Kimberly Burk

User banner image
User avatar
  • Kimberly Burk

Posts

The Truth on DNA Testing

Perhaps a long-held family legend dictates that you’re descended from the medieval emperor Charlemagne. You might even have genealogical records that seem to prove it....

A Look Inside Wounded Knee

Before the 1973 siege at Wounded Knee, Native Americans had “to live the lie, and put their ‘Indian-ness’ away,” says Richard Ray Whitman, an Oklahoma...

Finance 101

Green by the Generation People who have saved and invested all their lives often find that retirement presents a new challenge, says Andy Nelson, a...

The Tulsa Mayoral Race Heats Up

Candidates looking to challenge Tulsa Mayor G.T. Bynum are campaigning during a summer like no other. “We are in a really challenging year in Tulsa,...

A Briefing on Tribal Nations

Developing Infrastructure Iron Horse is not your run-of-the-mill industrial park, says James C. Collard, director of economic development for the Citizen Potawatomi Nation.  When the...

A Century’s Worth of Lessons

Brenda Alford’s grandparents did not speak to her directly about the horrors of the Tulsa Race Massacre. But after she grew up, she realized she...

A Feast for the Ears

The rapport between two or more hosts makes a podcast shine, according to Oklahomans who produce audio shows. Levity is a good idea, too, even...

The COVID-19 Bounceback

Oklahomans demonstrated concern for their neighbors during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic by staying home, washing their hands and donning face masks for essential...

Sights Around the Region

All signs point to vacations closer to home this summer. Oklahoma and its neighboring states offer scenic beauty, culture, history and even some quirky attractions...

On The Front Lines of the Streets and Skies

Arnell Dean made his career choice as a teenager, thanks to Emergency, which ran on NBC for six seasons in the 1970s. The show’s paramedics,...