Garden City Middle School Receives Second Threat Of Violence In Less Than A Week

By Angie Haflich • 8 hours ago
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***UPDATE: The Garden City Police Department arrested a 15-year old female student on an allegation of criminal threat in connection to the latest threat.***

A 15-year-old female was arrested early Tuesday evening on an allegation of criminal threat in connection to the second threat of violence aimed at Horace Good Middle School in less than a week. 

Glam'Arillo: 2019 ALT Gala Goes Hollywood This Saturday Night

By • 8 hours ago

The Amarillo Little Theatre Guild & Board of Directors proudly hosts The ALT Gala 2019, a fundraiser for the organization’s productions, outreach initiatives, and educational endeavors. Join them to glam up Amarillo for one night only with this year’s theme: “Hollywood Glam.” It’ll be a place to dance, drink, and revel the night away in true Hollywood Glam style. There will be a live auction, wine & whiskey pull, and dancing!

Most Colorado Counties Aren’t Ready For Climate Change — Or Its Health Hazards

By editor • 8 hours ago

Last summer, Eagle County, at the rooftop of Colorado’s high country, faced its first major wild land fire. The Lake Christine Fire started a few blocks from the town of Basalt and burned more than 12,000 acres. Jill Ryan, at the time an Eagle County Commissioner, said most folks evacuated or were told to stay inside, because of “really poor air quality, the smoke that just settled in that valley.”

Here Comes the Sun: Forest Sun in Amarillo TONIGHT!

By • 10 hours ago

We were so thrilled to have legendary singer-songwriter Forest Sun live in the HPPR studio today! By the time he showed up, this guy had already been on KVII's TV morning show, Daybreak with Anthony Pittman AND Panhandle Primate podcast with Dexter Cearley.  Now THAT is how you promote a folk show in a pizza joint! Indeed, Forest is playing the Fire Songs  live-music concert series TONIGHT at Fire Slice Pizzeria (34th & Coulter) at 7pm.

Bent Out Of Shape, Part 2: An Animal Epidemic Goes Global

By • 10 hours ago

The question of where chronic wasting disease came from reopened in the spring of 2016.

Roy Andersen was monitoring reindeer in Norway. He’s a research technician with the Norwegian Institute for Nature Research. On a rare, sunny day, Andersen and his colleagues were doing what they often do in the spring: blasting across a snowy plateau, chasing a herd of about 500 wild reindeer.

Air Force Veteran MJ Hegar Is Challenging Texas Sen. John Cornyn In 2020

By • 10 hours ago

MJ Hegar announced Tuesday she is running for the U.S. Senate in 2020, challenging Texas Sen. John Cornyn for a seat he's held since 2002. 

Hays County Takes 'The Fight To Kinder Morgan' With Lawsuit Over Proposed Pipeline

By • 11 hours ago

After months of community protests, a group of more than 20 landowners and city leaders gathered Monday to announce that Hays County and the City of Kyle had officially joined a lawsuit to oppose a natural gas pipeline proposed to run through Central Texas.

After Deadly Explosion At Lake City Munitions Plant, The Business Of War Proves Costly

By • 11 hours ago

Two years after an explosion at a crucial Army factory that is the country’s largest producer of small-caliber ammunition, the underlying cause of Lawrence Bass Jr.’s death remains unclear.

Bass, a longtime employee, followed explosives-handling procedures later deemed to be poorly written. He worked for a defense contractor anxious to slash costs on a government contract it had underbid.

School Building Upkeep Left To Local Taxpayers In Kansas, So Sometimes Sun Peers Through The Walls

By Emily Richmond for The Hechinger Report • 12 hours ago

EFFINGHAM, Kansas — In 2014, a cash-strapped school district in rural northeast Kansas turned to its residents with a plea: Pay a little more in taxes annually so we can renovate classrooms, update the wiring and give students better spaces to learn.

Texas Lawmakers To Vote On Broadband Expansion Bills

By • Apr 22, 2019
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Fifteen million Texans lack access to broadband internet. Most of those Texans are rural residents, and many live in the Texas Panhandle.

Now, as KERA reports, the state Legislature has proposed two bills aimed at closing the digital gap in the Lone Star State.

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Rochester Drug Cooperative Faces Federal Criminal Charges Over Role In Opioid Epidemic

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Today Rochester Drug Cooperative became the first pharmaceutical distributer to face federal criminal charges for its role in the opioid epidemic. RDC is charged with conspiring to distribute drugs and defrauding the federal government. The charges are a result of a two-year investigation that began after it was found that RDC ignored pill limits for pharmacies and catered to doctors who over-prescribe.

Gary Craig is an investigative reporter with the Democrat and Chronicle newspaper in Rochester, N.Y. Welcome to the program.

Investigation Into The Easter Sunday Attacks Continues In Sri Lanka

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Today Rochester Drug Cooperative became the first pharmaceutical distributer to face federal criminal charges for its role in the opioid epidemic. RDC is charged with conspiring to distribute drugs and defrauding the federal government. The charges are a result of a two-year investigation that began after it was found that RDC ignored pill limits for pharmacies and catered to doctors who over-prescribe.

Gary Craig is an investigative reporter with the Democrat and Chronicle newspaper in Rochester, N.Y. Welcome to the program.

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