U.S. Cellular recently completed construction of an additional cell site in Sapulpa to improve call quality for its customers. A new 105-foot tower off Highway 66 near East Line Street will increase U.S. Cellular’s coverage for the east side of the city of Sapulpa and will also complement U.S. Cellular’s statewide network of 635 towers. [...]

Outbound shipping by barge dipped in April as fewer agricultural products left the Tulsa Port of Catoosa due to depleting inventories. Shipments of soy products leaving the Port were lower by approximately 38,000 tons as the shipping season for that commodity ended. In addition, some liquid bulk products saw more traffic leaving by truck or [...]

For the entrepreneur who finds human resources regulations are beginning to erode his ability to focus on his profitability, or the HR director who is so covered with transactional duties that he doesn’t have time to strategize, an HR outsourcing firm with its roots in Oklahoma might offer a solution. Dallas-based Staff One Inc., founded [...]

Hogan Assessment Systems, a Tulsa-based international authority in personality assessment and leadership development, has released Hogan ThinkBox. Developed in conjunction with learning solutions provider ThinkWise Inc., Hogan ThinkBox is an online learning resource that incorporates results from the Hogan Personality Inventory and Hogan Development Survey. Hogan ThinkBox offers a new, informal learning environment that gives [...]

The City of Tulsa has awarded the contract for curbside collection of recyclables to RR Waste Solutions, which will take over the recycling collections June 1. The service has been provided by TRI Inc. since the program’s inception. The new contract calls for collections to be made every two weeks instead of twice a month. [...]

Grocio Inc. just made it easier to get the best available price on your groceries. In fact, with the launch of the Tulsa-based company’s new iPad app, complementing its website and expanding electronic presence, you can make grocery purchasing decisions from virtually anywhere there’s a Wi-Fi connection. Grocio.com, a comparison shopping agent for groceries, helps [...]

In an effort to help small business owners with their accounting systems, a comprehensive QuickBooks training session is scheduled for June in Claremore, said Barbara Rackley, coordinator of the Women’s Business Center of Rural Enterprises of Oklahoma Inc. in Durant. The training will be June 23 from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Innovation [...]

For the third consecutive eligible year, the Tulsa Metro Chamber has been named one of two finalists for the Nation’s Best Chamber award, an honor given annually by the American Chamber of Commerce Executives. If the Chamber wins the award this year, it will mark the first time a chamber has qualified and won the [...]

The House yesterday passed the second $5 million payment to continue the financial commitment made last year to the Oklahoma State University Medical Authority in Tulsa. The funds, passed in House Bill 2445, are part of a public-private agreement reached with local and state leaders last year, making the state’s contribution $5 million a year [...]

The best of Tulsa’s up-and-coming business and community leaders will be recognized as the 2010 class of the Tulsa Business Journal’s 40 Under 40* at a luncheon Tuesday. The recipients were profiled in the June 7 issue of the TBJ. The event will be from noon to 1:30 p.m. at the Crowne Plaza Hotel downtown. [...]