High Plains regional news
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Public school leaders will share how they are navigating finances, teacher quality and special education in the wake of last year's state funding overhaul. -
Lawrence, Kansas, will host the Algerian men's national football team during this summer's World Cup. Students at Lawrence High School wanted to be part of making them feel at home — even if it meant scrambling to film and edit a video on their last day of classes. -
An attorney complained about Dallas County Court at Law No. 1 Judge D'Metria Benson's mask mandate in her courtroom. She says it's in place because she has a compromised immune system. -
Schwab said he does not “cater to the loud minority.” -
Prosecutors say an ICE agent fired into a Minneapolis home occupied by four adults and two children, then falsely claimed he acted in self-defense. He was arrested Friday in Texas.
Happenings across the High Plains
Regional Features
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Despite significant omissions from our nation’s history books, early women settlers across the High Plains and the mountain states, recorded their experiences as participants in the transformation of the U.S. We find their words in diaries, in letters sent east, and in memoirs which we pick up today like heirlooms from an attic trunk. -
Hello! I’m Jane Holwerda in Dodge City KS for Radio Readers Summer 2026 Read, a series wherein we seize the opportunity to go on a bit about which ever books we’d like to recommend. I’ve just finished a collection of essays, titled Out Here in the Out There, authored by Phillip Heldrich. -
Tune in this week to revisit some beloved moments from the other CMA's most recent season! -
This week, we're talking about catching striper on Lake Texoma with Luke's buddy, Bill Carey!
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Mara Hoplamazian has spent years reporting on 'forever chemicals,' or PFAS. Here's what they've learned about what may help limit everyday exposure to the contaminant.
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