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Some High Plains states charge annual fees – or have pending legislation that would charge annual fees - to owners of electric vehicles.As Vox reports, at…
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Chinese philosophers are on to something with their Yin and Yang concepts. Light balances dark, silence/noise, joy/sorrow, and in our case, mud offsets…
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When I talk to friends who love to live in cities, they often wonder what we do for fun in our rural setting. Even my former students who live in a nearby…
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Weather forecasters have a miserable job. On one hand, they predict impending catastrophic weather and save lives. Think of residents if Oklahoma who made…
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I’d be the first to tell you I’m not a quilter and unlikely to become one unless catastrophe requires me to recycle old clothing remnants into blankets to…
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Ask people from outside Kansas to describe our state and many would state definitely, “It’s flat.” A drive across western Kansas on I-70 or Highway 54…
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Much of the High Plains region is in the path of a dangerous ice storm that could result in prolonged power outages this weekend.As AccuWeather reports,…
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Mother Nature does a fantastic job of cleaning up after herself. Humans could learn a trick or ten from the efficient way natural processes clean water,…
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An arctic blast brought record-low temperatures to much of the High Plains region over the weekend.As The Weather Channel reports, lows on Saturday night…
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Much of the High Plains region continues to be plagued by at least moderate drought.According to the latest U.S. Drought Monitor, western Kansas, eastern…