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Posts Tagged ‘Kansas News Service’

Kansas Retirees Resist Evergy’s Bid to Hike Electricity Prices and Profits

By | August 9, 2023 | 0
Evergy's Lawrence Energy Center.

Retirees living on fixed incomes, and their advocates, say Evergy’s plan to hike electricity prices in Kansas puts profits before people.

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Politicians Battle Rural Population Declines in Kansas, But Drop-off Continues

By | June 6, 2023 | 0
A sign on the side of a building reads "Life is Fine in Humboldt."

Rural parts of Kansas continue to see significant population declines. Some local and state officials are trying to staunch the seemingly endless bleeding.

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No Place Like Home? The Wizard of Oz Still Shapes the World’s View of Kansas for Better and Worse

By | May 2, 2023 | 0
A Dorothy Gale impersonator who works at Dorothy's House in Liberal, Kansas, holds a pair of ruby slippers she wears while leading tours of the museum.

The Wizard of Oz and Kansas have been inseparable since farm girl Dorothy Gale first skipped down the yellow brick road. But having an enduring image from the Dust Bowl 1930s might also hold Kansas back from what it wants to be today.

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With the Ogallala Aquifer Drying Up, Kansas Ponders Limits to Irrigation

By | April 7, 2023 | 0
Brownie Wilson of the Kansas Geological Survey uses a metal measuring tape to determine the depth of the aquifer's water level in western Kansas. Statewide aquifer levels dropped by nearly two feet over the past year — this third-largest decline since the 1990s.

Water levels in the Ogallala Aquifer continue to plummet. But after decades of inaction, Kansas’ approach to water conservation might be shifting.

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‘This is Do or Die’: Western Kansas Farmers Push to Save the Ogallala Aquifer Before it’s Too Late

By | January 10, 2023 | 0
Haskell County farmer Travis Leonard stands next to his well that finally gave out this year. It's one of several that have run out of water on his farm in southwest Kansas in recent years as the Ogallala aquifer declines.

After decades of irrigation, the aquifer that makes life possible in dry western Kansas is reaching a critical point. But a new plan could save more of what’s left.

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