To CNG or not to CNG 2 hr ago | Add a comment Will your next car be powered by natural gas? That’s up to you. More and more people are making that choice, proponents of using the fuel to power our nation’s transportation system...

Supply rises, demand falls, pushing Oklahoma gas below $2 mark 18 hr ago | Comments 5 Many perhaps thought hell would freeze over before the price of fuel fell below $2 a gallon again. No one has checked in with Hades, but as for the price of gas — it’s happened....

Edmond company starts reducing carbon footprint Yesterday | Add a comment EDMOND — With all the recent talk of businesses reducing their carbon footprint and going green, one Edmond business has already taken steps to help the environment. Pelco Products, a...

Oil prices continue to drop Yesterday | Comments 4 COLUMBUS, Ohio — Oil prices Thursday hit levels not seen in more than three years and retail gasoline prices are now below $2 across nearly half of the country on dour economic reports...

Bipartisan group works to revive auto bailout Thu, Nov 20, 2008 | Comments 1 WASHINGTON - Aides to a bipartisan group of auto-state senators say they have reached a compromise to speed emergency loans to Detroit's Big Three car makers. Republicans and Democrats plan to...

Thanksgiving day drivers will feast closer to home Thu, Nov 20, 2008 | Add a comment For the first time in six years, fewer Americans will travel during the busy Thanksgiving holiday weekend, industry experts said this week. About 41 million Americans will travel 50 miles or more...

Consumer confidence continues downward spiral, expert says Tue, Nov 18, 2008 | Add a comment Consumer confidence continues downward spiral, expert says Q: What is the state of consumer confidence in this region, based on the results of your poll taken in October? A: The current state of...

Edmond council OKs paying extra fuel cost Fri, Nov 14, 2008 | Add a comment EDMOND — City Council members agreed to pay $21,999 this week to Central Oklahoma Transportation and Parking Authority Metro Transit for additional fuel costs. Council members first denied a...

Bush: Intervention not "cure-all" for crisis Thu, Nov 13, 2008 | Comments 11 NEW YORK - Asserting the global financial crisis is "not a failure of the free market," President George W. Bush on Thursday called on the world leaders meeting this weekend to agree on a modest...

U.S. jobless claims surge while trade deficit narrows Thu, Nov 13, 2008 | Comments 3 WASHINGTON -- The number of newly laid-off individuals seeking unemployment benefits has jumped to a seven-year high, the government said Thursday. The Labor Department reported that jobless...

Biofuel future may brighten Wed, Nov 12, 2008 | Comments 1 Blame high fuel costs — not federal renewable fuel requirements — for soaring costs at the grocery store, a researcher told several hundred people at the Grow Oklahoma Biofuels...

Oklahoma revenue collections buck U.S. decline Wed, Nov 12, 2008 | Add a comment Oklahoma’s revenue collections fared better last month than the nation’s economy, but a couple ominous indicators loom in figures released Wednesday. The second quarter of...

T. Boone Pickens predicts higher oil prices Wed, Nov 12, 2008 | Comments 5 PHOENIX — When billionaire oilman and investor T. Boone Pickens launched his plan over the summer to boost the use of wind and natural gas to ease American dependence on foreign oil, gasoline...

Gasoline continues plunge; crude tumbles below $60 Tue, Nov 11, 2008 | Comments 5 HOUSTON - Retail gasoline prices dipped for a 17th week since July 4, falling below $2 a gallon in a number of states and approaching $1.50 at some service stations. The price of crude fell again...

Obama to mark Veterans Day with wreath-laying Tue, Nov 11, 2008 | Comments 3 Ceremonial Wreath-lay for Obama on Veterans Day WASHINGTON -- President-elect Barack Obama, mindful of his role as next American commander in chief, places a wreath Tuesday at a Chicago memorial...

DHL to cut 9,500 jobs and close U.S. service centers Mon, Nov 10, 2008 | Comments 8 FRANKFURT, Germany -- Deutsche Post AG will close all of its DHL Express service centers, cut 9,500 jobs in the United States and eliminate U.S.-only domestic shipping by land and air, the company...

Energy Update: Saudi refinery plan stalls Thu, Nov 6, 2008 | Add a comment Saudi refinery plan stalls ConocoPhillips and the state-run Saudi Arabian Oil Co. said Thursday they’ve postponed construction of a multibillion-dollar refinery in Saudi...

Oil falls below $66 as demand continues to ebb Wed, Nov 5, 2008 | Add a comment HOUSTON — Oil prices dipped below $66 a barrel Wednesday as investor sentiment once again seemed to shift to the growing global economic malaise and its potential impact on energy demand....

Election Results: Issues on ballots in Oklahoma counties Wed, Nov 5, 2008 | Add a comment Voters throughout Oklahoma decided these matters Tuesday: Beaver CountyA 1-cent, six-year sales tax beginning April 1 to fund these county offices and operations: OSU Extension office, Beaver...

Norman bus rider’s strategy helps him save money Tue, Nov 4, 2008 | Add a comment Ken Spaulding’s answer to record gas prices used to be a car pool. He and his sister rode together from Norman each day to their jobs in Oklahoma City. She retired this summer, just in time...