by Gene Perry

Tate James found inspiration for the Norman bike co-op from near and far. He’d seen the bike library and community garage at the OKC Infoshop in downtown Oklahoma City, a similar program in Atlanta where his cousin worked, and, on a recent trip to Israel, a communal bike shop at a Kibbutz…

by Asia Scudder and Gene Perry

In October the Association of Central Oklahoma Governments (ACOG) held a public meeting to share its long-range transportation plan for central Oklahoma. ACOG is a volunteer association of city, town, and county governments within Central Oklahoma that is responsible for coordinating regional development and aiding local governments in planning for transportation needs…

by Gene Perry

Across the street from Native Roots Market, a crowd gathered between a pile of shoes on one side, bicycles on the other. Event organizers Ken Teague and Isaiah McCaslin welcomed the racers, thanked the sponsors, and then they were off, scrambling to find their shoes, grab their ride, and head out to checkpoints across Norman…

Photos from the Bike Against Hunger alleycat race in Norman on September 20, 2009.

• Norman Music Festival will become 2 day event
• Further declines in state revenue expected
• OKC school district appeals order to reinstate teacher
• Oklahoma company planning to build electric cars
• State awarded $1.5 million to boost foster care adoptions
• Home designs meant to open neighborhood ‘dialogue’

• No buyouts for Treece, KS residents just over the border from Picher
• ODOT hosting public meeting on high-speed rail plans tonight
• Stillwater counting on 2010 Census to raise profile
• Cornett will present MAPS 3 proposal within 2 weeks
• An open letter to the man in the red truck
• OKC rallies air opposing views on health care
• Indian tribes finding little success with Supreme Court