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The bagpipe dates back thousands of years, with a rich history and tradition especially in Irish and Scottish communities. Today, we'll meet Kansas City bagpiper Griffin Hall, and learn about the gig that will take him and his instrument to Scotland. Plus: Southwest Kansas is now renowned for beef and grain production, but it used to be known as the watermelon capital of the country. The fruit crop spurred a multibillion dollar agriculture industry, but the water that sustained the melon industry ran dry.

The project is meant to prove that large transfers of water could be a tool to help save the disappearing Ogallala Aquifer, which provides irrigation and drinking water to western Kansas. But other groundwater management officials say it’s a distraction from the far more urgent task of conservation.

Kansas City traffic fatalities are up 25% from a year earlier, and nationwide, deaths are at a 20-year high, a surge not seen among any other developed countries. Plus: Congress is spending billions to help states stop pollution from abandoned oil and gas wells.

The more than 13 million American households that get their drinking water from private wells aren’t required by state or federal environmental agencies...

WICHITA, Kansas — About 150,000 people in Kansas get their drinking water from private wells. How clean, and safe, is that water? Short answer: It...

ST. JOHN, Kansas — Water — who gets to use it, when and how — sparks fights all over the world. The latest battleground is in south-central Kansas, near...

Segment 1: Why the Federal Emergency Managment Agency recommends flood coverage for everyone.Flooding occurs in 90% of natural disasters in the United…

Water is still on the mind of many Missourians right about now. As floodwaters crept their way down the Missouri River in recent weeks, questions…

The water we drink is protected by federal rules, which are at the crux of a long-running fight over how far upstream that protection extends.“Agriculture…

Flying east to west over Kansas, the land transforms from lush green to desert brown. Rectangular farm plots fill in with emerald circles, the work of...

Powers of McGruffIf a police officer in Kansas thinks they smell weed — even an unlit bud in a plastic bag six paces away — the state’s high court says…

In the summer of 2002, water pumps in Colorado’s San Luis Valley stopped working.The center pivot sprinklers that coax shoots from the dry soil and turn…