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

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

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

Gaylord News
SPECIAL REPORTS
Tiffany Crutcher introduces a group of Japanese-American panelists at the Black Wall Street Legacy Summit. Maria Nairn/Gaylord News
Legacy and history are different concepts, Black Wall Street panelists say at festival
Teegan Smith and Ana Castillo • June 1, 2024
Sandy Harris, left, and Jonnette Paddy, right, with Indigenous Women Rising talk about abortion care and reproductive health with attendees at the “Women Are Sacred” conference on June 27, 2023, in Albuquerque, N.M. (Photo by Noel Lyn Smith/News21)
Indigenous Americans unite to navigate abortion access after Roe
Noel Lyn Smith and Maddy Keyes • February 21, 2024
Shabnam Khalilyar during a more pleasant time in Kabul, Afghanistan, inside the presidential compound. Photo provided.
Aug. 15: a day that a generation of Afghanistans grew old overnight
Shabnam Khalilyar • August 15, 2022
POLITICS
U.S. Rep. Tom Cole addresses the House of Representatives during debate on HR-1968. The bill allocates funding for the federal government until Sept. 30, 2025. Cole said on the floor, “It's pretty short, it's 99 pages. Read it.”
Cole scores major win as House passes stopgap spending bill
Madeline Cantrell • March 11, 2025

WASHINGTON - House Republicans passed on Tuesday a stopgap spending bill in a significant win for the...

ENVIRONMENT
The Environmental Defense Fund has mapped orphaned wells in Oklahoma. There are at least 15,965 orphaned wells throughout the state, not including those located within the boundaries of the Osage Nation. Copyright © 2024 Environmental Defense Fund. Used by permission. The original material is available at http://edf.org.
Two Indigenous Nations in Oklahoma to receive funds for orphaned wells
Kevin Eagleson • September 9, 2024

The Biden-Harris administration recently announced over $12 million in grant funding will be distributed...

WASHINGTON
The National Weather Center in Norman. Photo supplied.
NOAA, National Weather Center cuts leave staff concerned as severe weather season approaches
Abby Young • March 17, 2025

WASHINGTON — Midafternoon on a late February day, a meteorologist for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric...

NATIVE AMERICAN
Shortly before President Joe Biden left the Oval Office he heeded calls from activists to commute the life sentence of Leonard Peltier, a member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa, who had been convicted of the murder of two FBI agents. /Federal Bureau of Investigations
Biden Commutes Peltier Sentence
Kevin Eagleson • January 21, 2025

Shortly before leaving office, President Joe Biden commuted Leonard Peltier’s life sentence to indefinite...

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LIFESTYLE
OK3 members Sierra Sikes, Courtney Hooker and Kenna Fields. Photo provided.
Rising stars on music scene credit nurturing from Oklahoma
Shelby Emery • April 18, 2024
Dante Biss-Grayson models one of his ranch shirt designs. This one is called “Ace High.” Photo provided by Sky Eagle Collections.
Oklahoma designers making mark in fashion industry
Analyse Jester and Lisa Maslovskaya • February 15, 2024
HEALTH
Measles in Oklahoma reaches ten cases; Public exposure notice issued
Measles in Oklahoma reaches ten cases; Public exposure notice issued
Kylie Caldwell • April 2, 2025
Puerto Rico women have better access to maternity care than do Oklahoma women
Puerto Rico women have better access to maternity care than do Oklahoma women
Kayden Anderson • December 3, 2024
SCIENCE
U.S. Rep. Stephanie Bice (R-Oklahoma City) comments during a hearing about drone technology. (Gaylord New photo/Gabriela Tumani)
Oklahomans taking lead in drone technology and advanced air mobility
Gabriela Tumani • March 27, 2023
Hispanic STEM Convention
Oklahoma students attend Hispanic STEM convention to move state up in science and technology innovation ranks
Zaria Oates • December 3, 2021
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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A funnel cloud hovers over OU’s campus. It never touched down on campus and provided evidence for a historical myth. (Gaylord News photo/Michael Buchanan)
Storm that killed 3 came closest in years to proving existence of 125-year-old myth about OU
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Osage Nation maintains the only remaining reservation of tribal territory in Oklahoma. Headquarters for the government is centered in Pawhuska. (Photo Credit U.S. National Park Service, U.S. Dept. of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau)
Exiled to Indian Country: Osage Nation
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For the sixth consecutive presidential election, all 77 counties voted for the Republican Candidate. Trump received an average of 78.53% of the votes in each county. In the 2024 and 2020 presidential elections, Oklahoma County was the closest county in the state with Trump winning in 2020 and 2024 by less than 2%.
Republicans once again dominate Oklahoma’s elections