Tulsa native and Muscogee Nation citizen Joy Harjo, the first Native American woman to serve as the nation’s poet laureate, began her third term in September, an honor previously bestowed only once.
Poet...
WASHINGTON -- "He had big brown eyes, and there was never a day I ever saw him go to work looking like he was in disarray. I mean, everybody loved him, and they gravitated toward him; he just had one of...
Two decades ago, the Airman Flight School at the University of Oklahoma’s Max Westheimer airport trained multiple 9/11 terrorists.
For OU’s Director of Aviation Eric Wydra, it is important to prevent...
WASHINGTON- It's been 20 years since American Airlines flight 77 was hijacked and crashed into the Pentagon on September 11, 2001; three Oklahoma service members died during the attack. For some of their...
On Sept. 10, 2001, Oklahoman Joe Allbaugh was attending the National Emergency Managers Association’s conference in Bozeman, Montana.
As director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) ...
Resilient.
That is the word used to describe Kim Holmes by the people who know her best.
Holmes has faced what many would say is unbelievable tragedy, yet continues to push through.
In the midst...
WASHINGTON -- University of Oklahoma volleyball player Aysia Hartey is looking forward to being able to earn more money marketing herself.
“I think it’s cool to be able to sell a jersey in your...
WASHINGTON - At this year’s Girls Nation, two young women from Oklahoma shared their experiences serving as senators in a mock congress and exploring the nation’s capital.
Girls Nation is hosted...
PHOENIX – Not long after COVID-19 was declared a pandemic in 2020, Zoel Zohnnie was laid off from his pipe welding job. But the Tuba City, Arizona, native knew other members of the Navajo Nation were...
PHOENIX – Angela Burks remembers hearing about COVID-19 reaching the U.S. right before Ash Wednesday last year.
For the PascuGianluca D’Eliaa Yaqui Tribe of Arizona, the Easter holidays normally...
WASHINGTON -- For years, OU’s Gaylord School of Journalism has been helping turn students into working journalists. More recently, the school has given a select few students the opportunity...
Lyn Detphong, a single mother balancing her job as a full-time nurse with ownership of a Thai restaurant, thought the worst of her struggles were ending earlier this year as the COVID-19 pandemic began...
