Langley – Ahead of an emergency meeting of the Grand River Dam Authority Board of Directors on Friday afternoon to discuss the issue of Blue Green Algae (BGA) in Grand Lake, the GRDA is advising the public to stay out of Grand Lake waters. “We strongly discourage any body contact with the water at this [...]
An Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) recommendation to temporarily avoid body contact with water at Bernice State Park is prompting the Grand River Dam Authority to remind lake enthusiasts to take extra precaution on Grand Lake this summer. The state park is putting up signage to notify the public. DEQ made the recommendation after [...]
Miami, Oklahoma – The Peoria Tribe received a grant from Environmental Protection Agency, (EPA) to develop a passive water treatment system on Tar Creek that Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College, (NEO) will manage and maintain. This wetlands area will enable students at NEO to have numerous educational opportunities in biology, chemistry and other projects. According to [...]
OKLAHOMA CITY (Dec. 1, 2010) – Before heart failure stopped him in his tracks, 45-year-old Troy Golden had preached every Sunday for the last 12 years at the New Life Assembly of God in Geary, Okla. Too sick to preach for the last six months, on Sunday, Nov. 21, Golden gave his first sermon since [...]
INTEGRIS Grove Hospital’s President Greg Martin gives the Grove Business Journal audience and update on the new hospital facilities. Together with OK State Representative Doug Cox MD, Grove medical leaders gave us a 10 minute interview revealing the good news, that “in the old building INTEGRIS Grove had 17-20 new patients a day, and in [...]
OKLAHOMA CITY On Sept. 15, 45-year-old Troy Golden of Geary, Okla., became the first person in the region to have his heart replaced with the SynCardia Total Artificial Heart at INTEGRIS Baptist Medical Center in Oklahoma City. It is a distinction that was years in the making. Golden was born with a broken heart. A [...]
JAY – The Delaware County Public Facilities Authority (acting as “The Jail Trust”) is scheduled to meet with a representative of the State Health Department on Wednesday, October 6, at 2 p.m., to discuss the jail’s non-compliance with state regulations regarding overcrowding. Currently, the county is the defendant in lawsuit brought by the State Department [...]
