High Plains regional news
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More than 40% of the state’s population is Hispanic, but its mental health provider population is more than 80% white.
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Humans transport some non-native species on purpose. Others arrive by accident. The vast majority don’t hijack landscapes. But those that do come with high stakes.
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A Perkins man is accused of throwing a pipe bomb at The Satanic Temple’s Massachusetts headquarters.
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The EPA set its first-ever drinking water limits for five types of PFAS chemicals, and nearly 50 of Texas public water systems have reported exceeding the new limits for at least one. North Texas cities include Arlington, Grapevine, Fort Worth and Dallas.
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The Texas Health and Human Services Commission will be fined $100,000 a day until it comes into compliance on two remedial court orders.
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Regional Features
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This week Classical Music Amarillo presents a program of music performed by the faculty of the School of Music at West Texas A&M University!
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Don't take it too personally when one or more of your plants just...doesn't make it. It happens. In fact, it doesn't make you the plant murderer you might fear you've become. And in a way, it's almost freeing, as it's part of the natural cycle, and keeping this in mind, along with how much new life you're also bringing into the world, can help to deepen your relationship with your garden, and nature in general.
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Hello, Radio Readers! I’m Jane Holwerda and – believe it or not –it’s time to wrap up this most incredible of Spring Reads, “Water, Water, Neverwhere.”
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Tune in to hear the Harrington String Quartet perform works by Schulhoff, Bartók, Grant Still, Webern, and Price!
NPR Top Stories
A new study shows people who are in the habit of climbing stairs are less likely to die from heart disease compared to those who don't. Stair climbers also had a slight boost in longevity.
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