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Gaylord News is a reporting project of the University of Oklahoma Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication

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Gaylord News is a reporting project of the University of Oklahoma Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication

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SPECIAL REPORTS
The CDC vaccine tracker showing Oklahoma’s vaccine distributions as of Feb. 15. Graphic by Jessie Christopher Smith, Gaylord News
Oklahoma vaccinations pushing forward despite record winter storm
Jessie Christopher Smith and Nancy Marie Spears • February 21, 2021
Cherokee Tribe details its COVID-19 vaccination plan. Source: Cherokee Tribe
Tribes preparing for vaccine distribution
Nancy Marie Spears, Reporter • December 11, 2020
A model of the novel coronavirus. Stigma associated with COVID-19 infection has affected how people manage their health and communicate with others. (Gaylord News)
Coronavirus stigma affects pandemic response
Bennett Brinkman, Reporter • December 11, 2020
POLITICS
Congress taking steps to lift marijuana restrictions
Congress taking steps to lift marijuana restrictions
Becca Yanez • July 16, 2021

WASHINGTON -- Oklahomans may soon be able to get their medical marijuana treatments outside of state...

ENVIRONMENT
Rep. Deb Haaland, D-N.M., speaking in Congress about the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe in spring 2020. Haaland is the first Native American selected to run a Cabinet agency after the Senate confirmation of her nomination to be the next secretary of Interior. Photo courtesy House of Representatives
Senate makes history with confirmation of Deb Haaland as Interior secretary
Sarah Oven, Reporter • March 15, 2021

WASHINGTON – The Senate made history Monday with its confirmation of New Mexico Rep. Deb Haaland as...

WASHINGTON
Congress taking steps to lift marijuana restrictions
Congress taking steps to lift marijuana restrictions
Becca Yanez • July 16, 2021

WASHINGTON -- Oklahomans may soon be able to get their medical marijuana treatments outside of state...

NATIVE AMERICAN
When COVID-19 struck the Navajo Nation last year, Zoel Zohnnie realized elders and others were unable to access water stations. So he purchased a water tank and started hauling water to them. (Photo courtesy of MJ Harrison)
Q&A: How one warrior mobilized to deliver water to the Navajo Nation
July 20, 2021

PHOENIX – Not long after COVID-19 was declared a pandemic in 2020, Zoel Zohnnie was laid off from his...

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LIFESTYLE
The BeetBox Truck parked outside of Vanessa House Brewery on March 26, 2021. Photo by Zaria Oates.
Fast, mobile veganism on the rise
Zaria Oates, Reporter • May 13, 2021
Edibles made from low THC strains of cannabis, such as these gummies, are typically recommended for patients over 65 who are not accustomed to smoking. Photo courtesy of Lawrence Cagigal.
For Oklahoma seniors, legal marijuana is a new frontier
Wendy Weitzel, Reporter • July 29, 2020
HEALTH
Arizona National Guard Spc. Paige Curtiss speaks with a COVID-19 patient at an alternate care facility on the Navajo Nation in Chinle in this June photo. The Navajo Nation was hit hard by the coronavirus, with some of the highest infection rates in the country at one point. (Photo by Tech. Sgt. Michael Matkin/National Guard).
Tribes welcome COVID-19 relief funds, say deep-rooted problems remain
Molly Hudson, Reporter • March 25, 2021
Colonel Robert Walter, Oklahoma National Guard Joint Task Force Commander, said he expects all Oklahomans to have received the COVID-19 vaccine by midsummer. Photo courtesy ngaok.org
Oklahoma Guard comes to vaccine aid
Kolby Terrell, Reporter • March 15, 2021
SCIENCE
The Radar Operations Center, located at the National Weather Center (pictured) in Norman, Okla., coordinates meteorological and engineering support for 122 weather forecasting offices across the US. Photo courtesy University of Oklahoma
Oklahoma technicians key to fixing D.C. radar
Jessie Christopher Smith, Reporter • October 5, 2020
Edibles made from low THC strains of cannabis, such as these gummies, are typically recommended for patients over 65 who are not accustomed to smoking. Photo courtesy of Lawrence Cagigal.
For Oklahoma seniors, legal marijuana is a new frontier
Wendy Weitzel, Reporter • July 29, 2020
MOST READ
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Cherokee Ballard has been the communications manager for Oklahoma Natural Gas since 2011. Her career spans a variety of experiences as a journalist, Cherokee Nation leader, nonprofit advocate and cancer survivor. (Photo provided)
Native advocate talks “new normal” after loss, pandemic
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Cattle in a nearly empty stockyards at Mid America Stockyards in Bristow, Oklahoma. (Gaylord News/Brooklyn Wayland)
Lucas, two others seek release of DOJ beef industry investigation report
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Members of the First Lutheran Church of Oklahoma City attended the opening of the Century Chest on April 22, 2013, after 100 years of it being buried in the church’s basement. Courtesy/Oklahoma Historical Society
Century Chest still offering clues to life at turn of 20th century
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Passengers traveling across the Texas/Oklahoma border on I-35. (Gaylord News/Will Blessing.)
U.S. Department of Transportation announces millions of dollars for two Oklahoma Highway projects

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