Author Archives: Jorie Helms

Finding an affordable home to buy should be easier than discovering buried treasure. But for many homebuyers – especially first-timers – it’s doesn’t feel that way. The lack of affordable homes has been a persistent problem in the housing marke...

The Builders Association of South Central Oklahoma has named Stephen Koranda executive officer. Through his firm, Back To You Marketing, Koranda will manage BASCO, which, since 1949, has been serving and connecting those in the home building indust...

FONTANA, Calif. — At a steel factory dwarfed by the adjacent Auto Club Speedway, Fernando Esparza is working toward his next promotion. Esparza is a 46-year-old mechanic for Evolution Fresh, a subsidiary of Starbucks that makes juices and smoothi...

OKC-area home sales increase in 2018 By: Molly M. Fleming The Journal Record " March 4, 2019 OKLAHOMA CITY – Homes priced at less than $200,000 were in high demand in 2018, and that demand isn’t expected to slow this year. Closed single-...

  February is Heart for the Hungry month at the Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma and Dolese Bros. Co. announced the continuation of its partnership with the Food Bank. Dolese will match all donations made to the Food Bank through the nonpro...