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At the western edge of the Panhandle, Black Mesa is Oklahoma's highest point and one of its darkest. Late last year, the state park here became the state's first certified International Dark Sky Place.

Despite recent storms in parts of the state, all of Oklahoma is in some sort of drought or under abnormally dry conditions.

The Oklahoma State Senate rejected a bill Wednesday that would have legalized sports betting for tribal nations across the state.

Oklahoma lawmakers advanced a bill to ensure veterinarians establish in-person relationships with clients and patients before using telemedicine.

Oklahoma Senate lawmakers have killed a measure that would have expanded Oklahoma's bear hunting season.

Lawmakers advanced a bill that would reshape how Oklahoma tracks the water it pulls out of the ground. After a change during the legislative process, the measure would also add requirements for data centers seeking to use Oklahoma groundwater.

A new synthetic opioid linked to at least one overdose death in Oklahoma is raising concerns among health and law enforcement officials in the state.

Oklahoma Republicans are moving a bill through the legislature that would allow residents to vote on altering the state constitution. But some lawmakers worry about who exactly would have a say in the process.

Oklahoma Republican lawmakers in the Senate advanced a measure to ban books containing sexually explicit material from public school library shelves on Wednesday, but as some Democrats have pointed out, it's not clear what that means.

The state of Oklahoma is making insufficient effort to fix a system that keeps people languishing in jail instead of getting mental health treatment.