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Each Wednesday at 11 a.m., the student-run program streams live on Facebook and features local and national news from across Indian Country. The show is produced collaboratively by students from Haskell Indian Nations University and the University of Kansas in Lawrence, Kansas.

Kris Ketz been a news anchor with KMBC for over 41 years, and has received numerous awards and accolades over his long career, including an Emmy. He caught up with KCUR's Steve Kraske as part of Up To Date's new series "5 Questions."

The Kansas City Zoo & Aquarium announced this week that it plans to construct a giraffe complex with indoor and outdoor viewing areas — and the chance to feed the giraffes — set to open in 2026.

A Wichita family physician is trying to make primary care more affordable and accessible through a subscription-based model called direct primary care.

The research center is part of the University of Kansas’ School of Social Welfare, where scholars will study health equity and access issues from a social worker's perspective.

Before she served as the first publicly elected chair of the Johnson County Commission, Annabeth Surbaugh had a long history of public involvement in Johnson County.

United Nations of Islam ruled Quindaro Boulevard in Kansas City, Kansas, for two decades. The group’s leaders are about to go on trial.

KCUR is the latest of several NPR affiliates to unionize. Employees at St. Louis Public Radio voted to form a union in June 2023 and are still working to finalize a contract with the University of Missouri.

Krystal Anderson died in March after giving birth to a stillborn daughter. For Black women like her, the risk of dying of pregnancy-related causes is greater than for white women.

With bird flu spilling into dairies across the U.S., several Midwestern states have ramped up efforts to curb the virus. Few have expanded testing requirements like Iowa.

Doulas help new and expecting families navigate pregnancy, birth and the postpartum period. Studies show their intervention improves maternal health outcomes.

Black women hoping to conceive using donor sperm often have to choose a donor from a different race or put their fertility journey on hold because of a shortage of Black sperm donors. Researchers at the University of Kansas Medical Center are trying to find out why.