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The federal government’s Affordable Connectivity Program is available to help households pay for internet service, but few have signed up since the program’s debut in December 2021.

The Oklahoma Restaurant Association prepares to welcome Senator James Leewright as their newly approved President and Chief Executive Officer.

Starting this week, OSDH will discontinue its daily situation updates that monitor the daily case counts. Instead, the OSDH will release data on Thursdays. The weekly report will provide an average based on weekly accumulations.

The operation has so far resulted in the seizure of "100,000 plants and thousands of pounds of bulk processed marijuana."

House Republican legislation to bring high-speed internet to 95% of Oklahomans in five years will be heard in committee this week.

The full Senate gave approval to Senate Bill 1096 on Tuesday to add pastors, ministers, spiritual advisors and other religious leaders to the approved list of visitors for patients hospitalized during a declared health emergency.

If the Depew native is elected, he will be the youngest Speaker Pro Tempore in modern history at 27 years old.

The annual voter registration report released by the State Election Board last week shows an increase in voter registration for all political parties except one.

Oklahoma brought in an estimated 17 million visitors in 2020, a 17% drop from the previous year, but the number was substantially less than the 34% drop in domestic travel that the United States endured.

“We realize that access to our county health departments can be a challenge for some. We hope to fill that gap by coming to communities like Sapulpa.”