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Community gardens can fill the gaps for people who don't have access to fresh produce, live in food deserts or don't have the space to grow plants of their own. But they also provide space for people to learn about gardening and connect with one another. -
Texas lawmakers banned cell phones in schools to reduce classroom distractions. A North Texas behavioral health specialist discusses whether the idea can work. -
Texas Republicans are trying to reconvene the state Legislature to vote on redrawing congressional maps in their party's favor. This comes after Democratic lawmakers left the state last week, denying Republicans the quorum they need to proceed. -
Thousands of oil wells have been abandoned in Oklahoma over the years. KOSU's Anna Pope visited three sites in the Deep Fork Wildlife Refuge to see how the Well Done Foundation plugs orphan oil wells. -
Private prison company CoreCivic is temporarily barred from holding detainees at its dormant Leavenworth facility. Yet preparations to reopen are going full steam ahead.
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Chromolithographs of Paper Lanterns (ca. 1880), Metropolitan Museum of Art. Public Domain./For High Plains Public Radio’s Readers Club, I’m Shane Timson in Colby, Kansas. Today we’re talking about the book Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders. This book was Saunders’ first book, and it was a New York Times bestseller. -
Musée Guimet, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons/Hi, my name is Chris Hudson and I’m an English professor at Amarillo College. I’d like to welcome you to the Fall Radio Readers Book Club. I’m here to talk to you again about George Saunders’ Lincoln in the Bardo. -
Luke's guest this week is Hunter Barrett with Fortified Cottonseed www.fortifiedcottonseed.com. Hunter and Luke discuss feeding cottonseed as a supplement to deer. There are very many reasons that make perfect sense why one should take a close look at cottonseed. To hear Luke's hour long show, visit www.catfishradio.org -
Tune in to Classical music Amarillo this week as we continue our exploration of symphonic literature!
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