Don’t forget to listen to this week’s Oklahoma Music Minute with @viriyapah. Check it out in the link in our bio or on air every weekday at 6:19 a.m., 8:19 a.m., 11:38 a.m., 3:18 p.m., and 5:18 p.m.
#oklahomamusic #oklahomarts #publicradio
KOSU invites you to our listening session in Stilwell!
KOSU’s Katie Hallum invites you to join our Indigenous affairs listening session in Stilwell. During this event, we will listen to your feedback on our reporting and hear what stories you think matter most. KOSU will provide pizza and dessert for attendees.
Where: Kansas City Southern Rail Depot Museum with the Adair County Historical & Genealogical Association
When: Tuesday, October 8th, 12:30 p.m. (come and go)
All are welcome!
#oklahomanews #indigenousaffairs #indigenousnews #indigenous #localnews
Today’s Oklahoma Music Minute features bassist Nelson González Barreto. Listen on 91.7 FM in OKC, 107.5 FM in Tulsa, on KOSU.org, or on the NPR app.
You can catch the Oklahoma Music Minute – hosted by Matthew Viriyapah – every weekday at 6:19 a.m., 8:19 a.m., 11:38 a.m., 3:18 p.m. and 5:18 p.m.
#oklahomamusic #publicradio #npr
KOSU Indigenous affairs reporters @katie.tsutli and @smliese covered @thecherokeenation National Holiday in Tahlequah – but not without their fair share of bloopers.
#indigenous #cherokee #cherokeenation #cherokeenationalholiday #cherokeenationalholiday2024 #blooper #bloopers #blooperreel
KOSU Indigenous affairs reporters @katie.tsutli and @smliese traveled to Tahlequah over Labor Day weekend for the Cherokee National Holiday.
This year’s theme, “Weaving our Future,” was designed by Cherokee National Treasure and artist Dan Mink. It is about the Cherokee tale of the water spider and showcases how all 450,000 Cherokee citizens weave together a positive future.
Watch to learn more about the event, and visit KOSU.org to read the full story. #oklahoma #indigenous #cherokee #cherokeenation #cherokeenationalholiday #tahlequah
The Roy LeBlanc Okmulgee Invitational Rodeo in Oklahoma is the longest-run Black rodeo in the nation. KOSU and Harvest Public Media’s Anna Pope made the trip to this year’s event.
Read and listen to more at KOSU.org.
#rodeo #oklahoma #okmulgee #ponyexpress
Five Volcán Alcedo tortoises — each the size of a tennis ball — hatched this summer, making the Oklahoma City Zoo the first in the U.S. to breed this vulnerable species.
Senior Animal Caretaker Katie Porth said seeing healthy fertilized eggs in the enclosure was a touching moment that brought her to tears.
Find the full story about the recent hatchlings' success in our bio.
Reel: Sarah Liese
#gianttortoise #okcnews #okc #oklahomanews #okczoo #babytortoise #vulnerablespecies #zoonews #oklahoma
On Monday, supporters of the YES on SQ 832—Raise the Wage Oklahoma campaign gathered at the Oklahoma Secretary of State’s Office to turn in what they said were almost double the number of signatures required by law.
The State Chamber of Oklahoma and Oklahoma Farm Bureau Legal Foundation challenged the proposed measure, but ultimately, the Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled it could proceed.
Find the full story at the link in our bio.
Reel: @caitpkelley
#npr #minimumwage #oklahoma #oklahomanews #okc #okcnews #politics #oklahomapolitics
LiveFree OKC, co-founded by Jabee Williams and Jess Eddy, is celebrating what it sees as a successful first year. The nonprofit's Peacemakers directly intervene in their community to de-escalate tense situations and prevent gun violence.
Find the full story in our bio.
Reel: Cait Kelley
#gunviolence #okc #oklahomacity #oklahoma #npr #publicradio #violenceinterrupters #crime #guns #publichealth #news #oklahomanews #publichealthcrisis #school #publicschool #education #schooltoprisonpipeline
LiveFree OKC is celebrating what it sees as a successful first year. The nonprofit's Peacemakers directly intervene in their community to deescalate tense situations and prevent gun violence.
Find the full story in our bio.
Reel: Cait Kelley
#gunviolence #okc #oklahomacity #oklahoma #npr #publicradio #violenceinterrupters #crime #guns #publichealth #news #oklahomanews
KOSU's Cait Kelley toured Sulphur, OK with U.S. Small Business Administrator Isabel Casillas Guzman, FEMA officials and local and tribal leaders to see how the city is rebuilding after an EF3 tornado damaged more than 200 buildings and killed one person.
Residents can apply for financial assistance and low-interest loans through FEMA and the SBA and officials are urging people to apply as soon as possible.
Find the full story at the link in our bio.
#oklahomanews #Oklahoma #tornado #sulphur #localnews #npr #publicradio #chickasawnation #naturaldisaster
Reporting on OKC's proposed tallest building in the country by @graycenwheeler was featured on NPR's All Things Considered this week. Check out the full story in the link in our bio.
#tallestbuilding #okc #Oklahoma #oklahomacity #news #oklahomanews #npr #allthingsconsidered #publicradio
KOSU's Anusha Fathepure and Cait Kelley covered a bystander intervention training hosted by OKC's Human Rights Commission and CAIR Oklahoma. Read Anusha's full story at the link in our bio.
#publicradio #library #bystanderintervention #kosu #Oklahoma #oklahomacity #news #radio
Sulphur tornado aftermath - April 27, 2024
An outbreak of more than a dozen tornadoes left at least four people dead, razed buildings and left thousands without power in Central Oklahoma.
Downtown Sulphur was heavily damaged and buildings were destroyed. KOSU's Anna Pope was on the scene and brought back this report.
