Tuesday, January 13, 2026

Outdoors

KDWPT To Remove Access Fees at Two Major Trails

PRATT ­– Beginning Jan. 1, 2019, visitors at Prairie Spirit Trail State Park and Flint Hills Trail State Park will no longer be required...

Commission Approves Trail Fee, Fishing Regulations, Turkey Seasons

WICHITA – The Kansas Wildlife, Parks and Tourism (KWPT) Commission conducted a Public Hearing to hear proposed regulations during the evening session of its...

Kansas State Parks Hosting New Years Day Hikes

TOPEKA ­– On New Year’s Day, Kansas state park staff want to help you get some exercise and experience some of Kansas’ finest hiking...

What to Do With the Christmas Tree After Christmas

After the holidays, many municipalities allow old Christmas trees to be placed curbside. Trees are then collected and ground up for mulch or burned. If you...

Poor Drainage in Garden Areas

Winter is often a good time to fix areas in the garden where water sits and does not drain properly. Such areas often harm...

KGS links wastewater disposal and distant earthquakes

After an upsurge in earthquakes was attributed to nearby underground disposal of wastewater during a south-central Kansas oil boom, wastewater injection was scaled back...

Rain from east to west

More than a foot of rain fell on the Ted Guetterman farm in Johnson County during a three-day stretch from Oct. 5-7. At roughly...

Late summer rain eased drought

Late summer rain eased drought in parts of Kansas, but northeast counties still dry K-State enhances its network of weather stations with two new locations,...