Adam Kemp
Oklahoma Community Correspondent at PBS NewsHour
Oklahoma Community Correspondent for PBS @NewsHour. [email protected] https://t.co/2hkYqcnD49
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1 month ago |
pbs.org | Adam Kemp
OKLAHOMA CITY — A 30-foot boat drifted through the air of Military Park, as two construction vehicles lowered it into place. Onlookers stopped to watch the operation. A woman walking by asked another passerby about the boat, its hull curved like a crescent moon and painted with several symbols: a gliding koi, a crane in mid-flight, a lone fisherman casting his line. Neither knew why a boat sculpture was being installed in a landlocked state. “Let’s go find out,” one said.
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2 months ago |
pbs.org | Adam Kemp
The National Weather Service has paused automated services that provide severe weather alerts in languages other than English after the government contract for those services expired, the agency confirmed to PBS News. The contract for artificial intelligence modeling used to send emergency alerts in different languages is among the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) contracts that lapsed this week.
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Mar 14, 2025 |
pbs.org | Adam Kemp
NORMAN, Okla. — Meteorologists and climate scientists are raising alarms about major cuts to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, saying they will harm the country’s ability to forecast and respond to major weather events and put lives at risk. Hundreds of employees, including some of the country’s top meteorologists and researchers, had their jobs terminated on Feb.
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Mar 7, 2025 |
pbs.org | Adam Kemp
OKLAHOMA CITY — A movement to limit cellphone use in schools has gained momentum and bipartisan support in the Oklahoma Legislature. Lawmakers believe banning devices could be a way to boost failing education numbers in the state. But some parents wonder if the move could come at the cost of student safety. “I understand the problem,” said Cindy Higgins, a mom of four.
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Feb 17, 2025 |
pbs.org | Adam Kemp
When Rhiannon Kymer opened the doors of her oilfield supply store in January, she was betting on a boom. Kymer, 44, and her father and business partner, Henry Burdick, closely watched the run-up to the November election as they planned the launch of their store, which is stocked with pipe fittings, valves, regulators, gloves and gaskets and other supplies for outfitting an oilfield truck.
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