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WEBNew KPR Program to Feature 105 Counties Worth of Kansas Music. Kansas Public Radio is excited to announce a new program coming to KPR airwaves this fall. 105 Live is a contemporary music show, showcasing new and noteworthy music from all 105 counties in Kansas, Allen through Wyandotte.
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WEBListen Live Player on the KPR Website. Use any device with a browser and an internet connection to access the KPR website (the website you're looking at right now!). Click the big red button at the top left of the screen and begin listening. If you're experiencing trouble playing the KPR stream and/or on-demand audio: try using a different ...
After 20 Years of Producing Energy, Kansas Wind Power Industry …
WEBOct 6, 2021 · Large wind farms have been producing electricity in Kansas for 20 years. In part two of a series on the state’s wind industry, Brian Grimmett of the Kansas News Service looks at how it has changed and where it could be heading. MINNEOLA, Kan. — The wind farm business in Kansas has hit its awkward adolescence. It’s still growing 20 …
There Are Millions of Fossils in Kansas. Here's How You Can Find …
WEBMar 4, 2020 · by Brian Grimmett, Kansas News Service . LAWRENCE, Kansas — A couple hundred million years ago, an ocean covering Kansas teemed with prehistoric life.Yet for millennia, Kansas has been a dry, sometimes even dusty, place. The ocean is long gone, but traces of that long-ago aquatic life lie right below your feet captured for the ages in …
Kansas Inmates: Medical Care Behind Bars Threatens Their Health
WEBSep 20, 2022 · The state disagrees. (Photo by Carlos Moreno / KCUR) Kansas prisons have struggled to offer quality medical care in recent years. The state says it’s satisfied with a new health contractor, but inmates say the medical care is so poor it threatens their health. Blaise Mesa of the Kansas News Service reports.
Kansas Constitutional Amendment: How All Registered Voters Can …
WEBJun 9, 2022 · The August Kansas primary election this year includes a constitutional amendment on abortion rights, and that’s attracting attention from people who normally don’t vote in primaries.. That may have caused confusion for voters who aren’t used to casting a primary ballot or are not affiliated with a political party and are unsure whether …
Small Southwest Kansas Town Pioneered First Large Wind Farm in …
WEBOct 5, 2021 · But it wasn’t until 2001 that the first large-scale, megawatt-generating wind farm took root outside this small town in southwestern Kansas and began to harness the power of breezes on a 21st-century scale. For anyone with a wall socket, it began to change what turned on the lights. For the environment, the wind farm marked another step to ...
Hays Embraces Water Conservation Measures, but Still Faces Long …
WEBOct 11, 2022 · The city estimates that bringing in an acre foot of water — roughly 326,000 gallons — from a new source would cost Hays at least $15,000. But paying to help residents conserve that same amount of water — with, say, three fescue lawn conversions or 25 new low-flow toilets — costs the city far less.
Film Music Fridays - Kansas Public Radio
WEBFilm Music Friday - May 5, 2023 (Albert Glasser: Giant Monsters, Cowboys and Killers) May 5, 2023. Composer Albert Glasser never won an Oscar but in his Hollywood career he wrote scores for over 200 movies, most of them B-movies and many of them about giant monsters run amok. This week's Film Music Friday looks at the work of Albert Glasser, in ...
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