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HPPR is seeking individuals for two full-time positions with key roles in creating the High Plains Civic Media Network, a new initiative by HPPR to provide much expanded civic news and information across the High Plains region.
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Texas says new rules banning sales of smokable hemp also apply to out-of-state companies. But cannabis lawyers question the rules and Austin police won't confiscate hemp if you have the packaging. -
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Groups funded by artificial intelligence industry leaders have spent more than $2.8 million in the state, mostly on U.S. House GOP candidates who favor a light regulatory touch. -
A new synthetic opioid linked to at least one overdose death in Oklahoma is raising concerns among health and law enforcement officials in the state. -
As it prepared for the second year, a meeting scheduled with Department of Energy contractors during President Donald Trump’s inauguration in January was cancelled.
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This week Classical Music Amarillo is playing recordings by Armenian pianist Hayk Arsenyan, the distinguished guest artist for this year’s West Texas A&M University School of Music World Music Festival! -
Compost tea isn’t a beverage, but it’s a great way to use the nutrients from your composting to make an easily spreadable liquid you can apply almost anywhere. This week, we’ll talk about how and why you may want to consider making a batch, and seeing what it can do for your garden! -
University of Washington, Public domain, via Wikimedia CommonsHello, this is Clifton Butt. I’m an English teacher in Amarillo, Texas, and I’m here to briefly discuss the book Never Met a Man I Didn’t Like: The Life and Writings of Will Rogers. There is a famous saying that you should never meet your heroes. -
Jordan MacDonald from Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, U.S.A., CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecomHi, I’m Benjamin Myers, a former Oklahoma Poet Laureate here for Poetry on the Plains. Today I’d like to share with you a poem by the excellent Oklahoma poet, Paul Bowers. Bowers is recently retired from teaching writing and literature at Northern Oklahoma College and lives with his wife on a ten-acre farm in Ringwood, Oklahoma.
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The status of a decades-old bunker beneath the now-demolished East Wing is unclear, but the Trump administration has cited security concerns in its legal filings in favor of continuing construction.
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