Oklahoma State Parks

Oklahoma State Parks visitors will be able to chow down on site again. Lookout Kitchen restaurants at five parks are reopening after being closed for nearly a week over unpaid royalty and utility payments.

After just two years, the Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department announced that it is suspending the operations of The Lookout Kitchen locations in state parks.

Legislators are also considering adjusting the cap on the amount of sales and use taxes to help prevent the issue in the future

Hugo Lake in Southeast Oklahoma was one of seven parks transferred from state control to the hands of cities or tribal nations in 2013. A decade later, the Oklahoma Senate has passed a bill that says it’s time to make Hugo Lake a state park once again.

House members on Monday advanced a measure that would give the state’s lowest-paid law enforcement officers a raise.

The Senate Tourism and Wildlife Committee on Monday passed Senate Bill 1253 that would remove entrance and day-use fees for residents at state parks.

Three people face criminal charges over alleged fraud at barbecue restaurants in Oklahoma state parks. A grand jury indicted the owner of Swadley’s Foggy Bottom Kitchen and two other people, according to Attorney General Gentner Drummond’s office.

Black Mesa State Park in the panhandle is without water while its well undergoes repairs. But even through this summer’s heat, drought and water problems, your state parks are doing fine, Oklahoma.

State tourism officials are considering closing or transferring four more state parks. The agency, like many, has had its budget cut over the past four…