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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.
KTOT- FM 89.5 serving the Oklahoma and northeast Texas panhandles is currently off air. Repairs are underway.
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U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Mud swallowed half of this Kansas lake. Engineers think they can fight back

Celia Llopis-Jepsen

In dry years, Tuttle Creek Lake and other reservoirs keep the Kansas River flowing strong enough to provide drinking water for hundreds of thousands of people. But these manmade lakes are disappearing.
HPPR News

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says staffing shortages will limit lake life for Oklahomans, visitors

Graycen Wheeler

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Tulsa District oversees 29 bodies of water in Oklahoma. In an announcement Thursday, the Corps said staffing shortages will impact all the district's lakes this summer. But 14 lakes in particular will temporarily close some recreation areas this summer.
HPPR Environment

What’s Next for ‘Lake’ Optima, the Reservoir That Never Filled?

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers built more lakes in Oklahoma than any other state. Some of those reservoirs struggle to fill, especially during drought,…