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A 1.7-mile-wide EF-5 tornado hit the tiny town of Greensburg, Kan. in 2007. Given the opportunity to start from a blank slate, those who stayed decided to rebuild green, including developing something that has had a lasting ripple-effect: a media center. -
Voting rights groups are asking a judge to enforce a 2021 settlement aimed at providing reliable online registration through DPS. -
The Oklahoma State Election Board said the interface between the Online Voter Registration System and Service Oklahoma's data experienced communication issues for a couple of hours Friday afternoon. -
Kansas State Arts and Sciences facing $2.6M budget shortfall, raising worries about possible layoffsThe budget announcement came as state universities struggle to make up state funding shortfalls — some tied to requiring proof the universities eliminated diversity, equity and inclusion education. -
TDCJ, which estimates climate control will cost $1.5 billion, said the federal judge’s order imposes “chaos and confusion” on the country’s largest prison system.
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Public domain, via Wikimedia CommonsHello, Radio Readers! This is Marit Ehmke from western Lane County with a Radio Readers BookByte for High Plains Public Radio’s Fall Read on Wind and Weather. When I think about The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, I think first about Kansas weather. -
Temple Houston was the first child born in the Governor's Mansion in Austin, Texas. His father was the legendary Sam Houston. From him, Temple inherited flamboyance — and a life full of opportunity. But he also inherited a strong will, and a determination to make his own name, out from under his father's shadow. -
Kansas Memory; DaRT.ID:210303I'm Glenda Shepard from Yucca Corners Farm in rural Stanton County KS. This is my third Radio Readers BookByte for And Hell Followed With It Life and Death in a Kansas Tornado by Bonar Menninger. In this BookByte I'm going to look at Chapters Two, Four and 19. -
Tune in to Classical Music Amarillo this week to hear two works of local resonance that were recently commissioned and premiered by the Amarillo Symphony!
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As polar ice melts in the Arctic, shipping lanes are opening up, making the region a new zone of superpower competition. Writer Rana Foroohar explains the stakes in Sea Change.
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