Feds Approve SBA Aid for Storm Victims
Oklahoma City – Governor Mary Fallin announced today the availability of U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) low-interest disaster loans for those impacted by the severe storms and tornado that occurred April 28 in Quapaw.
The SBA disaster declaration...
05/09/2014
Oklahoma Insurance Agent Pleads Guilty to Exploitation of the Elderly
OKLAHOMA CITY – A Tulsa insurance agent has pleaded guilty to exploitation of the elderly for defrauding a Muskogee couple out of nearly $300,000. Presley Keith Dennis was arrested in January after an investigation by the Oklahoma Insurance Department’s...
05/09/2014
OFS Wildfire Activity Evening Update
Oklahoma Forestry Services (OFS), a division of the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food & Forestry, reports due to precipitation in parts of Oklahoma large fire activity was minimized today.
Wildfire incident information:
Guthrie (Logan County) Started...
Gov. Fallin Responds to Legislative Override
OKLAHOMA CITY – Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin today issued the following statement after the state Senate approved final legislative action to override her veto of House Bill 2461:
"Last Tuesday I vetoed 15 bills in an attempt to refocus the attention of the...
05/08/2014
OFS Wildfire Activity Update
Wildland fire resources coordinated by Oklahoma Forestry Services (OFS), a division of the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food & Forestry, began to gain the upper hand on the current large fires burning in central and western Oklahoma yesterday.
Since Sunday,...
Oklahoma Insurance Department to Teach Seniors How to Fight Fraud
OKLAHOMA CITY - It’s a crime that requires no guns. More often than not it goes unnoticed until after the fact. The victims are unwitting senior citizens duped out of billions every year. Senior fraud has become one of the most profitable illegal activities in the...
05/07/2014
OFS Wildfire Activity Update
Oklahoma Forestry Services (OFS), a division of the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food & Forestry, have Task Forces responding to a number of fires that were on-going yesterday in several counties across Oklahoma.
The Guthrie Wildfire in Logan County started...
05/07/2014
OFS Wildfire Activity Evening Update
Wildland fire resources are continuing to be coordinated by Oklahoma Forestry Services (OFS), a division of the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food & Forestry for a number of fires that have burned over 30,000 acres since Sunday in Oklahoma.
The Woodward...
Monday Memo 2014-05-05
Getting excited about 'bad news' is the first step; Dawn Lindsley earns Baldrige Examiner status; disconnect between education and the workplace; certification offered to CT professionals; and my schedule for the week.
Monday Memo 2014-05-05
Getting excited about 'bad news' is the first step; Dawn Lindsley earns Baldrige Examiner status; disconnect between education and the workplace; certification offered to CT professionals; and my schedule for the week.