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Walmart to remodel 25 Oklahoma stores

News Staff
Tuesday, May 5, 2026
Staff reports BENTONVILLE, Ark. — Walmart, the corporate retail giant that operates more than 4,600 stores in the U.S. alone, announced last week that it was planning to remodel more than 650 Supercenters and Neighborhood Markets nationwide this year.

eBay sees revenue growth in first quarter of 2026

Staff Reports
Tuesday, May 5, 2026
SAN JOSE, Calif. — eBay, a global e-commerce leader, reported strong revenue growth in the first quarter, which ended March 31, 2026.The company reported revenue of $3.1 billion, an increase of 19%. In addition, eBay’s gross merchandise volume was reported at $22.2 billion, an 18% increase.

USA Rare Earth Inc. developing projects in Stillwater, West Texas

Staff Reports
Tuesday, May 5, 2026
STILLWATER — Oklahoma’s USA Rare Earth, a mining and manufacturing company focused on developing a fully integrated, domestic, “mine-to-magnet” supply chain for rare earth elements, announced it is developing the Round Top Mountain heavy rare-earths and critical minerals project in West Texas,...

Bank7 Corp. announces Q1 2026 earnings

Staff Reports
Tuesday, May 5, 2026
OKLAHOMA CITY — Bank7, based in Oklahoma City, said its net income for the quarter ending in March was $12.01 million compared to $10.34 million, yearover-year, an increase of 16.16%.Covering the same quarter, they reported total loans of $1.59 billion compared to $1.42 billion, an increase of 11.
BancFirst reports income increase for first qua

BancFirst reports income increase for first qua

BancFirst reports income increase for first quarter

Staff Reports
Tuesday, May 5, 2026
OKLAHOMA CITY — BancFirst Corp. reported net income of $63 million, or $1.85 per diluted share, for the first quarter of 2026. That figure represents an increase over its net income of $56.1 million, or $1.66 per diluted share, for the first quarter of 2025.
State Reps. Tom Gann, R-Inola; Kevin West, R-Moore; and Rick West, R-Heavener; filed two more appeal briefs and a motion to reconsider with the Oklahoma Supreme Court last week seeking to overturn a ruling by the Oklahoma Corporation Commission that allowed state utility companies to collect more than $9 billion in fuel charges. Photo provided by OSCN

State Reps. Tom Gann, R-Inola; Kevin West, R-Moore; and Rick West, R-Heavener; filed two more appeal briefs and a motion to reconsider with the Oklahoma Supreme Court last week seeking to overturn a ruling by the Oklahoma Corporation Commission that allowed state utility companies to collect more than $9 billion in fuel charges. Photo provided by OSCN

Lawmakers challenge Corporation Commission’s approval of fuel charges

M. Scott Carter
Tuesday, May 5, 2026
OKLAHOMA CITY — Three Republican state Representatives have filed two appellate briefs and a motion to reconsider, all seeking to overturn a ruling by the Oklahoma Corporation Commission that allowed state utility companies to collect more than $9 billion in fuel charges.State Reps.
Kevin Lapp, engineering infrastructure manager for Firehawk Aerospace, holds a 35-pound sample of the company’s hybrid rocket engine propellant made with a 3D printer. Nitrous oxide (commonly referred to as “laughing gas”) is inserted in the middle of this material and ignited, and it burns “from the inside out,” Lapp said. Mike W. Ray | Southwest Ledger

Kevin Lapp, engineering infrastructure manager for Firehawk Aerospace, holds a 35-pound sample of the company’s hybrid rocket engine propellant made with a 3D printer. Nitrous oxide (commonly referred to as “laughing gas”) is inserted in the middle of this material and ignited, and it burns “from the inside out,” Lapp said. Mike W. Ray | Southwest Ledger

First ‘fast-track’ construction contract on Firehawk Aerospace complex awarded by LEDA

Mike W. Ray
Tuesday, May 5, 2026
LAWTON – The first “fast-track” construction contract on development of the Firehawk Aerospace complex in northwest Lawton was approved recently by the Lawton Economic Development Authority.
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