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Kansas farmers are hurting after China’s retaliatory tariffs on the United States closed a major market for the state’s biggest crop. Despite a productive year, farmers across Kansas may not break even.
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High winds and heavy rainfall cause some trees to topple over, causing property damage and, occasionally, injuries. Scientists at the University of Oklahoma will spend the next four years working with communities on mitigating that hazard. -
Texas A&M University's president is stepping down after facing criticism over a classroom video that showed a student objecting to a children's literature lesson about gender, which led to the professor's firing. -
Last month, the Kansas Department of Corrections suddenly canceled subscriptions purchased by outside parties for those in state custody. The move confounded newspaper publishers and concerned press freedom advocates. -
While Oklahoma politicians seek to punish educators critical of the late conservative activist Charlie Kirk online, supporters from across the state gathered at Oklahoma State University to remember his faith and staunch defense of free speech. -
Economic uncertainty, inflation, strict state limits on property tax collections and uncertainty around future federal funds have crimped local budgets.
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This week Classical Music Amarillo presents a veritable variety of recordings by the talented faculty of the School of Music at West Texas A&M University! -
With the frosts due soon, it may be time to look at harvesting some of your crops soon, even if they don't seem full-grown. Failing to do so might mean losing out on some of your garden's bounty, so don't let the idea of perfection keep you from enjoying some baby vegetables, rather than none at all! This week, we'll talk about how to selectively time your harvesting, to let your plants grow as much as possible before they're at risk. -
Sergiu Bacioiu from Romania, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons/Hello everyone, this is Clifton Butt, an English teacher in Amarillo, Texas. I'm here to briefly discuss American Mother by Column McCann with Diane Foley. Before starting this book, I only had vague memories of James Foley, his capture, and his execution at the hands of ISIS in 2014.
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