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HPPR is seeking individuals for two full-time positions with key roles in creating the High Plains Civic Media Network, a new initiative by HPPR to provide much expanded civic news and information across the High Plains region.
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The lawsuit alleges Texas' use of a federal immigration database to review voter eligibility could have put eligible voters at risk. -
The yearlong program for accomplished, early-career journalists provides an opportunity for fellows to learn together and work full time as reporters, editors and visual journalists alongside some of the best in the industry. -
Oklahoma Republicans are moving a bill through the legislature that would allow residents to vote on altering the state constitution. But some lawmakers worry about who exactly would have a say in the process. -
The State Board of Education plans to announce the next commissioner during its April 14 meeting. -
'Trial and error': Texas community orgs, retailers prepare as state implements new SNAP restrictionsStarting April 1, Texans won't be able to use their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, benefits to purchase "candy or sweetened drinks." Texas retailers and nonprofits have spent month preparing for the new restrictions — but some recipients may not know until they're checking out at the store.
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This week Classical Music Amarillo is playing recordings by Armenian pianist Hayk Arsenyan, the distinguished guest artist for this year’s West Texas A&M University School of Music World Music Festival! -
Compost tea isn’t a beverage, but it’s a great way to use the nutrients from your composting to make an easily spreadable liquid you can apply almost anywhere. This week, we’ll talk about how and why you may want to consider making a batch, and seeing what it can do for your garden! -
University of Washington, Public domain, via Wikimedia CommonsHello, this is Clifton Butt. I’m an English teacher in Amarillo, Texas, and I’m here to briefly discuss the book Never Met a Man I Didn’t Like: The Life and Writings of Will Rogers. There is a famous saying that you should never meet your heroes. -
Jordan MacDonald from Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, U.S.A., CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecomHi, I’m Benjamin Myers, a former Oklahoma Poet Laureate here for Poetry on the Plains. Today I’d like to share with you a poem by the excellent Oklahoma poet, Paul Bowers. Bowers is recently retired from teaching writing and literature at Northern Oklahoma College and lives with his wife on a ten-acre farm in Ringwood, Oklahoma.
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