A deepening drought and persistent 100-degree temperatures are turning forests and crops into tinder boxes and increasing the danger of wildfires across the state, Oklahoma’s top forester said. Oklahoma State Forester George L. Geissler said the entire state is experiencing …
Grass fires damaged at least 10 homes and burned about 1,500 acres before crews were able to control them late on July 30, authorities in north-central Oklahoma said. Seven mobile homes and three houses were damaged in the fires in …
An Oklahoma-based horizontal drilling company faces up to $55,000 in penalties for safety violations at a drilling site in Jacksboro, Texas, federal officials say. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited Horizontal Well Drillers with three …
City officials did nothing to contribute to flooding that damaged homes and belongings of property owners who live in a southeast Muskogee, Okla., neighborhood, a study shows. The city commissioned the $11,000 hydrological study as part of its defense against …
Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin, Insurance Commissioner John D. Doak and insurance industry executives, have met with insurance market representatives at Lloyd’s of London to discuss the state’s $15 billion insurance market, the Oklahoma Insurance Department announced. “This visit was much …
Timing rather than a trend seems to be the key as to why Oklahoma has broken the state record for tornadoes in the month of April the past two years, according to weather officials. In April 2011, there were 50 …
INSURICA Insurance Management Network announced that Bryan E. Berman has been named president of its Tulsa, Okla., office, Robert C. Bates LLC (RCB). Berman is also owner and chairman of Tulsa-based The JRJ Agency, an affiliate of INSURICA. RCB is …
Two freight trains were not speeding when they collided in a fiery head-on crash that killed three people in the Oklahoma Panhandle, according to a preliminary federal report released July 9. The National Transportation Safety Board found that the eastbound …
The National Transportation Safety Board says trains that collided head-on last month in the Oklahoma Panhandle weren’t speeding at the time of the wreck. Three Union Pacific employees died in the June 24 accident near Goodwell. Another worker jumped to …
The South Central region of the country, particularly Texas, has been a hotbed of activity when it comes to mergers and acquisitions of smaller health and benefit agencies. The reason, according to agencies in the region, is because of the …
