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Sam Pearson, a solar consultant, explains the basics of a type of solar panel. Before joining EightTwenty, Pearson worked in the oil patch installing solar units to power oil/gas pumps. MIKE W. RAY/LEDGER PHOTO

Sam Pearson, a solar consultant, explains the basics of a type of solar panel. Before joining EightTwenty, Pearson worked in the oil patch installing solar units to power oil/gas pumps. MIKE W. RAY/LEDGER PHOTO

OKC company installs EV charging stations

Mike Ray Staff Writer
Tuesday, April 5, 2022
OKLAHOMA CITY – A staff writer for The Atlantic magazine opined recently that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and the response of the united West, will nudge more consumers away from gasoline-powered vehicles and toward electric vehicles as the cost of carbon-based fuel spikes.
Michael Cleghorn

Michael Cleghorn

Okla. cities using alternate power sources for vehicles

Mike W. Ray Staff Writer
Tuesday, April 5, 2022
OKLAHOMA CITY – Alternative sources for powering municipal vehicle fleets are being tested in Oklahoma. The City of Lawton, for example, has no electric vehicles but does own several trash collection trucks that are powered with compressed natural gas, City Manager Michael Cleghorn reported.

Oklahoma rainfall averages 1.30 inches

News Staff
Tuesday, April 5, 2022
Rainfall totals in Oklahoma averaged 1.30 inches for the week of March 21-27. Drought conditions were rated 87% abnormally dry to exceptional drought, down five points from the previous week, according to the March 22 U.S. Drought Monitor Report.

Tax deduction for teacher expenses raised to $300

News Staff
Tuesday, April 5, 2022
WASHINGTON – Teachers and other educators will be allowed to deduct up to $300 of out-of-pocket classroom expenses when they file their federal income tax return next year, the Internal Revenue Service announced March 29.
Fourche Maline Dam #7M, which created Lloyd Church Lake in Latimer County, will be raised 6 feet for enhanced safety and to meet Wilburton’s future water needs. Stone riprap along the embankment, as well as the lake’s flood control and municipal water supply towers, exhibit evidence that water levels in the reservoir have been low recently. LEDGER PHOTO by MICHAEL D. DUNCAN

Fourche Maline Dam #7M, which created Lloyd Church Lake in Latimer County, will be raised 6 feet for enhanced safety and to meet Wilburton’s future water needs. Stone riprap along the embankment, as well as the lake’s flood control and municipal water supply towers, exhibit evidence that water levels in the reservoir have been low recently. LEDGER PHOTO by MICHAEL D. DUNCAN

Bonds to finance dam rehab projects

Mike W. Ray Staff Writer
Tuesday, April 5, 2022
OKLAHOMA CITY – Dam rehabilitation projects to protect rural residents, livestock, homes and other property from floodwaters are underway, about to start, or in the planning and design stage.

Fitch prefers tax ‘holidays’ to tax cuts

Mike W. Ray Staff Writer
Tuesday, April 5, 2022
NEW YORK – In response to a second year of exceptional revenue growth, major tax policy changes under consideration or already enacted by several states – including Oklahoma, which was slashing budgets less than a decade ago – could have negative long-term credit implications if current revenue...
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