A couple of weeks ago, my wife and I spent two full days enjoying Palo Duro Canyon State Park in the panhandle of Texas south of Amarillo. The park’s road runs seven miles from start to finish. The canyon is over 120 miles long. We saw enough, but not much of the canyon’s vastness.
TOPEKA — Gov. Laura Kelly on Tuesday announced a $53 million program to deliver bonuses to 22,000 child care workers at licensed facilities in Kansas.
For more than a century, Kansas students have earned credits — and, after enough of them, a high school diploma — based on how much time they spend in a classroom. The age-old “Carnegie unit” approach to education became the academic law of the land way back in 1906.
With the federal ruling, Kansas voters will now decided whether to remove the last barrier protecting abortion rights from the state’s constitution. The U.S.
TOPEKA, Kansas — A state already gearing up for voters to decide whether to strike abortion rights from the Kansas Constitution reacted with both glee and dismay at the U.S. Supreme Court overturning the 49-year-old Roe v. Wade precedent on Friday.
MANHATTAN – It’s that time of the year again when fresh produce is ready to be harvested, and many intend to set some aside to preserve for the fall and winter. Kansas State food scientist Karen Blakeslee said safety precautions are important when canning foods at home.
Riley Cramer, a Southwest Elementary student from Pratt, Kansas, won second place in Division 1 of the National School Bus Safety Poster Contest last week with her entry that was awarded first in the state of Kansas earlier this spring.
The Kiowa County Senior Center in Greensburg will host Kansas Quilt Speaker Deborah Divine on Friday, July 1 at 1 p.m. for a special presentation.
KANSAS CITY, Kan. – Beginning this month, hunters and anglers will benefit from a new-andimproved system designed to make accessing public lands in Kansas easier than ever. As part of the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks’ (KDWP) all-new licensing purchase system – Go Outdoors KS – outdoor recreationalists will not need a separate login to “check in” and out of KDWP-managed properties, as the Go Outdoors KS licensing system and mobile app is fully integrated.
A few years ago, while out cruising the backroads near Inman, we discovered a group of blue heron nests high in trees along the river. We stop by each spring to check on them and to marvel at the almost comical sight of great blue herons standing tall in the middle of hodge-podge collections of twigs and leaves in the top of cottonwood trees. We checked on them just recently, and they are there again this year. I’m reminded of a funny conversation I had with a nursing home resident a couple years before I retired.