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Oklahoma health system is shutting down hospital
Looking to cut costs, the Norman Regional Health System is consolidating two hospitals. Its longtime hospital in downtown Norman will shift to urgent care. For more than seven decades, the Norman Regional Hospital has served patients in downtown Norman, Oklahoma. But aiming to reduce costs, the Norman Regional Health System...
Norman to shift recycling operations to the city starting in August
NORMAN, OKLA (KOKH) — The City of Norman will be taking over recycling operations beginning Aug 1. According to the City of Norman, utility customers will experience savings due to the shift from a third-party contractor to a city service. There will be no changes to what can be...
'A win-win for both situations': Norman eyes Griffin Memorial spot for homeless shelter
NORMAN, Okla. (KOKH) — Amid ongoing tensions over one homeless shelter's location near downtown Norman, officials have started considering a different option: a currently empty building at the Griffin Memorial Hospital campus. Advocates told FOX 25 the idea could bridge the gap between concerned business owners and residents—who argue...
Largest Oklahoma Schools Respond To OSDE Bible Directive, None Say They Plan To Change Curriculum
Following a directive from the Oklahoma State Department of Education to require a bible in schools, News 9 checked in with the 20 largest districts in the state to see what their plans are for the upcoming school year. Many schools say they are still working through the details of...
Emergency services at Porter Avenue will move to Norman Regional HealthPlex
The Norman Regional Health System announced it will move its services on July 29 from 901 N. Porter Ave. Hospital to 3300 HealthPlex Parkway. The Porter Avenue location will now be called Porter Heath Village and will no longer provide emergency services, according to a press release. The Emergency Department...
'Twisters' tears through Oklahoma on the big screen. Moviegoers in the state are buying up tickets
MOORE, Okla. (AP) — Grace Evans lived through one of the most powerful and deadly twisters in Oklahoma history: a roaring top-of-the-scale terror in 2013 that plowed through homes, tore through a school and killed 24 people in the small suburb of Moore. A hospital and bowling alley were also destroyed. But not the movie theater next door — where almost a decade later, Evans and her teenage daughter this week felt no pause buying two tickets to a showing of the blockbuster “Twisters.” “I was looking for that element of excitement and I guess drama and danger,” Evans said. Her daughter also walked out a fan. “It was very realistic. I was definitely frightened,” said Charis Evans, 15.
Oklahoma bank is among pioneers of mass timber construction
Customers struck by the grand beauty of the wood architecture at First United Bank of Moore probably don't realize just how cool it really is — "cool" as in meant to take on global warming and climate change with sustainable design. "They don't know," said Melissa Perrin, executive vice president and chief culture officer for the Durant-based bank. ...
Thank you for your service
There comes a time in our lives when parents or grandparents become more than we can handle. Sad but one of life’s situations that we pray never happens to us. Oklahoma Department of Veteran Affairs has seven State Veterans Homes in Ardmore, Claremore, Clinton, Lawton, Norman, Sulphur and Sallisaw. We spoke with Candice McIntire of the ODVA, and she said that veterans can enroll early because if they wait it could be a hardship on the family and by pre-enrolling can be placed on the inactive waiting list. The Veterans Homes, according to Tracy Wilkinson in Norman, have two waiting lists for admission to the nursing home, one an active waiting list for veterans that need to be admitted when possible and an inactive waiting list of veterans who may or may not need a nursing home in the future. Being on the inactive waiting list does not insure a room but most of the paperwork is completed. Visit oklahoma.gov/veterans.html or call Candice McIntire at 405-523-4092 for more information.
Oklahoma Turnpike Authority reassures water safety regarding turnpike plan
NORMAN, Okla. — The Oklahoma Turnpike Authority, which is looking to build a turnpike near Norman, wants to assure residents that their water supply is safe. Get the latest news stories of interest by clicking here. The response comes after a Norman City Council member wrote a resolution saying...
Residents want Norman city officials to engage in the controversial turnpike plan
NORMAN, Okla. — A Norman City Council member and a group organized against the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority are introducing a resolution for the city to say they don’t want a controversial turnpike to go through the city. Get the latest news stories of interest by clicking here. People...
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