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10th District energy activity continued to decline in third quarter this year

News Staff

Tuesday, October 14, 2025

By Cortney Cowley & Megan Williams Third quarter energy survey results showed that energy activity in the Federal Reserve’s Tenth District continued to decline, with no changes expected in the next six months.

DPS vows to expand and continue enforcement after port-of-entry arrests

News Staff

Tuesday, October 14, 2025

The Oklahoma Department of Public Safety plans to expand and continue enforcement operations in the wake of a multiagency sweep that led to more than 120 arrests at the eastbound Interstate 40 port of entry at Erick in Beckham County.

Native American tribes disagree with Oklahoma Wildlife Department licensing policy

Mike W. Ray Southwest Ledger

Tuesday, October 14, 2025

An income tax ruling in 2022 by the state Tax Commission that subsequently was affirmed this year by the Oklahoma Supreme Court has sparked a dispute between the state Department of Wildlife Conservation and at least four Native American tribes.

Energy/Business Briefs

News Staff

Tuesday, October 14, 2025

National• U.S. Offers Allies Gas and Oil to Replace Russia: In a renewed diplomatic push, Washington is offering U.S. natural gas and oil to European allies and to India as a substitute for Russian energy imports.U.S.

Rig Report: Oil, gas rig counts dropped in Oklahoma, nation

News Staff

Tuesday, October 14, 2025

From staff reports Just as crude oil prices in the U.S. dropped below $60 a barrel on Friday, the number of oil and gas rigs in the nation also dropped, according to the Oct. 10 rig count from Baker Hughes Co.The release showed a decline of two rigs nationally, reaching a total of 547.

Angie Wang, File | Associated Press Former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio leaves the federal courthouse in Phoenix, Arizona, July 6, 2017.

Arizona sheriff’s office misused millions, report reveals

News Staff

Tuesday, October 14, 2025

PHOENIX (AP) — The sheriff’s office for metro Phoenix spent millions of dollars budgeted for compliance costs in a racial profiling case over Joe Arpaio’s immigration crackdowns on things that had little or nothing to do with a court-ordered overhaul of the agency, according to an expert’s report.

State Supreme Court shoots down lawmakers’ business court plan

M. Scott Carter Southwest Ledger

Tuesday, October 14, 2025

OKLAHOMA CITY – Calling it an unconstitutional act by the Oklahoma Legislature, the new law that created a business court system in the state was overturned by the state Supreme Court last week.

Brian Bingman

Corporation Commission to conduct nuclear development study, but without funding

Jerry Bohnen Ok Energy Today

Tuesday, October 14, 2025

OKLAHOMA CITY – State regulators are moving ahead with a study into possible nuclear development, but they expressed their doubts and criticism during an Oct. 9 meeting.

Kyletta Ray | Southwest Ledger Saltwater discharging from this “purge” site in Caddo County has slowed but was still flowing at more than 1,400 barrels per day last week.

Caddo County saltwater ‘purge’ diverted, still discharging

Mike W. Ray Southwest Ledger

Tuesday, October 14, 2025

The Oklahoma Corporation Commission has vowed to “continue its operation” to collect and dispose of the saltwater discharging from a site in Caddo County for the past month “until such time as the flow stops,” agency spokesman Trey Davis told Southwest Ledger.The saltwater “purge” was flowing Oct.

Civilians furloughed during government shutdown, but military operations continue as usual

Mike W. Ray Southwest Ledger

Tuesday, October 7, 2025

During the federal government shutdown, civilian employees at Oklahoma’s military installations were furloughed and not allowed to work, not even to respond to emails or telephone calls.However, officials said routine military duties and operations continued uninterrupted.

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