Oklahoma – Era Recipe

‘Uphill in a blizzard’: How one village in Oklahoma is fighting the opioid epidemic

March 31, 2026 by admin

The Lincoln County courthouse in downtown Chandler.

Alicia Wagnon’s job as Lincoln County Clerk remains busy. Along with managing payroll and benefits for county employees, the office in Chandler is responsible for filing records that go back home. But when Wagnon learned the attorney general accepted the offer for the state’s share of the opioid settlement fundHe thinks it can’t hurt to … Read more

5 takeaways about Oklahoma mental health challenges and solutions

March 31, 2026 by admin

Left to right: Ziva Branstetter, CEO for the Tulsa Flyer; Mike Brose, consultant for Tulsa Day Center; Garrett Yalch, reporter for The Frontier; Zack Stoycoff, president and CEO of the Healthy Minds Policy Initiative; Christine Marsh, executive vice president for Family & Children's Services, hosted a panel to discuss mental health disparities in Oklahoma on March 30, 2026.

Mental health is at the heart of some of Oklahoma’s most pressing social issues. It causes trends in homelessness, incarceration and systemic instability – yet access to care remains the main challenge for those in the thick of it. That’s the focus of Snapshot: Mental Health, a collaborative journalism project examining the state of mental … Read more