Monday, January 12, 2026

Outdoors

Scientists Desert USDA As Agency Relocates To Kansas City Area

By: MERRIT KENNEDY   Two vital research agencies at the U.S. Department of Agriculture are hemorrhaging staff as less than two-thirds of the researchers asked to relocate...

Women-only Outdoor Skills Workshop Coming This Fall

PRATT – Come September 13-15, experienced volunteer instructors from across the state will join forces at the Rock Springs 4-H Center in Junction City...

Food Critics: The Best Patios In Kansas City In 2019

By RYLIE KOESTER   Summer is the time to enjoy food and drinks outside on the patio for breakfast, brunch, lunch or dinner. When it comes to eating...

Game and Parks seeks additional conservation officers (Nebraska Game and Parks)

By: Jerry Kane LINCOLN, Neb. – The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission is seeking to add new conservation officers. Conservation officers have the important job of...

Where Soybeans Meet The Sea: Midwest Aquaculture May Boost Demand For Local Grain

By AMY MAYER   Midwestern fish farmers grow a variety of species, such as tilapia, salmon, barramundi and shrimp, all of which require a high-protein diet. The...

New Fans Try To Revive The Legacy Of A Once-Great, Mostly Forgotten Kansas City Artist

By JULIE DENESHA  Anyone who has been to Kansas City's Country Club Plaza has likely seen the work of Arthur Kraft, who sculpted the trio of bronze penguins near...

Zebra Mussels Found in Lyon State Fishing Lake

TOPEKA- The Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism (KDWPT) has confirmed the presence of invasive zebra mussels in Lyon State Fishing Lake in...

Have Cancer, Must Travel: Patients Left In Lurch After Fort Scott, Kansas, Hospital Closes

One Monday in February, 65-year-old Karen Endicott-Coyan gripped the wheel of her black 2014 Ford Taurus with both hands as she made the hour-long...