Kiamichi River landowners express anger at hydro-plant public hearing

TALIHINA — Faced with the prospect that their land could be taken away from them by an out-of-state corporation wanting to use Kiamichi River water to make electricity to be exported to Texas, area property owners did not mince words Thursday about their strong opposition to a proposed closed-loop, hydroelectric project.

Even as representatives of the Southeast Oklahoma Power Corporation (SEOPC) at…