All the headlines from our Oklahoma Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 16 2016 // Sierra Club weighed into the controversy over fracking and increased earthquake risk with a lawsuit accusing a Chesapeake Energy Corp. unit, Devon Energy Production Co. and New Dominion LLC of triggering tremors in...
Feb 16 2016 // Some nurses would be able to cross the border into or out of Oklahoma without getting a new professional license under legislation approved by the Oklahoma House of Representatives Appropriations and Budget Subcommittee on...
Feb 16 2016 // A 5.1 magnitude earthquake shook northwest Oklahoma and was felt in seven other states on Feb. 13, the U.S. Geological Survey said, the third-strongest temblor ever recorded in the state where the power and frequency of...
Feb 16 2016 // The U.S. Small Business Administration has approved more than $165,000 in economic injury loans to help 38 Baltimore, Maryland-area small businesses and nonprofits recover from civil unrest related to the death of Freddie...
Feb 8 2016 // The power and frequency of earthquakes in Oklahoma have been increasing, but the Legislature has done little to try to curb the temblors that scientists have linked to the underground disposal of oil and gas drilling...
Feb 8 2016 // Diamond Risk Insurance LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Baptist Health, has been approved as a captive insurer by the Arkansas Insurance Department. Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Allen Kerr said Baptist Health is the...
Feb 8 2016 // Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin approved the use of nearly $1.4 million from the state’s emergency fund to go to groups researching earthquakes. The fund is set aside for the state’s response to natural disasters. It...
Feb 8 2016 // It was a relatively quiet year for natural disasters – except for those living in the Western United States, according to property data provider CoreLogic, in its annual Natural Hazard Risk Summary and Analysis, released...
Feb 5 2016 // Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin says the federal government has approved the state’s request for disaster assistance to three more counties as a result of damage from a November ice storm. Fallin said that the Federal...
Feb 5 2016 // A gas utility has said bad workmanship was the cause of a Jan. 2 pipeline explosion that obliterated a northwest Oklahoma City home, damaged dozens of others and severely injured a man.Oklahoma Natural Gas cited a 3.5 inch...
Feb 3 2016 // Oklahoma insurance regulators have filed suit against two New York financiers who took control of a failed Oklahoma insurance company, saying the pair and others infused it with allegedly worthless assets and used it as a...
Feb 3 2016 // An Oklahoma state lawmaker has filed a bill that would reform Oklahoma’s civil asset forfeiture law, an effort he says is supported by small businesses in the state.In May 2015, Sen. Kyle D. Loveless (R-Oklahoma...
Feb 1 2016 // This post is part of a series sponsored by CoreLogic.Looking at the big picture, 2015 was a quiet year in terms of natural hazard activity. Overall, the trend of fewer natural hazard events and decreased damage totals that...
Jan 31 2016 // Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin is asking the federal government to declare parts of the state as a disaster area following a winter storm that caused flooding and dropped ice and sleet.Fallin sought a major disaster declaration...
Jan 31 2016 // Gov. Mary Fallin approved the use of nearly $1.4 million in state emergency funds for state agencies working to reduce the increasing number of earthquakes that have been linked to the disposal of oil and gas wastewater in...
Jan 29 2016 // Legislation filed by a lawmaker in Oklahoma would increase school safety by requiring the use of hazard lights in school zones.According to the Transportation Research Board, more than 100 children are killed and nearly...
Jan 28 2016 // It was a relatively quiet year for natural disasters – except for those living in the Western U.S.Property data provider CoreLogic today released its annual Natural Hazard Risk Summary and Analysis. The report shows...
Jan 25 2016 // The 2016 National Tornado Summit, the 5th annual event, will be held Feb. 29-March 2 in Oklahoma City, the Oklahoma Insurance Department announced.The National Tornado Summit is an educational forum that provides attendees...
Jan 25 2016 // A group of Edmond residents filed a lawsuit on Jan. 11 against 12 energy companies, claiming that their saltwater disposal wells were partly to blame for earthquakes in central Oklahoma.The lawsuit seeks a permanent...
Jan 22 2016 // Insurance fraud charges have been filed against an Oklahoma City man, the state attorney general’s office announced.Adam Lee McHolland is accused of filing a false insurance claim stating his motorcycle had been...