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Salt water laced with cancer-causing chemicals, a byproduct of oil and gas drilling, keeps shooting out of the ground in Oklahoma.
Experts say it means even more wastewater is spreading underground, poisoning the state’s water supply.
Published Oct. w/ @readfrontier.bsky.social
Experts say it means even more wastewater is spreading underground, poisoning the state’s water supply.
Published Oct. w/ @readfrontier.bsky.social
Toxic Wastewater From Oil Fields Keeps Pouring Out of the Ground. Oklahoma Regulators Failed to Stop It.
Salt water laced with cancer-causing chemicals, a byproduct of oil and gas drilling, is spewing from old wells. Experts warn of a pollution crisis spreading underground and threatening Oklahoma’s drin...
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December 27, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Salt water laced with cancer-causing chemicals, a byproduct of oil and gas drilling, keeps shooting out of the ground in Oklahoma.
Experts say it means even more wastewater is spreading underground, poisoning the state’s water supply.
Published Oct. w/ @readfrontier.bsky.social
Experts say it means even more wastewater is spreading underground, poisoning the state’s water supply.
Published Oct. w/ @readfrontier.bsky.social
Investigative journalism in Oklahoma often means months of persistence, public records fights and telling stories others don’t have the resources to pursue. Reader support makes that work possible.
Why this reporting takes time — and why it matters
Investigative journalism in Oklahoma often means months of persistence, public records fights and telling stories others don’t have the resources to pursue. Reader support makes that work possible.
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December 26, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Investigative journalism in Oklahoma often means months of persistence, public records fights and telling stories others don’t have the resources to pursue. Reader support makes that work possible.
Oklahoma has seen a spike in immigrants challenging their detention in federal court. Hundreds of detainees are being held in county jails and for-profit facilities across the state as the Trump administration ramps up deportation efforts.
Held without bail in Oklahoma’s ICE facilities, immigrants turn to federal courts for release
Oklahoma has seen a spike in immigrants challenging their detention in federal court. Hundreds of detainees are being held in county jails and for-profit facilities across the state as the Trump admin...
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December 22, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Oklahoma has seen a spike in immigrants challenging their detention in federal court. Hundreds of detainees are being held in county jails and for-profit facilities across the state as the Trump administration ramps up deportation efforts.
The judgment also permanently limits the application of bird waste to fields in the region.
Judge orders poultry companies to pay for cleanup in longstanding Illinois River lawsuit
The judgment also permanently limits the application of bird waste to fields in the region.
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December 20, 2025 at 12:37 AM
The judgment also permanently limits the application of bird waste to fields in the region.
A temporary loss of SNAP benefits during the federal government shutdown left Oklahoma families scrambling to cover rent.
After food aid vanished, calls for rent help surged and some faced eviction
A temporary loss of SNAP benefits during the federal government shutdown left Oklahoma families scrambling to cover rent.
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December 19, 2025 at 2:26 PM
A temporary loss of SNAP benefits during the federal government shutdown left Oklahoma families scrambling to cover rent.
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What all would you guys like to see more of from @readfrontier.bsky.social in 2026?
December 17, 2025 at 5:04 PM
What all would you guys like to see more of from @readfrontier.bsky.social in 2026?
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December 17, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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It took months of records, miles of travel and countless conversations to uncover a statewide problem regulators long downplayed. Your donation helps us continue reporting that holds power to account.
How Oklahoma’s hidden oilfield crisis is bubbling to the surface
It took months of records, miles of travel and countless conversations to uncover a statewide problem regulators long downplayed. Your donation helps us continue reporting that holds power to account.
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December 17, 2025 at 1:53 PM
It took months of records, miles of travel and countless conversations to uncover a statewide problem regulators long downplayed. Your donation helps us continue reporting that holds power to account.
We reviewed state, federal and tribal laws, and court records and questioned state officials to fact-check Drummond and Stitt’s recent public statements on hunting laws in the state.
Fact Check: Sorting truth from spin in Stitt and Drummond’s fight over tribal hunting rights
As the governor attacks the attorney general over wildlife enforcement in Indian Country, we reviewed state, federal and tribal law — and found some of Stitt’s claims about hunting rules don’t hold up...
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December 16, 2025 at 11:54 PM
We reviewed state, federal and tribal laws, and court records and questioned state officials to fact-check Drummond and Stitt’s recent public statements on hunting laws in the state.
As the governor attacks the attorney general over wildlife enforcement in Indian Country, we reviewed state, federal and tribal law — and found some of Stitt’s claims about hunting rules don’t hold up.
Fact Check: Sorting truth from spin in Stitt and Drummond’s fight over tribal hunting rights
As the governor attacks the attorney general over wildlife enforcement in Indian Country, we reviewed state, federal and tribal law — and found some of Stitt’s claims about hunting rules don’t hold up...
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December 16, 2025 at 3:01 PM
As the governor attacks the attorney general over wildlife enforcement in Indian Country, we reviewed state, federal and tribal law — and found some of Stitt’s claims about hunting rules don’t hold up.
Frontier reporter Clifton Adcock unpacks how state leaders are selling the data center boom, what utilities are asking regulators to approve, and why ratepayers feel left in the dark.
