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

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Jill Momaday stands next to a poster honoring her father, Pulitzer Prize-winning Kiowa author N. Scott Momaday, and adjacent to the engraved floor stone near the entrance of the Oklahoma History Center. (Gaylord News Photo/Katie Hallum)

Native American storytelling cemented with N. Scott Momaday ceremony

Katie Hallum June 2, 2023

The importance of Native American storytelling was cemented on Thursday when Oklahoma’s preeminent history museum dedicated a Legacy Stone in honor of Pulitzer Prize-winning Kiowa author N. Scott Momaday. Momaday,...

The April 19, 2023, tornado is shown bearing down on the National Weather Service Severe Storms building in Norman moments before it shifted further south. (Photo provided by the National Weather Service).

Weather response legislation on the way from Oklahoma delegation

Ben Dackiw May 29, 2023

WASHINGTON –  With their home state of Oklahoma hit by dozens of tornadoes already in 2023, Rep. Frank Lucas (R-Cheyenne) and Rep. Stephanie Bice (R-Oklahoma City) have been pushing for weather-response...

Standing water such as that found in this Texas farm field will no longer be subject to regulations issued by the U.S. EPA under a Supreme Court ruling issued May 25, 2023.  (Photo provided by Texas Farm Bureau)

Oklahoma delegation applauds Court ruling restricting powers of the EPA

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) does not have authority over certain bodies of water. In a 5 – 4 ruling that continued a conservative...

Choctaw artist D.G. Smalling honors Delaware Nation with artwork. Photo courtesy Delaware Nation.

Cherokee Chief Hoskin, other tribal leaders hope to improve Indian Arts and Crafts Act

Blake Mullen May 22, 2023

WASHINGTON — Native American artists say they continue to struggle with the theft of their work, and tribal leaders are urging Congress to strengthen the Indian Arts and Crafts Act. IACA was passed...

Illegal pot grows are causing worries in ‘Toke-lahoma’

Illegal pot grows are causing worries in ‘Toke-lahoma’

Payton Moody May 22, 2023

Despite its late entry into the world of legal cannabis, Oklahoma's hands-off manner of managing the new industry has sparked a boom and earned the state the nickname "Toke-lahoma." The lack of regulation...

‘Hell in the Heartland’ television special examines deadly May 2013 events that changed Oklahoma forever

‘Hell in the Heartland’ television special examines deadly May 2013 events that changed Oklahoma forever

Gaylord News May 15, 2023

“Hell in the Heartland: 10 Years” examines those traumatic two weeks in May and explores what has happened in the years following the storms that changed Oklahoma forever. Executive Producer...

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

Kayden Anderson April 27, 2023

NORMAN, Oklahoma – Storms that ripped through central Oklahoma April 19 came the closest in years to proving a myth that Native American beliefs may have protected the University of Oklahoma for more...

United States Capitol on April 26, 2023  (Gaylord News photo/Noah Mack)

Oklahoma House members coalesce around McCarthy’s debt plan after last-minute concessions

Noah Mack April 26, 2023

WASHINGTON – The Republican-led House narrowly voted Wednesday to raise the debt limit with full support from the Oklahoma delegation—although Rep. Josh Brecheen remained undecided until the final...

Transgender girls and women were banned in 2021 from participating in womens sports teams in schools and colleges in Oklahoma. Photo Illustration/ Human Rights Campaign.

Oklahoma delegation cites Title IX after passage of bill banning transgender athletes in women’s and girls’ sports

Gabriela Tumani April 26, 2023

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Members of the Oklahoma delegation said allowing transgender women and girls in sports undermines the purpose of Title IX, after House Republicans passed a bill that would ban transgender...

Rayburn House Office Building in D.C. where Dr. Hott attended a committee hearing Mar. 29 to discuss challenges faced by rural communities in the U.S. 
(Gaylord News photo/Gabriela Tumani)

OU professor says university’s rural Oklahoma initiatives are making a difference

Gabriela Tumani April 25, 2023

WASHINGTON, D.C. – An University of Oklahoma professor who says the university’s initiatives in rural Oklahoma schools are making a difference went to Washington recently to lobby for more money where...

Tulsa math teacher at Union High School Rebecka Peterson speaking at the White House Rose Garden Monday, April 24, 2022 (Gaylord News photo/Noah Mack)

Her name means “bearer of good news”—Tulsa math teacher receives Teacher of the Year at the White House

Noah Mack April 24, 2023

WASHINGTON - National Teacher of the Year winner Rebecka Peterson—a high school math instructor in Tulsa—championed a unifying message of hope as her profession faces a stifling staffing shortage. Peterson,...

University of Oklahoma distance runner, Anass Mghari begins his daily practice at 8:45 p.m. on Friday, March 24, 2023. (Gaylord News photo/Kailey Carnine)

OU distance runner’s journey through Ramadan and beyond

Kailey Carnine April 24, 2023

Anass Mghari, of Oujada, Morocco, and the middle child of five siblings, has been participating in Ramadan fasting since he was 12-years-old. However, the difficulty of fasting  intensified as Mghari...

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