Aquifer protection bill headed to Governor’s desk

Posted by John Small | May 8, 2019 | Main News

On Monday, May 6, the Oklahoma House of Representatives passed a measure that would place a hold on the issuance of permits for new mines in the Arbuckle-Simpson Aquifer until certain benchmarks are met. House Bill 2471, by House Speaker Charles McCall and state Sen. Greg McCortney, would place a temporary moratorium on permits for […]

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John Small

John A. Small is the Managing Editor and (with Publishers Tom and Mary Lokey) co-founder of the Johnston County Sentinel, a weekly newspaper headquartered in Tishomingo, Oklahoma. He came to Tishomingo (his mother’s birthplace) in 1991 and spent the next three and a half years as reporter and columnist for the Johnston County Capital-Democrat. Following a two-year stint as News Editor at the Durant Daily Democrat, he returned to the C-D as News Editor in 1997 and remained there until January of 2018, when the Sentinel was founded. To date his work as a journalist has earned him more than 220 awards from the Oklahoma Press Association, the Society of Professional Journalists, the Associated Press, the National Newspaper Association, and the Oklahoma Education Association.

Aquifer protection bill headed to Governor’s desk

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