High Plains regional news
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Tornadoes touched down in Central and Northeast Oklahoma, leaving destruction — especially in the small Osage County town of Barnsdall and in Bartlesville in Washington County.
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New laws will force patients to report more personal information to officials, create a new felony and direct more money to anti-abortion groups.
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When the United Methodist Church removed anti-gay language from its official rules last week, it marked the end of a half-century of debates over LGBTQ inclusion in America's mainline Protestant denominations.
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It’s now been two years since New Mexico legalized recreational cannabis, and sales data shows Texans are helping what’s become a multi-million-dollar industry for the state. Despite that, Texas lawmakers seem even farther from approving any sort of marijuana reform than they were just a few years ago.
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Fewer farmers are planting hemp across the Midwest and Great Plains. The decline is most acute in hemp grown for its oils, like CBD, but experts say there’s greater opportunity in industrial hemp.
Happenings across the High Plains
Regional Features
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Sunlight is all around us, and yet we don't always take the time to consider what it gives us. This week, I'll share how my early childhood fascination with sunlight led me to focus on learning how much light was good for my plants, and which fruits and vegetables could use a bit less. We'll talk about the best ways to give your plants all the light they need, and no more!
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Tune in this week to hear the program performed by the WT Symphonic Band at the Texas Music Educators Association conference in February of 2024!
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It is with deep sadness that we share the passing of PJ Pronger of Amarillo. PJ was a Book Leader for the 2020 Spring Read – Radio Waves and a contributor of Radio Reader BokBytes. We appreciated his insight as well as his eloquence. The HPPR Radio Readers Book Club is an on-air, on-line community of readers exploring themes of interest to those who live and work on the High Plains. We will miss PJ in that community and thank his family for sharing him with us.
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Tune in to Classical Music Amarillo this week to hear some highlights from Chamber Music Amarillo’s most recent season!
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The bus was transporting 53 farmworkers at about 6:40 a.m. when it collided with a pickup truck in Marion County, about 80 miles north of Orlando, the Florida Highway Patrol said.
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