Kum & Go offers area customers the chance to win more than $100,000 this summer to celebrate its 50th anniversary. As part of its “Summer of ‘59” promotion, Kum & Go will award 59 lucky winners a $1,000 Kum & Go gift card and one lucky winner will win the grand prize of $50,000. In-store [...]

Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group Inc. announced the sale of the Dollar Rent A Car and Thrifty Car Rental franchises in Knoxville, Tenn., and the sale of the Thrifty Car Rental franchise in Omaha — including in-terminal airport operations at the McGhee Tyson Airport (Knoxville) and Eppley Airfield (Omaha) — converting both to franchise operations from [...]

Holly Energy Partners and Holly Corp. purchase the newly constructed 16-inch pipeline connecting Holly’s refining facilities in Lovington, N.M. to Holly’s refining facilities in Artesia, N.M., for $34.2 million. Holly Energy expects this pipeline acquisition will result in approximately $6.6 million of incremental annual revenue. The acquisition, paid in cash, was financed through HEP’s revolving [...]

SemGroup Energy Partners LP completes asphalt storage contracts or leases related to its asphalt facilities with various counterparties. As a result, SGLP has 45 of its 46 total asphalt facilities under a storage contract or lease agreement. “The contracting of our facilities has required a significant coordinated effort and the execution of these additional contracts [...]

SemGroup LP said its White Cliffs Pipeline has begun commercial operations. The 12-inch pipeline carries crude oil 525 miles from near Platteville, Colo., to storage tanks owned and operated by SemGroup at Cushing. The pipeline is expected to meet rising demand for moving crude oil from the Rockies to major U.S. markets via the Cushing [...]

Frontier Airlines begins nonstop service to Denver on Aug. 2. The twice-daily service will be operated by Lynx Aviation, said Tulsa International Airport. The schedule is available at www.tulsaairports.com. Frontier Airlines began service in Tulsa in May of 2005 before leaving town as part of a systemwide capacity reduction in 2008, airport authorities report. Tulsa [...]

The City of Tulsa and Tulsa County partner to widen 101st Street at Memorial Drive. The City of Tulsa will provide the cost of materials and Tulsa County will provide labor for construction. Tulsa County will post message boards in the project area to notify motorists of traffic conditions. Beginning on Monday, June 8, construction [...]

Lately, there has been a great deal of discussion about whether or not there is reason for some optimism regarding the U.S. economy’s recovery. The phrases are showing up everywhere: “green shoots” and “light at the end of the tunnel” and even references to a “phoenix rising from the ashes.” “Those who have been watching [...]