The shifting piles of mining waste, collapsing mines, sinking grounds and toxic streams near the Tar Creek Superfund site ensure that change in the area is constant. One northeastern Oklahoma organization is hoping to see change for the better.
After Oklahoman Albert Kelly was banned from banking, Scott Pruitt tasked him with leading an effort to streamline the EPA’s Superfund program.
“The bottom line for us: All we wanted was the statute of limitations to be raised to age 45. There were a couple of men who wanted us just to go away. My problem is, if it’s fight or flight – I’m a fighter.” — Rep. Carol Bush, R-Tulsa.
A little more than half of oil spilled between 2014 and 2016 was recovered, while about two-thirds of wastewater spilled was recovered, the Oklahoma Corporation Commission data shows.
Though jails are often referred to as the new form of mental institutions by mental health and criminal justice reform advocates, the ability to adequately identify mental illness among prisoners or inmates who might pose a suicide risk varies from facility to facility.
On Wednesday, Fire Chief Ray Driskell sat down with The Frontier and discussed the controversies that have surrounded him since last month, and apologized for “bringing a negative light” on Tulsa and the Fire Department.
Fire Chief Ray Driskell isn’t out of the woods yet. He’s still facing a vote of no-confidence by members of Tulsa Firefighters Local 176.
State law requires that all peace officers who carry a weapon be CLEET certified, and typically the only employees in a fire department who are classified as peace officers are fire marshals and fire inspectors, according to a state official.