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A Kearney man who was dancing in the median of I-80 near the east North Platte exit became combative with state troopers.
Glacial Ridge would become another example of the human capacity to transform landscapes, only this time it would be from ...
Farm programs will receive an extra $66 billion over the next decade, making up for a delayed Farm Bill. Critics say it will ...
One iconic Chicago songbird — the bobolink — is also experiencing significant population declines across the Midwest and ...
Kansans created Food for Peace, for 70 years a font of rural income and pride. Now at least one grain broker is trying to ...
“Sea of Grass,” written by Hage and former Star Tribune environmental reporter Josephine Marcotty, hit bookstores just before ...
The geographies of upward mobility show U.S. regions that emphasize investments in the common good over economic ...
As Independence Day dawns under the “Stars and Stripes forever,” rural America stands tall as the “Land of Opportunity.” In ...
Barbed wire is a critical innovation that shaped the High Plains. Field Editor Lacey Vilhauer takes a look at its origins.
That percentage doesn’t tell the complete story, however. While farmers in the West and southeast Texas have endured weeks of ...
Under the Great Plains, there's an aquifer powering the region's agriculture system. But it's running out of water, prompting farmers in middle America to consider more environmentally friendly crops.
The Great Plains Recovery Center held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for its new facility, located at 7210 South Yale Avenue, Thursday morning.