Randall County commissioners vote to give wind farm significant tax break
Texas Panhandle commissioners agreed to give a big tax break to Chermac Energy reports the Amarillo Globe-News . Randall County commissioners recently voted to allow the proposed wind farm to pay about...
View ArticlePerryton's Ryan Culwell evokes Springsteen's 'Nebraska' on new album
Sometimes you’ve got to leave home… to see home. That’s how Rolling Stone says it was for Ryan Culwell. Rolling Stone’s Andrew Leahey writes: Ryan Culwell grew up in the Texas panhandle, a windswept...
View ArticleTexas Panhandle No Longer High and Dry
Half of the dry counties in the state of Texas have b een in the Panhandle; however this number has dropped significantly over the past decade. The Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission began tracking...
View ArticleSpanish Company to Build Wind Tower Manufacturing Plant in Amarillo
More wind power is headed to the High Plains. A Spanish steel company has announced plans to build a manufacturing plant in the Texas panhandle, according to the Houston Chronicle. GRI Renewable...
View ArticleA West Texas Writer Returns Home from New York, and Finds Himself Pleasantly...
Novelist and essayist Jonathan Baker recently returned home to Canyon, Texas, after living in New York City. He was struck by the differences and unexpected similarities between the Big Apple and...
View ArticleThe Limit Does Not Exist
You know, there’s a particular line in Thoreau’s “Walden” where it says, “I do not wish to be anymore busy with my hand than is necessary. My head is hands and feet. I feel all my best faculties...
View ArticlePeople of the Plains: Behind the Mic
During the Fall Semester, HPPR and a communications class partnered together to spotlight the people who call the High Plains home. Cindee Talley had the opportunity to sit down with some of the...
View ArticleTexas Panhandle Remembers a Local Treasure
Last week the Amarillo Globe News remembered a man who had a powerful and lasting impact on the Texas Panhandle. Roy Turner died this month at age 88. Turner was one of the individuals responsible for...
View ArticleDrought Conditions Spread Across Texas Panhandle
The encroaching drought situation in the Texas Panhandle is quickly becoming critical, says myplainview.com. The latest Water Weekly chart on soil moisture conditions, released Monday by the Texas...
View Article"Walking the Llano" Explores the Spirit of the Staked Plains
A new book takes readers on a fascinating journey into the heart of the Texas Panhandle. In Walking the Llano: A Texas Memoir of Place , Shelley Armitage invites readers to consider the unique...
View ArticleUPDATED: Texas Panhandle wildfires result in evacuations, deaths
UPDATE: By late Wednesday night, CNN was reporting that the Texas wildfires were responsible for five deaths and 325,000 burned acres. Some of the lives lost in the Panhandle belonged to ranchers...
View ArticleT. Boone Pickens Has Put His $250M Ranch Up For Sale
T. Boone Pickens is selling his ranch, according to The Dallas Morning News . The 89-year-old energy magnate, a graduate of Amarillo High School, values his Mesa Verde ranch at $250 million dollars....
View ArticleDomestic Violence Outreach in the Panhandle: Allstate Grant to Help
High Plains Morning thanks our esteemed guests on Tuesday, who stopped by the studio to announce the $91,000 grant from the Allstate Foundation's Purple Purse Challenge to further nonprofit work for...
View Article“Hey Amarillo” Podcast Shows Texas Panhandle From Many Perspectives
A podcast about the Texas Panhandle has been gaining a good deal of attention in recent months. Author Jason Boyett, who grew up in Amarillo, says he started the “Hey Amarillo” podcast for a couple of...
View ArticleUpdate: Texas Panhandle Wildfires
Over the weekend, several fires broke out across the Texas Panhandle. According to the Texas A&M Forest Service, the County Line fire that started in Hartley County on Thursday and spread into...
View ArticleIn 'The Case Of The Monster Fire,' Hank The Cowdog Makes It Through A True...
From Texas Standard . One of the staples of elementary school library shelves across Texas is Hank the Cowdog – the dog who fancies himself the “head of ranch security” at the M-Cross Ranch in the...
View ArticleAmarillo Unveils First Route 66 Sign
Last week, Amarillo unveiled the first historic Route 66 sign along the famed route that traverses the city. As The Amarillo Globe-News reports, State Sen. Kel Seliger and State Rep. Four Price were on...
View ArticleSisters Are Doin' It For Themselves: Louise Daniel Women's History Luncheon
Thanks so much to Lou Ann Garrett for stopping by High Plains Morning to share information about the 9 th Annual Louise Daniel Women‘s History Luncheon and Women’s Equality Day Celebration , which will...
View ArticleSinger Ryan Culwell Returns To The High Plains, After Finding Success In...
On Sunday night, a group of music lovers gathered in the backyard of a house on Teckla Street in Amarillo, to hear the songs of a Panhandle musician who has gained a national reputation in recent...
View ArticleYellow City Sounds Music Festival Hits Amarillo Tomorrow
Today on High Plains Morning , we had a VERY full house. Tomorrow (September 1 st ) in Amarillo, the Yellow City Sounds Music Festival will rock Memorial Park on the main campus of Amarillo College...
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