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Robby Korth

@robbykorth.bsky.social
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News Director at KOSU in Oklahoma City

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Robby Korth @robbykorth.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Bucket list items checked off today: ✅Attend world championship parade. ✅Get interviewed by Ari Shapiro. ✅Wear enough SPF50 to avoid sunburn on assignment.
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KOSU @kosuradio.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
BREAKING: @okcthunder.bsky.social guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has been named the NBA’s Most Valuable Player. The award, voted on by a mix of sports media members, was announced Wednesday night on TNT. www.kosu.org/sports/2025-...
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Shai Gilgeous-Alexander becomes Thunder franchise's third NBA MVP
Chants of "M-V-P" have continuously rained down upon SGA throughout postseason play, and now those chants will be more than just hopeful.
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KOSU @kosuradio.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Former Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter is suing the state board of education on behalf of half a dozen plaintiffs. He says the board violated the law when it approved proposed social studies standards and sent them to the legislature. www.kosu.org/politics/202...
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Former Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter sues state education deparment over academic standards
Former Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter is suing the state board of education on behalf of half a dozen plaintiffs. Hunter is questioning the department’s approval of the latest proposed academic...
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KOSU @kosuradio.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
🧵The White House has issued an executive order commanding the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to "cease federal funding for NPR and PBS.” Here are answers to some frequently asked questions about how losing federal funding would affect KOSU.
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KOSU @kosuradio.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
Families, survivors, first responders and others gathered in downtown Oklahoma City on Saturday to honor the 30th anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing. #okc #ok #okcnews #memorial #oklahoma #remembrance #oklahoma #oklahomanews
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Robby Korth @robbykorth.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
As Oklahoma's Governor calls for a review of the state-coordinated response to March 14 wildfires, @graycen.bsky.social went into the heart of what he calls the "deep-seated bureaucracy" to see how the agency is responding. www.kosu.org/local-news/2...
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Facing Stitt’s calls to shut division down, Oklahoma Forestry Services pushes back
As Oklahoma recovers from a massive wildfire outbreak in March, the governor has criticized the state Forestry Services’ response, and even mused about disbanding the division. State officials at the ...
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KOSU @kosuradio.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Gov. Kevin Stitt announced Wednesday that State Forester Mark Goeller was out of a job after wildfires burned nearly 200,000 acres across Oklahoma. Many Oklahoma firefighters are unhappy with Stitt’s criticism and Goeller’s departure.
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Oklahoma firefighters unhappy with Gov. Stitt's criticism of State Forester
Gov. Kevin Stitt announced Wednesday that State Forester Mark Goeller was out of a job after wildfires burned nearly 200,000 acres across Oklahoma. Many Oklahoma firefighters are unhappy with Stitt’s ...
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KOSU @kosuradio.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
A report released this month states at least a third of the nation’s birds are in peril. Local community scientists are contributing information critical to understanding the decline.
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Oklahoma birders see fewer migrating species as extreme weather, development expands
A report released this month states at least a third of the nation’s birds are in peril. Local community scientists are contributing information critical to understanding the decline.
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KOSU @kosuradio.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Weeks after fires ravaged Oklahoma, Gov. Kevin Stitt revealed the man in charge of the state’s forest management is out of a job. “We had a horrible, horrible wildfire in the State of Oklahoma, and I didn’t think they did a really good job,” Stitt said. www.kosu.org/energy-envir...
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Governor reveals Oklahoma’s Chief Forester is out of job after wildfires sweep across state
Just weeks after devastating fires ravaged Oklahoma, Gov. Kevin Stitt revealed the man in charge of the state’s forest management is out of a job.
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KOSU @kosuradio.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
As questions swirl around the power and influence of DOGE, constituents are calling into one important Oklahoma congressman’s office. KOSU spoke with Republican Tom Cole about his opinions on DOGE’s operations, creating government efficiency and more. www.kosu.org/politics/202...
