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The Ogallala aquifer that sustains parts of western Kansas has been declining rapidly, and some farmers say the solution is an aqueduct running across the state. But critics of the idea say it isn’t practical and is a distraction from real solutions to water issues.
High Plains regional news
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Governor Kevin Stitt delivers his next to last State of the State address to a joint session of the Oklahoma legislature Monday, airing live on KGOU at 12:30 p.m. -
Gov. Greg Abbott and U.S. Customs and Border Protection have signed an agreement that allows Texas guardsmen to make immigration arrests on the border. -
The ACLU and a coalition of other groups sent a letter to superintendents and school boards last week telling them not to adopt the state's new Bluebonnet Learning curriculum, which critics say emphasizes Christianity over other religions. -
Lawmakers have assembled at the state capitol today for the start of Oklahoma's 60th legislative session. Here’s a bit of what to expect this lawmaking season. -
Tulsa-born rock musician Annie Clark, known professionally as St. Vincent, won three Grammy Awards on Sunday.
Happenings across the High Plains
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Sarah Nichols from Las Vegas, NV, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/li/Hello. My name is Cheryl Berzanskis and I’m from Amarillo. As listeners to High Plains Public Radio slog through winter and spring is only a promise on the calendar, some lighthearted reading might get us through the darkness. -
Robert Couse-Baker from Sacramento, California, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons/Hello, Radio Readers. I’m Julie A. Sellers, author of the novel Ann of Sunflower Lane. Welcome to this High Plains Public Radio Readers BookByte of The Lost Continent: Travels in Small-Town America by Bill Bryson. -
Some journeys take us across physical landscapes and others, across internal ones. The Lost Continent details author Bill Bryson’s self-proclaimed “journey of discovery.” Following his father’s death, Bryson returns to the United States from England and travels almost 14,000 miles across the country in search of the elements for the quintessential American town. -
Luke's good friend Jeff Rice shares a tasty sweet and sour pork camp recipe this week.
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Shannon Liss-Riordan, who represents thousands of former Twitter employees suing the company, sees many similarities in the predicament of federal workers today. Here's her advice.
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