Threats to public media update
-
Western Kansas is running out of the water needed to fuel irrigated agriculture. Why is it so hard for farmers to switch to alternative crops?
High Plains regional news
-
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. -
Here on the High Plains and all across the country, we benefit from a uniquely American system of public media. It’s a system based on local stations with missions of serving the civic, educational and cultural needs of their local communities. Collectively, these local stations serve 99% of the country’s population every day with entirely free, easily accessible and high-quality programming. -
The Texas House voted 87-58 to approve Senate Bill 1257 on Monday. The measure requires health care providers who provide gender transition health care to also cover any care related to "adverse effects and reversals." -
The Dust Bowl led to the creation of what is now called the Natural Resources Conservation Service. Just as it celebrates a major milestone, the agency is dealing with job losses, massive proposed budget cuts and talk of consolidation. -
Oklahoma lawmakers have entered the final three weeks of the 60th regular legislative session. Hundreds of bills have been sent to Gov. Kevin Stitt, and he's already acted on some. Still looming: budget negotiations.
Happenings across the High Plains
Regional Features
-
This week Classical Music Amarillo celebrates finals week at West Texas A&M University with a program of performances by student ensembles from the WT School of Music! -
Photo by Scott Bauer/United States Department of AgricultureGrowing something you can eat in your garden is one of the easiest decisions of all time...why not get something back for your time and effort? One option that many folks always want to plant each year is blueberries...but the soil on the High Plains isn't always a great fit without amending it to become more acidic. This week, we'll talk about ways you can maximize your odds of success when growing these delicious and nutritious fruit in your own garden! -
While almost no white person set foot in the panhandle for three centuries, politicians, generals, and diplomats debated who the territory belonged to. -
Jocelyn Kinghorn, CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons/Hi, I’m Traci Brimhall, Poet Laureate of Kansas, here for Poets on the Plains. Today, I’m delighted to explore a poem by a favorite Kansas poet of mine Melissa Fite Johnson.
NPR Top Stories
Kent Nishimura/Getty Images
/
Getty Images North America
The health care conglomerate is facing mounting financial problems – and ongoing consumer anger over high costs and denied claims.
Justin Sullivan
/
Getty Images North America
Robyn Beck
/
AFP via Getty Images
Leave a legacy of public radio for your community and the High Plains region