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6 takeaways about DOGE from KOSU's interview with Oklahoma Congressman Tom Cole
As questions swirl around the power and influence of the federal Department of Government Efficiency and its efforts to slash government services, constituents are calling into one important Oklahoma ...
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KOSU @kosuradio.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
Fires raced across Oklahoma on Friday. By Saturday morning, Oklahomans were left picking up the pieces across 170,000 acres of scorched earth.⁠ KOSU’s @lionelramos.bsky.social went to Stillwater — where about 50 homes were lost — to speak with people affected.⁠ www.kosu.org/local-news/2...
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People in the path of destruction of Stillwater wildfires survey the damage
High winds and low humidity caused dozens of fires to race across the Oklahoma plains Friday. By Saturday, the healing had begun.
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Robby Korth @robbykorth.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Reported/edited this story today as an arborist takes out a massive tree that had split in half and fell on my home. So anyways, please give it a read!
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KOSU @kosuradio.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Dozens of fires raged across Oklahoma Friday afternoon, fueled by high winds and dry conditions. More than 50 houses were lost in Stillwater, the small Northeast Oklahoma town of Mannford was hit hard and popup fires devastated communities everywhere. www.kosu.org/local-news/2...
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Fires ravage Oklahoma leading to disaster declaration in 12 counties, hundreds of homes lost
Oklahomans were left picking up the pieces across 170,000 acres of scorched earth. Gov. Kevin Stitt said one person was killed in a car crash after driving into smoke while disaster officials said an ...
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KOSU @kosuradio.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
19 Seminole, Cheyenne and Arapaho children who were subjected to assimilation at Carlisle Indian Boarding School will finally return to the earth on their homelands in the fall. www.kosu.org/race-culture...
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Oklahoma tribes prepare to repatriate 19 relatives who walked on at Carlisle Indian Boarding School
19 Seminole, Cheyenne and Arapaho children who were subjected to assimilation at Carlisle Indian Boarding School will finally return to the earth on their homelands in the fall.
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KOSU @kosuradio.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
BREAKING: The Trump Administration is considering shuttering the facility built to replace the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, which Timothy McVeigh destroyed. The news comes just one month before the 30th anniversary of the truck bombing. www.kosu.org/local-news/2...
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Trump Administration considers selling Oklahoma City Federal Building
Three decades after Timothy McVeigh destroyed Oklahoma City’s Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, the Trump Administration is considering shuttering the facility built to replace it.
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KOSU @kosuradio.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
BREAKING: The Supreme Court on Tuesday threw out the murder conviction and death penalty for Richard Glossip, an Oklahoma man who has been on death row for more than 25 years. This is a developing story and will be updated. www.kosu.org/local-news/2...
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Supreme Court throws out death sentence, murder conviction of Okla. death row inmate
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KOSU @kosuradio.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
BREAKING: Oklahoma politician and lawyer David Boren died Thursday at 83 after an extended illness. A lifelong Democrat, Boren served as a state legislator, a U.S. senator, the governor of Oklahoma and the president of the University of Oklahoma. www.kosu.org/local-news/2...
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Oklahoma political, higher education icon David Boren dies
Throughout Boren’s political career, the lifelong Democrat served as a state legislator, a U.S. senator, the governor of Oklahoma and the president of the University of Oklahoma.
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KCUR (Kansas City's best news source) @kcur.org · 18/02/2025
A labor economist told KCUR's Up To Date that Kansas City does not have enough available jobs in the area to make up for all the local federal workers getting laid off by the Trump administration.
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Kansas City doesn't have enough jobs available for all the federal workers getting laid off
Federal workers in Kansas City whose jobs were eliminated under the Trump administration's massive budget cuts will have a hard time finding comparable work in the area. Instability in the city's work...
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chloe bennett-steele @chloebwrites.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
'All we wanted to do was our jobs': Federal layoffs felt across Indigenous communities in Oklahoma www.kosu.org/local-news/2...
