Bucket list items checked off today: ✅Attend world championship parade. ✅Get interviewed by Ari Shapiro. ✅Wear enough SPF50 to avoid sunburn on assignment.

BREAKING: @okcthunder.bsky.social guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has been named the NBA’s Most Valuable Player. The award, voted on by a mix of sports media members, was announced Wednesday night on TNT. www.kosu.org/sports/2025-...

Former Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter is suing the state board of education on behalf of half a dozen plaintiffs. He says the board violated the law when it approved proposed social studies standards and sent them to the legislature. www.kosu.org/politics/202...

🧵The White House has issued an executive order commanding the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to "cease federal funding for NPR and PBS.” Here are answers to some frequently asked questions about how losing federal funding would affect KOSU.

Families, survivors, first responders and others gathered in downtown Oklahoma City on Saturday to honor the 30th anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing. #okc #ok #okcnews #memorial #oklahoma #remembrance #oklahoma #oklahomanews

As Oklahoma's Governor calls for a review of the state-coordinated response to March 14 wildfires, @graycen.bsky.social went into the heart of what he calls the "deep-seated bureaucracy" to see how the agency is responding. www.kosu.org/local-news/2...

Gov. Kevin Stitt announced Wednesday that State Forester Mark Goeller was out of a job after wildfires burned nearly 200,000 acres across Oklahoma. Many Oklahoma firefighters are unhappy with Stitt’s criticism and Goeller’s departure.

A report released this month states at least a third of the nation’s birds are in peril. Local community scientists are contributing information critical to understanding the decline.

Weeks after fires ravaged Oklahoma, Gov. Kevin Stitt revealed the man in charge of the state’s forest management is out of a job. “We had a horrible, horrible wildfire in the State of Oklahoma, and I didn’t think they did a really good job,” Stitt said. www.kosu.org/energy-envir...

As questions swirl around the power and influence of DOGE, constituents are calling into one important Oklahoma congressman’s office. KOSU spoke with Republican Tom Cole about his opinions on DOGE’s operations, creating government efficiency and more. www.kosu.org/politics/202...

Fires raced across Oklahoma on Friday. By Saturday morning, Oklahomans were left picking up the pieces across 170,000 acres of scorched earth.⁠ KOSU’s @lionelramos.bsky.social went to Stillwater — where about 50 homes were lost — to speak with people affected.⁠ www.kosu.org/local-news/2...

Reported/edited this story today as an arborist takes out a massive tree that had split in half and fell on my home. So anyways, please give it a read!

Dozens of fires raged across Oklahoma Friday afternoon, fueled by high winds and dry conditions. More than 50 houses were lost in Stillwater, the small Northeast Oklahoma town of Mannford was hit hard and popup fires devastated communities everywhere. www.kosu.org/local-news/2...

19 Seminole, Cheyenne and Arapaho children who were subjected to assimilation at Carlisle Indian Boarding School will finally return to the earth on their homelands in the fall. www.kosu.org/race-culture...

BREAKING: The Trump Administration is considering shuttering the facility built to replace the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, which Timothy McVeigh destroyed. The news comes just one month before the 30th anniversary of the truck bombing. www.kosu.org/local-news/2...

BREAKING: The Supreme Court on Tuesday threw out the murder conviction and death penalty for Richard Glossip, an Oklahoma man who has been on death row for more than 25 years. This is a developing story and will be updated. www.kosu.org/local-news/2...

BREAKING: Oklahoma politician and lawyer David Boren died Thursday at 83 after an extended illness. A lifelong Democrat, Boren served as a state legislator, a U.S. senator, the governor of Oklahoma and the president of the University of Oklahoma. www.kosu.org/local-news/2...

A labor economist told KCUR's Up To Date that Kansas City does not have enough available jobs in the area to make up for all the local federal workers getting laid off by the Trump administration.

'All we wanted to do was our jobs': Federal layoffs felt across Indigenous communities in Oklahoma www.kosu.org/local-news/2...

The story of Aubrey Dameron lives on as people from across Oklahoma are taking the time to remember her. Dozens attended a memorial service for Dameron held over the weekend by the Indigenous non-profit Matriarch in Oklahoma City. www.kosu.org/race-culture...

Federal offices designed to help Indigenous communities are undergoing layoffs. Here's how that is affecting Oklahomans. www.kosu.org/local-news/2...

Over half of Oklahoma’s public school districts are rural, bringing them unique challenges like transportation concerns and stretched resources. A new doctoral program at East Central University aims to equip rural administrators. www.kosu.org/show/stateim...

Oklahoma State Auditor and Inspector Cindy Byrd announced a press conference Tuesday to release the findings of a special investigative audit into Tulsa Public Schools. But, Byrd says, the reveal of the audit results was delayed by TPS on short notice. www.kosu.org/politics/202...

Here’s what happened in Oklahoma elections last night.

Inbox: @GovStitt says he's overhauling Oklahoma's State Board of Education because "it's clear that our education infrastructure has fallen prey to needless political drama." Quite the statement from the governor's office.

Hundreds of members of south OKC's predominantly Latino immigrant community attended a legal clinic to prepare for the possibility of deportation under a new presidential administration. @lionelramos.bsky.social reports on the emotions running through the community. www.kosu.org/politics/202...

Early voting starts today for February elections in Oklahoma! @kosuradio.bsky.social has you covered on a ton of local races around the state. Check out our voter guide. www.kosu.org/oklahoma-ele...

Ryan Kiesel, a civil rights lawyer, former state lawmaker and political consultant, died Friday at the age of 45 following a long battle with cancer. For 13 years, Kiesel was a political commentator on KOSU’s podcast This Week in Oklahoma Politics. www.kosu.org/local-news/2...

Today's announcement of a federal funding grant freeze has created confusion in Oklahoma. After a day of reporting by @kosuradio.bsky.social reporting, here's what we know:

Every January, homeless service organizations in Oklahoma City conduct a 24-hour count of residents experiencing homelessness, known as a Point In Time count. This year, KOSU's @sierrapf.bsky.social tagged along. www.kosu.org/local-news/2...

This is a really big deal in NE Oklahoma and quite the parting gift from the Biden administration on a Friday afternoon.

There were a handful of elections around Oklahoma today: Voters in Clinton approved a measure to sell their hospital to a private company. Inola voters rejected a school bond for new elementary school classrooms. Muskogee County will get a new public safety complex. www.kosu.org/local-news/2...

Respected Kiowa elder and spiritual leader Phil Raymond “Joe Fish” Dupoint walked on Jan. 2. He was 70. Many remember his work as the tribe’s cultural preservation director and the principal singer for the Kiowa Black Leggings Warrior Society. www.kosu.org/local-news/2...

Broken Arrow Public Schools is weighing a proposal to switch from five days of school a week to four. The move would make Broken Arrow the largest district in Oklahoma with a four-day week. www.kosu.org/education/20...

Confessed murderer Kevin Ray Underwood does not have a clemency hearing on the calendar before his execution on Dec. 19. The temporary stay order blocking the hearing could postpone his execution. www.kosu.org/local-news/2...

The @kosuradio.bsky.social unofficial pet calendar for staff and by staff dropped today. And the whole Gen Z-ness of it makes me feel a little old.

The best decoration of the season is up at the Korth household!

Oklahoma is home to 80 craft breweries — up from just 14 in 2015. But with some recent closures, what is the state of Oklahoma's craft beer scene? Find out from @graycen.bsky.social. www.kosu.org/food-drink/2...

KOSU recently celebrated the grand opening of our downtown Oklahoma City facility, located in the newly renovated, historic Farmers Union building. www.kosu.org/local-news/2...

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