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A program run out of the San Antonio Zoo is trying to make horned lizards as common as they used to be. -
Gentner Drummond's push to pressure his opponent into taking a drug test taps into voter concerns over candidates' health and could tip the outcome of the contentious runoff election for Oklahoma's Republican nominee for governor, some political observers said. -
While Hamilton is aiming for the middle, Marshall is firmly positioned on the right. -
Rising costs, slowing tax revenue and a sluggish economy have saddled some of Texas' biggest cities with multimillion-dollar deficits. -
The platform was brought online in anticipation it could help senators and representatives better respond and reach out to constituents.
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José Reynaldo da Fonseca, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia CommonsWelcome to Poets on the Plains, I’m Brad Aaron Modlin. Of All the Rain, Summer Is Most Like a Child poem is the perfect combination of clarity and mystery. Like nature itself! Throughout the poem, we almost know what nature and humans will do next, and then we get thrown off. -
Judy Gallagher, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia CommonsFor High Plains Public Radio Readers Club, I'm Shane Timpson in Colby, Kansas. When I talk to people about living out here or when people come to visit, a lot of people will say they like it out here. But when the wind starts to blow, they go, “I can't get used to this wind.” -
Window on the Plains MuseumWomen of the old West usually fell into two basic categories: respectable women who worked at homesteading, school teaching, or storekeeping; – OR– ‘soiled doves’ who worked at saloons and dancehalls. However, one young woman who became a legend in the Texas Panhandle was able to embody BOTH worlds, while never revealing who she really was… or where she came from. -
Dorothea Lange, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Black-and-White NegativesHello Radio Readers! This is Marit Ehmke coming to you from west-central Kansas in Lane County. As someone who works on a farm, I’ve come to accept that much of my life’s schedule is determined by what weather the wind brings. It’s a staple of our lives here everywhere, but especially on the High Plains, where the weather determines many people’s livelihoods.
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From state and local food-safety response to the federal health agencies that fund that work, a record-breaking year for cyclosporiasis cases runs up against the Trump administration's cuts last year.
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