[25 Apr 2009 | 5 Comments | 1,647 views]
Bokoshe, OK and the True Cost of Electricity

The Environmental Protection Agency is holding hearings next over whether to regulate coal ash as a hazardous waste. To see why this is so important, check out this Voices of Oklahoma article from April 2009 about how coal ash is affecting the small Oklahoma town of Bokoshe. The hearing will be held this Wednesday, September 8, 2010 at 10:00am-9:30pm at Hyatt Regency in Dallas, and Voices of Oklahoma will be there to report what happens.

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[13 Jul 2010 | 3 Comments | 453 views]
VOK Update #18

Send Us Your Vote for Call Letters; VOK joins Nat’l Federation of Community Broadcasters; Prometheus offers to help Get On Air; Capital Campaign begins; Net Neutrality is important to our success – you can help

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[19 May 2010 | One Comment | 644 views]

As Norman city sales tax revenue declines, Cleveland Area Rapid Transit will be focusing on proposed changes to four bus routes and its disability service at an upcoming public meeting on Thursday.

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[14 May 2010 | One Comment | 859 views]
Norman becomes Oklahoma’s first Fair Trade Town

by Gene Perry

A resolution passed by the Norman City Council on Tuesday has completed the final step to make Norman the first official Fair Trade Town in Oklahoma and the 17th in the United States.

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[29 Apr 2010 | One Comment | 829 views]
VOK Update #17

The FCC has ruled on our 2007 Dibble application. We won! FCC Ruling — Call Letters — Prometheus Radio Project — Cordell & Wynnewood — Web Magazine — Founders & Founders Party

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[15 Apr 2010 | No Comment | 1,272 views]
Oklahoma school children, faith groups to present pennies for peace to Greg Mortenson

by Brenda Wheelock

More than 30 schools, faith groups and other organizations from across the state will participate in a “Pennies for Peace-Oklahoma” presentation to renowned author and humanitarian Greg Mortenson when he visits the University of Oklahoma on Wednesday, April 21.

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[25 Mar 2010 | No Comment | 1,204 views]
Nothin’ But Non-Profit: Touchstone Youth Project helps lift disadvantaged youth off the ground

by Courtney Gilman

Touchstone Youth Project, a nonprofit 501(c)3 organization, was founded in 2002 to serve disadvantaged Oklahoma youth through adventure-based education, mentoring, and life-skills cultivation. Courtney Gilman, Touchstone Program Manager, interviewed the organization’s co-founder, Nicole Hunzicker.

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