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'All we wanted to do was our jobs': Federal layoffs felt across Indigenous communities in Oklahoma
Federal offices crucial to Indigenous success — Bureau of Indian Affairs, Bureau of Indian Education, Department of the Interior and other federal agencies— are undergoing layoffs. The Trump administr...
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KOSU @kosuradio.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
The story of Aubrey Dameron lives on as people from across Oklahoma are taking the time to remember her. Dozens attended a memorial service for Dameron held over the weekend by the Indigenous non-profit Matriarch in Oklahoma City. www.kosu.org/race-culture...
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Aubrey Dameron's legacy remembered at Matriarch memorial service
The story of Aubrey Dameron lives on as people from across Oklahoma are taking the time to remember her.
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KOSU @kosuradio.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Federal offices designed to help Indigenous communities are undergoing layoffs. Here's how that is affecting Oklahomans. www.kosu.org/local-news/2...
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'All we wanted to do was our jobs': Federal layoffs felt across Indigenous communities in Oklahoma
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...
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KOSU @kosuradio.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Over half of Oklahoma’s public school districts are rural, bringing them unique challenges like transportation concerns and stretched resources. A new doctoral program at East Central University aims to equip rural administrators. www.kosu.org/show/stateim...
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Rural administrators flock to East Central University's new rural education doctoral program
ECU debuted its first-ever doctoral program this January, which focuses on administrative issues in rural education.
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KOSU @kosuradio.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Oklahoma State Auditor and Inspector Cindy Byrd announced a press conference Tuesday to release the findings of a special investigative audit into Tulsa Public Schools. But, Byrd says, the reveal of the audit results was delayed by TPS on short notice. www.kosu.org/politics/202...
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Oklahoma state auditor blames Tulsa Public Schools for delay of special forensic audit reveal
State Auditor and Inspector Cindy Byrd announced a press conference Tuesday afternoon to release the findings of a special investigative audit into Tulsa Public Schools. But, Byrd says, the reveal of ...
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Robby Korth @robbykorth.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Here’s what happened in Oklahoma elections last night.
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Robby Korth @robbykorth.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Inbox: @GovStitt says he's overhauling Oklahoma's State Board of Education because "it's clear that our education infrastructure has fallen prey to needless political drama." Quite the statement from the governor's office.
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KOSU @kosuradio.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Hundreds of members of south OKC's predominantly Latino immigrant community attended a legal clinic to prepare for the possibility of deportation under a new presidential administration. @lionelramos.bsky.social reports on the emotions running through the community. www.kosu.org/politics/202...
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Latino community plans for mass deportations as Trump immigration policies pushed in Oklahoma
Fear is rising as politicians nationwide target immigrants with their Trump-inspired rhetoric and policies. Oklahoma’s Latino immigrant community has been stirred into a panic.
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Robby Korth @robbykorth.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Early voting starts today for February elections in Oklahoma! @kosuradio.bsky.social has you covered on a ton of local races around the state. Check out our voter guide. www.kosu.org/oklahoma-ele...
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Oklahoma voters to decide races for mayor, city council, county commissioner
Oklahomans in 49 counties across the state are heading to the polls to pick local elected officials, decide the fate of school bonds and more.
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KOSU @kosuradio.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
Ryan Kiesel, a civil rights lawyer, former state lawmaker and political consultant, died Friday at the age of 45 following a long battle with cancer. For 13 years, Kiesel was a political commentator on KOSU’s podcast This Week in Oklahoma Politics. www.kosu.org/local-news/2...
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Ryan Kiesel, KOSU commentator, lawyer and former lawmaker, dies at 45
Kiesel was a political commentator on KOSU’s weekly radio program and podcast This Week in Oklahoma Politics for 13 years.
