Amarillo

Texas has had trouble getting a state of 30 million residents online for years — even before the pandemic put a spotlight on poor broadband development.

Today, we caught up with HPPR's former high-school intern Rafael Rodriguez. He's now a hip-hop artist & producer living in far-north California. This Saturday night, he's returning to his hometown of Amarillo for a LIVE HIP-HOP SHOW, and he's bringing his friend and collaborator, Davey Legend, with him. The two of them joined us on "High Plains Morning" to talk about the show, their work in the music industry, and growing up in wide open spaces.

The Panhandle region has a higher than average hospitalization rate for COVID-19. The winter holidays pose a concern for increased cases.

Republicans in the Texas Panhandle county home to Amarillo are set to administer their own primary in March. Some state and county election officials fear voter confusion, fraud risk and possible lawsuits.

It feels odd to even say the sentence, but it seems to be true: live music is BACK! Today on High Plains Morning, I had a blast visiting with Nate Green,…

Last week on High Plains Morning, we had a delightful visit from Marcy McKay, an Amarillo-based author and regular HPPR Radio Readers Book Club…

The High Plains has always been populated by generous, community-minded people that look after one another in good times and bad. So this week we welcomed…

This week on High Plains Morning, we talked to Amarillo artist (and newly-appointed early education instructor) Kegan Hollis about his forthcoming…

Today on High Plains Morning, we had Jami Cowart, the Voter Registration Coordinator at the Amarillo League of Women Voters on the air to discuss the…

SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mar. 11, 2021 -- Amazon.com, Inc. plans to open a new fulfillment center in Amarillo, Texas. The new operations facility is…