High Plains regional news
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The Tallgrass Film Festival will reveal the new artwork for this year's festival during an event from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Friday at KMUW.
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The $4 million system could provide up to several hours of advance warning, giving residents more time to evacuate before floodwaters become dangerous.
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White House letter highlights fight against waste, fraud and support of private schools
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Texans with disabilities can wait almost two decades for certain Medicaid programs. During a House Human Services Committee public hearing Tuesday, advocates and some state lawmakers said they worry what long wait times mean for the nearly 200,000 Texans on "interest lists" for services.
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The University of Kansas Health System says the pediatric intensive care unit, or PICU, only serves about 150 patients a year. KU faculty say closing the PICU creates a cascading series of problems.
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Regional Features
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It’s just about time to transplant your plants into the outdoors, but…do you notice that chill? Not the outdoor temperature, but the panic of realizing that some of your plants won’t survive the process of moving to the outdoors? For what it's worth, some plants are better able to handle the process, and we’ll talk this week about which, and methods to help minimize the stress on your plants this year.
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Flickr user jonathanw100.Derivative work: Diderot's dreams at en.wikipedia, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia CommonsHello, I’m poet and professor Benjamin Myers here for Poetry on the Plains. Today I’m sharing with you a poem by quintessential Oklahoman poet Quraysh Ali Lansana. Lansana is the author of over twenty books of poetry, nonfiction, and children’s literature.
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This remembrance first aired on HPPR in 2019.Hello, I’m Dennis Garcia. I was born in 1951 in Garden City, Kansas. Even in a small town like Garden City, we get so busy we don’t see things that impact our daily lives. For me, it was the railroad. I’m one of 10 kids raised in a small wood framed house. Our home stood alongside the Santa Fe Railroad’s main line that went through town. We lived so close that by the time I was 10, I could throw a rock from my backyard and easily reach the tracks.
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Love breakfast sausage, but hate the rising price at the grocery store? Luke’s got a solution for you…make your own!
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The Iran war's shaky ceasefire was further strained on Friday as the United Arab Emirates responded to a missile and drone strikes.
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