Layoffs

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 to empty those seats will trickle down into Indigenous communities in Oklahoma.

Tyson Foods said its ground beef and value-added marinated protein plant would be shuttered in February 2025 to help the company operate more efficiently.

Baby boomers and Generation Xers who lived through the dot-com crash had their views of the industry shaped by the experience.

The plant, one of the biggest employers in Independence, makes small-caliber ammunition for the U.S. military.