Robby Korth

Bucket list items checked off today:

✅Attend world championship parade.
✅Get interviewed by Ari Shapiro.
✅Wear enough SPF50 to avoid sunburn on assignment.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander becomes Thunder franchise's third NBA MVP Chants of "M-V-P" have continuously rained down upon SGA throughout postseason play, and now those chants will be more than just hopeful.

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.

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Former Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter sues state education deparment over academic standards Former Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter is suing the state board of education on behalf of half a dozen plaintiffs. Hunter is questioning the department’s approval of the latest proposed academic...

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.

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🧵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

Wind gusts pause use of 'super scooper' planes to fight Oklahoma wildfires Tuesday Despite this, they have crews positioned all across the state in case a fire breaks out.

Conditions were extreme. Like the worst firefighters have ever seen. And that limited resources, including the well-documented inability to use aircraft to fight fires: www.koco.com/article/okla...

There's a lot in there, and I suggest you listen to or read the story. However, a major takeaway is forestry officials dispute that they did not utilize all the resources at their disposal amid fire breakouts.

Facing Stitt’s calls to shut division down, Oklahoma Forestry Services pushes back As Oklahoma recovers from a massive wildfire outbreak in March, the governor has criticized the state Forestry Services’ response, and even mused about disbanding the division. State officials at the ...

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...

Oklahoma firefighters unhappy with Gov. Stitt's criticism of State Forester 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 ...

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.

Oklahoma birders see fewer migrating species as extreme weather, development expands 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.

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.

Governor reveals Oklahoma’s Chief Forester is out of job after wildfires sweep across state Just weeks after devastating fires ravaged Oklahoma, Gov. Kevin Stitt revealed the man in charge of the state’s forest management is out of a job.

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.

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6 takeaways about DOGE from KOSU's interview with Oklahoma Congressman Tom Cole As questions swirl around the power and influence of the federal Department of Government Efficiency and its efforts to slash government services, constituents are calling into one important Oklahoma ...

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.

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People in the path of destruction of Stillwater wildfires survey the damage High winds and low humidity caused dozens of fires to race across the Oklahoma plains Friday. By Saturday, the healing had begun.

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.⁠

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We're totally fine and safe, btw. Things could've been much worse.

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!

Fires ravage Oklahoma leading to disaster declaration in 12 counties, hundreds of homes lost Oklahomans were left picking up the pieces across 170,000 acres of scorched earth. Gov. Kevin Stitt said one person was killed in a car crash after driving into smoke while disaster officials said an ...

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.

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Oklahoma tribes prepare to repatriate 19 relatives who walked on at Carlisle Indian Boarding School 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.

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.

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Trump Administration considers selling Oklahoma City Federal Building Three decades after Timothy McVeigh destroyed Oklahoma City’s Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, the Trump Administration is considering shuttering the facility built to replace it.

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...

Supreme Court throws out death sentence, murder conviction of Okla. death row inmate

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.
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Oklahoma political, higher education icon David Boren dies Throughout Boren’s political career, the lifelong Democrat served as a state legislator, a U.S. senator, the governor of Oklahoma and the president of the University of Oklahoma.

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.

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Kansas City doesn't have enough jobs available for all the federal workers getting laid off Federal workers in Kansas City whose jobs were eliminated under the Trump administration's massive budget cuts will have a hard time finding comparable work in the area. Instability in the city's work...

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 Federal offices crucial to Indigenous success — Bureau of Indian Affairs, Bureau of Indian Education, Department of the Interior and other federal agencies— are undergoing layoffs. The Trump administr...

'All we wanted to do was our jobs': Federal layoffs felt across Indigenous communities in Oklahoma
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Aubrey Dameron's legacy remembered at Matriarch memorial service The story of Aubrey Dameron lives on as people from across Oklahoma are taking the time to remember her.

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.

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'All we wanted to do was our jobs': Federal layoffs felt across Indigenous communities in Oklahoma Federal offices crucial to Indigenous success — Bureau of Indian Affairs, Bureau of Indian Education, Department of the Interior and others— are undergoing layoffs. The Trump administration’s decision...

Federal offices designed to help Indigenous communities are undergoing layoffs. Here's how that is affecting Oklahomans.

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Rural administrators flock to East Central University's new rural education doctoral program ECU debuted its first-ever doctoral program this January, which focuses on administrative issues in rural education.

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.

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Oklahoma state auditor blames Tulsa Public Schools for delay of special forensic audit reveal State Auditor and Inspector Cindy Byrd announced a press conference Tuesday afternoon to release the findings of a special investigative audit into Tulsa Public Schools. But, Byrd says, the reveal of ...

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.

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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.

Latino community plans for mass deportations as Trump immigration policies pushed in Oklahoma Fear is rising as politicians nationwide target immigrants with their Trump-inspired rhetoric and policies. Oklahoma’s Latino immigrant community has been stirred into a panic.

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.

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Oklahoma voters to decide races for mayor, city council, county commissioner Oklahomans in 49 counties across the state are heading to the polls to pick local elected officials, decide the fate of school bonds and more.

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.

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