Listen Frontier: Inside Oklahoma’s data center surge and the potential hidden costs
Frontier reporter Clifton Adcock unpacks how state leaders are selling the data center boom, what utilities are asking regulators to approve, and why ratepayers feel left in the dark.
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December 15, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Frontier reporter Clifton Adcock unpacks how state leaders are selling the data center boom, what utilities are asking regulators to approve, and why ratepayers feel left in the dark.
A wave of big data centers is triggering a scramble for new electricity generation. OG&E and PSO are pushing to charge ratepayers more as they race to keep up.
Oklahoma’s data center boom is about to hit the grid — and your power bill
A wave of big data centers is triggering a scramble for new electricity generation. OG&E and PSO are pushing to charge ratepayers more as they race to keep up.
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December 15, 2025 at 4:11 PM
A wave of big data centers is triggering a scramble for new electricity generation. OG&E and PSO are pushing to charge ratepayers more as they race to keep up.
Oklahoma’s data-center boom could drive up power bills — and most people don’t know it. The Frontier digs for answers powerful interests won’t share. Support independent journalism today. Donate now and double your impact.
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At The Frontier, our mission is to hold public officials accountable, give a voice to the powerless and tell the stories that others are afraid to tell, or that illuminate the lives of people in our c...
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December 12, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Oklahoma’s data-center boom could drive up power bills — and most people don’t know it. The Frontier digs for answers powerful interests won’t share. Support independent journalism today. Donate now and double your impact.
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A wave of big data centers is triggering a scramble for new electricity generation. OG&E and PSO are pushing to charge ratepayers more as they race to keep up.
Oklahoma’s data center boom is about to hit the grid — and your power bill
A wave of big data centers is triggering a scramble for new electricity generation. OG&E and PSO are pushing to charge ratepayers more as they race to keep up.
www.readfrontier.org
December 12, 2025 at 2:31 PM
A wave of big data centers is triggering a scramble for new electricity generation. OG&E and PSO are pushing to charge ratepayers more as they race to keep up.
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Great stuff in here from @cliftonhowze.bsky.social consistently one of the state’s best journalists
A wave of big data centers is triggering a scramble for new electricity generation. OG&E and PSO are pushing to charge ratepayers more as they race to keep up.
Oklahoma’s data center boom Is about to hit the grid — and your power bill
A wave of big data centers is triggering a scramble for new electricity generation. OG&E and PSO are pushing to charge ratepayers more as they race to keep up.
www.readfrontier.org
December 11, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Great stuff in here from @cliftonhowze.bsky.social consistently one of the state’s best journalists
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A wave of big data centers is triggering a scramble for new electricity generation. OG&E and PSO are pushing to charge ratepayers more as they race to keep up.
Oklahoma’s data center boom Is about to hit the grid — and your power bill
A wave of big data centers is triggering a scramble for new electricity generation. OG&E and PSO are pushing to charge ratepayers more as they race to keep up.
www.readfrontier.org
December 11, 2025 at 2:43 PM
A wave of big data centers is triggering a scramble for new electricity generation. OG&E and PSO are pushing to charge ratepayers more as they race to keep up.
What if we told you all that you should keep an eye on our website tomorrow morning for a deeply reported story on the impact of the data center projects sprouting up across Oklahoma?
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December 11, 2025 at 12:57 AM
What if we told you all that you should keep an eye on our website tomorrow morning for a deeply reported story on the impact of the data center projects sprouting up across Oklahoma?
From 2024:
Gangsters, money and murder: How Chinese organized crime is dominating Oklahoma’s illegal medical marijuana market
Gangsters, money and murder: How Chinese organized crime is dominating Oklahoma’s illegal medical marijuana market
Gangsters, money and murder: How Chinese organized crime is dominating Oklahoma's illegal medical marijuana market
A quadruple murder in Oklahoma shows how the Chinese underworld has come to dominate the booming illicit trade, fortifying its rise as a global powerhouse with alleged ties to China’s authoritarian re...
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December 10, 2025 at 8:10 PM
From 2024:
Gangsters, money and murder: How Chinese organized crime is dominating Oklahoma’s illegal medical marijuana market
Gangsters, money and murder: How Chinese organized crime is dominating Oklahoma’s illegal medical marijuana market
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December 9, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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I reported how the number of unaccompanied youth experiencing homelessness in Oklahoma has increased by nearly 40% since 2019, yet the resources available to them are dwindling. One of the youth I spoke with said they feel stuck with nowhere to go.
Why we report on Oklahoma’s homelessness crisis
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December 9, 2025 at 2:25 PM
I reported how the number of unaccompanied youth experiencing homelessness in Oklahoma has increased by nearly 40% since 2019, yet the resources available to them are dwindling. One of the youth I spoke with said they feel stuck with nowhere to go.
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Rural Oklahoma town confronts economic need and ethical unease over housing ICE detainees.
Watonga confronts economic need and ethical unease over housing ICE detainees
The reopening of a private prison in a small Oklahoma town will bring hundreds of jobs, even as CoreCivic faces national scrutiny for alleged mistreatment and isolation of immigration detainees.
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December 3, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Rural Oklahoma town confronts economic need and ethical unease over housing ICE detainees.
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