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KZNA-FM 90.5 serving northwest Kansas is operating at just 10% power using a back up transmitter while work continues to install a new transmitter. It expected that this work will completed by midweek with KZNA back to its full 100,000 watts of power with a state of the art transmitter to serve the area for many years to come.
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Texas Game Wardens: There is no normal day at the office

High Plains Public Radio | By Cindee Talley

Published July 1, 2013 at 12:01 AM CDT

If you work for the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, a typical day does not exist. The day could bring a drug bust, seizure of gill nets, or rescuing a youngster drifting from shore in the family's boat. State Impact Texas recently featured a few of the more unexpected situations game wardens face on a "typical" day. One tense incident occurred at Palo Duro Lake in the Texas Panhandle.