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Texas created a $1.4 billion fund to help pay for projects to guard against destructive flooding. But after learning that so many local communities turned down the money, two lawmakers who approved the program acknowledged it was flawed. -
The illicit plan took place over an eight-month period. -
Two local nonprofits that serve people experiencing homelessness in Oklahoma received multimillion-dollar grants from the founder of Amazon, Jeff Bezos, and his wife. -
Gov. Laura Kelly criticizes Congress for lack of response ‘while they sit on their hands’ -
Bookmarked, based in North Texas, advertises itself as "antivirus for libraries."
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This week, Luke puts a new air rifle to the test. -
This week Classical Music Amarillo celebrates the end of another great semester at West Texas A&M University’s School of Music with two extraordinary faculty performances! -
Just because it's cold out doesn't mean you can't be thinking about your garden...or someone else's garden. Help the gardeners in your life with thoughtful gardening gift ideas! -
Carl Lewis, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia.ComHello, I’m Juan J. Morales, an assistant professor of English at Colorado College and a poet that lives in Pueblo, Colorado, here for Poets on the Plains. Today I am sharing my poem, “Visiting Your Grave,” from my latest collection, Dream of the Bird Tattoo, which was published by the University of New Mexico Press in 2025.
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In a speech on Saturday, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth defended the strikes, saying: "President Trump can and will take decisive military action as he sees fit to defend our nation's interests."
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