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As energy companies shift away from burning coal to generate electricity, many are leaving behind toxic waste that could endanger public health and the environment for years to come. New regulations proposed by the Biden administration would expand the number of coal ash dumps subject to federal oversight, a change intended to prevent spills that during the past decade wreaked havoc near power plants in North Carolina and Tennessee.

The Ponca City Chamber of Commerce Community Development Committee held their regular monthly meeting on Thursday, May 18 at 10 am. Don Nuzum called the meeting to order.

May Is Better Hearing and Speech Month Ponca City, OK – With approximately 15% of American adults reporting difficulty hearing, local expert Juliana Cormack, MA, CCCA, Audiologist at Hearing-Life is encouraging people to learn the signs of hearing loss—and to seek care. This is a timely message, as May is recognized nationally as Better Hearing and Speech Month.

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said that negotiators on the federal debt limit may reach an agreement in principle as soon as this weekend and that he expects his chamber to consider a deal by next week.

An 8-year-old girl died in Border Patrol custody in Texas on Wednesday, officials said. The death occurred at a local hospital.