Eva Horne
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Konza Prairie Long-Term Ecological Research
A juggernaut unleashed by humans is grinding slowly across the Great Plains, burying some of the most threatened habitat on the planet beneath dense junipers and shrubland.
Illustration by Emily Whang
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Next Gen Radio
John Schnobrich
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Unsplash
Eric Lee
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St. Louis Public Radio
KCUR's newsroom and audience development team are hiring for multiple positions, including reporters.
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Kristen EdwardsFifty-four years after the first annual Earth Day, many people are making environmental sustainability their business. KCUR's Up To Date spoke with Kansas Citians whose livelihood is saving the planet. -
Elizabeth RuizKansas News Service environmental reporter Celia Llopis-Jepsen spent two years researching and reporting the first episode of Up From Dust. The newly launched podcast tells the stories of the Kansans who are addressing environmental crises.
What Kansas City cares about. Listen weekdays at 9 a.m. or on your favorite podcast app.
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In the five decades Dustin Sheridan has been alive, understanding of and resources for people with Down syndrome has grown tremendously. Now, he has a job he loves and a place of his own to call home. -
It’s the latest step in a long, winding judicial process since the brothers were convicted of a series of robberies, assaults and murders in Wichita more than 20 years ago. Both are on death row. -
The board has paused further allocating the state's settlement funds as a result of the legislature's actions. -
Supporters of a ballot initiative legalizing sports betting said they have gathered more than 300,000 signatures — roughly 171,000 are needed to make the 2024 ballot. -
Missouri faces a backlog of child abuse and neglect investigations — the Kansas City region has the most, with 3,036 cases that have been open for at least 46 days. With a shortage of investigators at the state's Children’s Division, lawmakers consider hiring private contractors to help. -
Artist-run spaces are a key part of the artistic ecosystem, beyond traditional galleries and museums. These spaces create opportunities for emerging and less-established artists to create, showcase, and network — and often provide more than just a blank wall to foster a diverse range of creators. -
With about 85 members, including individuals with just a single plant as well as those with acres of land, Kansas City Black Urban Growers, or KCBUGS, works to address obstacles faced by Black farmers and improve community health. -
Johnson County District Attorney Steve Howe’s office contradicted Sheriff Calvin Hayden's claim to have had a search warrant 'in hand' for Hayden's long-running election investigation. -
Only the second bill passed this session, narrowly passed legislation on its way to Gov. Mike Parson funnels money to private schools through a tax credit scholarship programs.
