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"Do all Texans want us to have springs that last forever along with creeks, along with healthy rivers? Yeah, of course, everybody wants that," said Ben Masters, director of "Deep in the Heart 2."
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The Kansas Department of Insurance regulates insurance companies that sell policies in Kansas.
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Dark money groups are financially backing Amendment 86, which aims to make it harder to redraw congressional districts outside of the normal census-driven process
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The illegal movement of animals — particularly horses — could thwart the U.S. Department of Agriculture's effort to stop the spread of the parasite.
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Moran calls for return of bipartisan era melding rural, urban interests
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Regional Features
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A child born in Vermillion, Kansas in 1881, and transported by covered wagon into the rugged Oklahoma Territory, grew up to become "The Sagebrush Artist”, Oklahoma’s own Grandma Moses.
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Global Wind Atlas, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia CommonsI’m Martin Fulmer from Goodwell, OK, here for the HPPR Radio Readers Book Club’s 2026 Fall Read. By the time I reached Lauren Groff’s story “Above and Below,” I had begun to understand that Florida is not only interested in storms as dramatic events.
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Luke had himself a late night last night; he was at the Dallas Safari Club, feeding an army of folks with some of his ample meat locker. Check out this week's episode to learn more!
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Tune in to Classical Music Amarillo this week for an episode of American music of the twentieth century!
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The future of Trump's D.C. arch was already fraught. Then he rebranded it as a military complex. Experts say that only raises more legal and logistical questions.
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