The proposed consent decree would require steel distribution company Blue Tee and three of its top executives to pay a combined $75.5 million to seven states, three federal agencies and seven northeastern Oklahoma American Indian tribes.
It’s too late for Leland Dodd to watch his children grow up, but he dreams of fishing in the Arkansas River again one day.
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No state agency wants Russell Ables. He was deemed incompetent, dangerous and unable to live on his own in 2015. The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals said agencies abandoned their duties to find him permanent placement.
In the early 1990s Oklahoma did not have any drug court programs that could have allowed Kevin Ott to seek treatment, and his life without parole sentence disqualified him from entering rehab.
Business owners are choosing to err on the side of caution in an effort to stay in compliance with state regulations, which some owners and experts say are vague and confusing.
Some people, desperate for opioid addiction treatment, made the journey to larger cities in search of providers. Others resorted to buying addiction-treating drugs off the street.
In June 2018, Oklahoma was the first state to have its coal ash program approved by the EPA.
