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Abandoned oil and gas wells such as this one are being plugged in Oklahoma with a $25 million disbursement via the federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. PROVIDED

Abandoned oil and gas wells such as this one are being plugged in Oklahoma with a $25 million disbursement via the federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. PROVIDED

Federal well-plugging program now underway in Oklahoma

Mike W. Ray Staff Writer
Tuesday, June 13, 2023
OKLAHOMA CITY — After an interlude of about three months, the state Corporation Commission has begun plugging abandoned oil and gas wells throughout the state using federal funds issued by the Biden administration.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt visited the Ponca City Rodeo before speaking in Tulsa Saturday. Both events drew huge crowds of supporters. CHRISTOPHER BRYAN | SOUTHWEST LEDGER

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt visited the Ponca City Rodeo before speaking in Tulsa Saturday. Both events drew huge crowds of supporters. CHRISTOPHER BRYAN | SOUTHWEST LEDGER

Stitt endorses DeSantis

M. Scott Carter - Capitol Bureau Chief
Tuesday, June 13, 2023
PONCA CITY — The campaign for President of the United States came to Oklahoma last weekend, when Florida Governor Ron DeSantis spoke at a rally in east Tulsa on Saturday and later made a brief stop in Ponca City to visit the 101 Wild West Rodeo and, in the process, purchased a snow cone from Piper...
The U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C. PROVIDED

The U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C. PROVIDED

Government greed found in tax sale, SCOTUS rules

Mike W. Ray Staff Writer
Tuesday, June 6, 2023
A Minnesota county that sold an elderly woman’s condo for $15,000 to satisfy a property tax debt must refund the $25,000 balance that remained from the sale, the Supreme Court of the United States decreed in a unanimous decision.

CROP REPORT: Rainfall improves crops, pastures

News Staff
Tuesday, June 6, 2023
Recent rainfall has improved soil moisture conditions in Oklahoma, which has allowed most crops and pastures to improve.  Rainfall totals in Oklahoma averaged 0.80 of an inch for the week of May 22-28, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service.

OSU economist’s advice: stagger wheat into market

(not verified)
Tuesday, June 6, 2023
By KC Sheperd | Oklahoma Ag Network   Oklahoma State University Extension grain market economist Kim Anderson, during an interview with the Oklahoma Farm Report, said 2023 wheat is “looking relatively good.” “There are three problems with this harvest,” he said.
Hip-high wheat on a Cameron University farm off SW 38th St. May 29 awaits harvesting. DAVID B. HALE | SOUTHWEST LEDGER

Hip-high wheat on a Cameron University farm off SW 38th St. May 29 awaits harvesting. DAVID B. HALE | SOUTHWEST LEDGER

Wheat conditions worsen in Kansas, harvester says; drought hurt Tipton area

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Tuesday, June 6, 2023
By KC Sheperd | Oklahoma Ag Network   The wheat harvest in the southern Plains is a mixed bag, Paul Paplow of Paplow Harvesting and Trucking in Worthington, Minnesota, said during a recent interview.
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