Winter wheat prospects in western Kansas in a snowy year
Western Kansas faces varied outlooks as heavy snows and recent blizzards affect winter wheat. NASS reports show 27 percent very poor or poor, 29 percent fair, 38 percent good, 6 percent excellent across the state, while the Kansas Wheat Tour forecasts 46.1 bushels per acre and about 282 million bushels statewide, down from last year. Wheat Streak Mosaic Virus adds risk as moisture improves topsoil metrics but leaves uncertain outcomes for western fields.
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Kansas
Garden City
USDA
National Agricultural Statistics Service
NASS
Teachers clash with tech push and aging workforce
Online comments from GCTelegram.com react to a column urging tech integration in classrooms. The response highlights fear of stagnation among veteran teachers and notes some critics fault elected officials for inaction as Kansas property taxes rise. Erik Sartorius of the League of Kansas Municipalities is quoted on elected representatives.
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Kansas
Gctelegram. Com
Gctelegram.com
Erik Sartorius
League of Kansas Municipalities
Letters to the Telegram for publication notice
The Telegram announces letters to the editor must be signed with the writer’s address and phone number and may be edited for libel. Letters should be 500 words or less and may be edited before publication. Thank you notes, form letters, poems, consumer complaints, or business testimonials will not be printed.
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Edito
Reality shifts and Trumpian logic reshape public truth
A wide, opinionated analysis argues that President Trump’s shifting statements and actions blur lines between truth and fiction. It cites Comey firing, Russia questions, and White House messaging as evidence of a destabilizing, Orwellian atmosphere at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
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Orwell
Donald Trump
Trump
Bartlett
NBC
Lester Holt
FBI
Russia
White House
Pennsylvania Ave
Oval Office
Sean Spicer
James Comey
Spicer
Washington Post
America
Fifth Avenue
Vladimir Putin
Comey
Hillary Clinton
Justice Department
Bureau
Clinton
Obama
Remembrance of a simpler time in rural Kansas
John Schlageck recalls childhood treats and prices from Seguin Kansas and nearby. He contrasts 1930s 1940s costs with today noting candy prices and common goods, wages and fuel underlining the shift from penny savings to higher modern prices. He reflects on nostalgia and enduring sweet tooth.
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Vern Wagner
Denver
Kansas
Seguin
Andrew Jackson
Bill
John Schlageck
Coal decline tips future energy shift and jobs
The piece argues that coal jobs won’t return despite Trump’s claims. It cites CGE report showing demand collapse due to efficiency, gas, renewables, and exports fall. It notes bankruptcies, Murray Energy warnings, UK EU and China shifts, and promotes renewables and energy efficiency as replacement work. Oscar Reyes of the Institute for Policy Studies is quoted.
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Trump
Pennsylvania
Center For Global Energy
Bob Murray
Murray Energy
America
United Kingdom
European Union
China
U.S
Empower Kentucky
EPA
Institute For Policy Studies
Oregon
Department of Energy
California
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