High Plains regional news
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In Texas v. Kennedy, the state of Texas is challenging the constitutionality of a mandate that has allowed disabled people to receive care in their homes rather than in institutions for decades. -
Oklahoma Native American students ranked first in the nation in reading, math and combined achievement in 2024, a result researchers link to aggressive student identification practices and robust Johnson-O'Malley program support. But flat federal funding despite a growing number of eligible students is threatening the programs that helped drive that success. -
Suit alleges city’s Flock surveillance network violates Kansas Constitution -
A plan to build a network of 765 kV transmission lines to bolster the state's power grid has come under intense opposition from landowners in its path and others. -
On Wednesday, Wichita defense attorneys Sal Intagliata and Audra Asher filed a motion to withdraw from the case.
Happenings across the High Plains
Regional Features
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After the U.S. Government encouraged the extermination of approximately 30- 60 million bison on the Great Plains, and before the cattle barons built their huge herds, there stood a brief time when sheep grazed on the lush grasses of the Texas Panhandle. For many years prior to 1874, sheep from the New Mexico Territory, Spanish settlers and Indigenous sheep farmers herded sheep along the Canadian River. The Spanish called them “Pastores.” -
The HPPR Radio Readers Book Club's 2026 Fall Read, Wind & Weather, explores our enduring relationship with the natural world through four remarkable books that move us through the seasons—and through the power of the atmosphere itself. -
Hunting seasons are just around the corner! Larry Weishuhn, a/k/a "Mr. Whitetail”, is Luke's guest this week. -
Tune in to Classical Music Amarillo this week for a program of music by contemporary American composers Korinne Fujiwara and Christopher Theofanidis!
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