I know there is absolutely nothing sexy about levees, those earthen embankments with “toe drains” and “pump stations” in them. But I also know that the Tulsa area’s 21-mile levee system protects hundreds of thousands of lives and hundreds of millions of dollars of property, and that it’s broken.
Tulsa County Commissioner Karen Keith told The Frontier she has spoken to Sheriff Stanley Glanz about whether he should resign: “My preference would be for him to come to that realization on his own.”
Tulsa County Commissioner Karen Keith told The Frontier she has spoken to Sheriff Stanley Glanz about whether he should resign: “My preference would be for him to come to that realization on his own.”
On this week’s episode of Listen Frontier, senior staff writer Kevin Canfield and City Councilor/local entrepreneur Blake Ewing talk Tulsa: The future of Vision 2025, the Arkansas River, what Tulsa needs downtown and would Blake ever run for Mayor?
Jenks now claims it will be home to an outlet mall once planned for a site bordering Tulsa’s Turkey Mountain. But the city of Tulsa is proceeding as if the move is not a done deal at all.
Plans are in the works to turn the old Arby’s building on the corner of Fourth and Main streets into a mixed-use development that would include 58 apartments, records show.
The 70,000-square-foot structure is owned by World Media Enterprises, owner of the Tulsa World newspaper. The project would include 43 one-bedroom apartments and 15 two-bedroom apartments.
At least 20 percent of the apartments would be reserved for low-income residents.
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Sheriff’s Office, tornadoes and hipster Tulsans, oh my.