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Robby Korth @robbykorth.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Today's announcement of a federal funding grant freeze has created confusion in Oklahoma. After a day of reporting by @kosuradio.bsky.social reporting, here's what we know:
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KOSU @kosuradio.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Every January, homeless service organizations in Oklahoma City conduct a 24-hour count of residents experiencing homelessness, known as a Point In Time count. This year, KOSU's @sierrapf.bsky.social tagged along. www.kosu.org/local-news/2...
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KOSU tagged along during Oklahoma City's Point In Time count. Here's what we saw
KOSU’s mental health and addiction reporter Sierra Pfeifer followed volunteers for Oklahoma City’s annual Point In Time count. Here’s what she saw.
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Robby Korth @robbykorth.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
This is a really big deal in NE Oklahoma and quite the parting gift from the Biden administration on a Friday afternoon.
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Robby Korth @robbykorth.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
There were a handful of elections around Oklahoma today: Voters in Clinton approved a measure to sell their hospital to a private company. Inola voters rejected a school bond for new elementary school classrooms. Muskogee County will get a new public safety complex. www.kosu.org/local-news/2...
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Oklahoma elections: Clinton hospital will change owners, Inola voters reject school bond package
Voters in two dozen Oklahoma counties went to the polls Tuesday to consider a wide array of issues.
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KOSU @kosuradio.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
Respected Kiowa elder and spiritual leader Phil Raymond “Joe Fish” Dupoint walked on Jan. 2. He was 70. Many remember his work as the tribe’s cultural preservation director and the principal singer for the Kiowa Black Leggings Warrior Society. www.kosu.org/local-news/2...
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Kiowa Tribe elder, spiritual leader walks on at 70
Many in the Kiowa community remember the respected elder and spiritual leader for his work as the tribe’s cultural preservation director and the principal singer for the Kiowa Black Leggings Warrior S...
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KOSU @kosuradio.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Broken Arrow Public Schools is weighing a proposal to switch from five days of school a week to four. The move would make Broken Arrow the largest district in Oklahoma with a four-day week. www.kosu.org/education/20...
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Could one of Oklahoma's largest school districts switch to a four-day school week?
Broken Arrow Public Schools is weighing a proposal to switch from five days of school a week to four.
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KOSU @kosuradio.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
Confessed murderer Kevin Ray Underwood does not have a clemency hearing on the calendar before his execution on Dec. 19. The temporary stay order blocking the hearing could postpone his execution. www.kosu.org/local-news/2...
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Clemency hearing canceled for Oklahoma death row inmate Kevin Underwood
Confessed murderer Kevin Ray Underwood no longer has a clemency hearing on the calendar before his execution, after a stay was issued by 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
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Robby Korth @robbykorth.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
The @kosuradio.bsky.social unofficial pet calendar for staff and by staff dropped today. And the whole Gen Z-ness of it makes me feel a little old.
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Robby Korth @robbykorth.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
The best decoration of the season is up at the Korth household!
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KOSU @kosuradio.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
Oklahoma is home to 80 craft breweries — up from just 14 in 2015. But with some recent closures, what is the state of Oklahoma's craft beer scene? Find out from @graycen.bsky.social. www.kosu.org/food-drink/2...
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What is the state of Oklahoma's craft beer scene?
After Oklahoma made it legal for breweries to operate taprooms in 2016, the state’s craft beer scene exploded. In light of several brewery closures in recent years, how is it going now?
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KOSU @kosuradio.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
KOSU recently celebrated the grand opening of our downtown Oklahoma City facility, located in the newly renovated, historic Farmers Union building. www.kosu.org/local-news/2...
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KOSU celebrates grand opening of new studios in historic downtown Oklahoma City location
Oklahoma public radio station will celebrate 70 years of operations in 2025 in newly renovated studios and offices
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Dylan Goforth @dmgoforth.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Starter pack updated, including @kosuradio.bsky.social @oklahomawatch.bsky.social @ronterrell.bsky.social @sierrapf.bsky.social @wsuares.bsky.social and more. go.bsky.app/7W5PP9M
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