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Statewide earnings reports

Statewide earnings reports

Statewide earnings reports

News Staff
Thursday, February 18, 2021
Continental Resources Inc. (CLR) on Tuesday reported a fourth-quarter loss of $92.5 million, after reporting a profit in the same period a year earlier. On a per-share basis, the Oklahoma City-based company said it had a loss of 26 cents.
Grief support group at Cameron Baptist Church.

Grief support group at Cameron Baptist Church.

Cameron Baptist Church in Lawton offers grief support group

Tim Farley
Thursday, February 18, 2021
A grief support group at Cameron Baptist Church in Lawton is helping people who suffer from the loss of a loved one deal with unexpected tragedies. Group founder Linda Purdue said she came across GriefShare, an international organization that has affiliates in churches throughout across the globe.
House Bill 1891ould make it a crime to cause misleading information to be transmitted to a recipient’s caller identification service.

House Bill 1891ould make it a crime to cause misleading information to be transmitted to a recipient’s caller identification service.

House bill would make phone fakery a crime

Mike W. Ray Staff Writer
Thursday, February 18, 2021
OKLAHOMA CITY – A measure endorsed by a state legislative committee would make it a crime to cause misleading information to be transmitted to a recipient’s caller identification service or device “or to otherwise misrepresent the origin of a telemarketing call.
Lawton Commercial Building Permits

Lawton Commercial Building Permits

Lawton Building Permits

News Staff
Thursday, February 18, 2021
Listed below are commercial building permits currently under review since Feb. 8: 3011 E. Gore Blvd. On Feb. 8, Kathleen Miller applied for a permit for signs for Stone Ridge Apartments, costing $5,500. 2312 W. Gore Blvd. On Feb.

Comanche Co. tax vote set for March 2

Mike W. Ray Staff Writer
Thursday, February 18, 2021
LAWTON – A vote on a proposal to extend Comanche County’s three-eighths of a cent sales tax for 10 years will be held in less than two weeks, on March 2. The existing tax was approved in an election held June 24, 2014, and expires Dec. 31, 2021, the resolution relates.

Oklahomans reminded about price-gouging

Staff Reports
Thursday, February 18, 2021
OKLAHOMA CITY – State Attorney General Mike Hunter reminds anyone who intends to do business in Oklahoma that the price gouging statute is in effect statewide with the ongoing state of emergency due to the winter weather that continues to impact the state.
The State Equalization Board added $1+ billion to overall state budget.

The State Equalization Board added $1+ billion to overall state budget.

State Equalization Board reports an extra $1.18 billion

M. Scott Carter Okc Bureau Reporter
Thursday, February 18, 2021
OKLAHOMA CITY – State legislators will have another $1 billion+ to spend for the next fiscal year, following a meeting of the State Equalization Board. During the meeting Tuesday the board certified $9.64 billion for the upcoming fiscal year. That figure is $1.18 billion more than the $8.
Photos by Trait Thompson: Members of the restoration team review progress on the new bronze state seal at The Foundry in Norman, in November 2020.

Photos by Trait Thompson: Members of the restoration team review progress on the new bronze state seal at The Foundry in Norman, in November 2020.

Capitol refurb nearing end

Mike W. Ray Staff Writer
Thursday, February 18, 2021
OKLAHOMA CITY – A multi-year, multimillion-dollar “facelift” of the State Capitol is nearing completion.
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