disposal wells and reduce the volume of others as its initial response to Sunday’s earthquake near the oil hub of Cushing.“Other plans are being...
Nov 8 2016 // Sunday night’s 5.0 magnitude earthquake that hit Cushing, Okla., is the latest and, in some ways, the most troubling in a series of temblors that has rocked the Sooner State over the past few years. Not only did it...
Nov 7 2016 // A 5.0 magnitude earthquake struck Oklahoma on the evening of Nov. 6 near the town of Cushing, an area that has experienced increased seismic activity since 2015, the Oklahoma Geological Survey reported. Several...
Nov 7 2016 // The Oklahoma Corporation Commission has approved a $1.01 million settlement with a natural gas utility in connection to a January house explosion.Authorities said a faulty weld in a plastic natural gas pipeline led to the...
Nov 3 2016 // Tulsa, Okla., police say a modest number of citations have been issued in the first year after Oklahoma banned texting and driving.The Tulsa World reports 75 citations were issued by the police department between Nov. 1,...
Nov 3 2016 // A magnitude 4.5 earthquake has shaken north-central Oklahoma, hitting the same area where a record-setting 5.8 magnitude quake struck two months ago.The earthquake occurred at 11:27 p.m. Tuesday. The U.S. Geological Survey...