Every bottle of whiskey made the old-fashioned way starts with grain. In Shattuck, out in northwest Oklahoma, Rock Creek Distillery grows the wheat for its bourbon and rye on its own farm and sells the finished product in more than 400 locations across the state. It’s a perfect illustration of the connection between Oklahoma grain growers and distillers, and it’s the kind of business our laws should support rather than undercut.
Analysis: Nothing in the economic history of our state has presented the citizens of Oklahoma with such a divide and a busload of passionate opposing opinions as the proposed Inola Primary Aluminum Plant. On one side many believe that it is an economic juggernaut to provide financial security for eastern Oklahoma’s children and grandchildren, eliminating the need for so many of them to leave rural Oklahoma just to find a decent job. On the other side, others believe it’s a first-class ecological disaster.
World Stage Theatre Company invites Tulsa audiences to experience the powerful and deeply moving musical Dear Evan Hansen, running October 30 through November 8, 2026, at the World Stage Storefront Studio, 1130 S. Harvard Avenue in Tulsa.
Winner of six Tony Awards, including Best Musical, Dear Evan Hansen explores the universal desire to be understood, accepted and connected. With its unforgettable music and emotionally resonant story, the production asks important questions about loneliness, friendship, family, identity and the lengths people sometimes go to in order to feel that they belong.
It was the best of public health, it was the worst of public health. It was the age of molecular medicine and the age of magical thinking, the spring of Warp Speed and the winter of mandates. We were promised herd immunity. Instead, we lost public trust.
Charles Dickens wrote the original version about London and Paris in 1859, but his “superlative degree” describes the American argument over vaccines remarkably well. One camp insists that every licensed vaccine is safe and effective and that children should receive the recommended schedule. The opposing camp increasingly argues that vaccines cause more harm than the diseases they prevent. Both have little tolerance for doubt. Both have their authorities, articles of faith, heretics and financial interests.
Governor Stitt Tuesday thanked Oklahoma Emergency Management (OEM) Director Annie Mack Vest as she announced her return to the private sector.
“Annie redefined emergency response and disaster management,” said Governor Stitt. “She turned around an agency overburdened by bureaucracy and streamlined relief for Oklahomans. She built lasting relationships with federal partners and non-profit relief groups to make sure Oklahomans had the resources they needed when tragedy strikes. She leaves the agency in a great place, and I’m grateful for her service to the state.”
