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Hemp businesses and consumers asked to block state regulations on THC, but their lawsuit remains pending. -
U.S. Geological Survey researchers developed models to better understand the timing and sources contributing to nutrient pollution in streams and rivers. They say their findings can help guide efforts to improve water quality. -
Public health officials said some parents are confused about what vaccines are required to attend Texas schools amid efforts to change recommendations. -
After years providing bucking broncs and bulls to rodeos in the West, Colorado rancher Kirsten Vold is ready to ride off into the sunset -
Marion County Record reporter Phyllis Zorn and others say the August 2023 police raid was retaliation for the newspaper's aggressive coverage, including into misconduct accusations against then-Police Chief Gideon Cody.
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Ricks, CC BY-SA 3.0 <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/>, via Wikimedia CommonsHello friends, I’m Huascar Medina, Former Poet Laureate of Kansas, here for Poets on the Plains. I hope you are well and finding joy. I’m excited to share some wonderful poetry from Kansas poets. Today, I will be sharing the poem “Under Tree Canopy” by Megan Kaminski. -
Rosendahl, Public domain, via Wikimedia CommonsI’m Martin Fulmer from Goodwell, Oklahoma, here for the HPPR Radio Readers Book Club’s 2026 Fall Read. When I picked up Heaven’s Breath: A Natural History of the Wind, I remember wondering how anyone could write an entire book about the wind. It seemed like an impossible subject. -
Photo by Grace FlyingNo one really knows why a strong and widely-based love of flying developed in the prairies of Kansas and Nebraska. Perhaps it was the prairie itself, with its wide open spaces and lack of obstacles like mountains, forests, and other natural outgrowths. Perhaps it was the shifting currents of air that rose and fell from those flatlands. -
GerritR, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia CommonsHello Radio Readers! This is Marit Ehmke coming to you from west-central Kansas in Lane County. If there’s one thing you can count on living in this part of the world, it’s the wind. Whether it be a gentle breeze or, more often than not, strong gusts bending what trees we have, the wind is a constant companion.
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