western Kansas

Ever been to the Western Interior Seaway? Well, maybe you have and you just don't know it. Commentator Rex Buchanan takes us out west to visit the ancient inland sea that once covered much of western Kansas.

It's been a relatively wet year in much of Kansas this year. Even so, parts of western Kansas need about five inches of rain before they can climb out of drought status.

Has springtime given you a case of wanderlust? Commentator Rex Buchanan says U.S. Highway 83, which runs north and south through the western third of Kansas, is well worth a weekend trip.

Look here for the latest regional headlines from the Associated Press.

The number one issue affecting all things in western Kansas is water. University of Kansas Journalism Professor David Guth travelled the region, conducting interviews for an upcoming book about issues affecting rural communities. In this report, Guth says there’s agreement on the need to conserve water… but almost no agreement on how to do that. (This report is part 1 in a series titled, “Amber Waves of Change,” where we hear about issues affecting the rural Midwest.)

A proposal to build an aqueduct from the Missouri River in northeast Kansas to water-starved portions of western Kansas seemed unlikely to go anywhere in the first place and now... a top water official has all but ruled out the idea.

Levels are still declining, but at a slower rate.

A study shows that a proposed aqueduct to western Kansas would come with a high pricetag.

It's tumbleweed season and these hazards of the highway are piling up across the prairies of western Kansas.