Local News
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The ripple effect of a hot housing market during the pandemic means that the median increase in home values will hit 10.8% in Sedgwick County this year.
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Western Kansas was scorched by wildfires spread out over several counties. While local and state fire agencies contain them, ranchers and small towns move to recovering.
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When people hear about improv comedy, many people think of laugh factories like Who’s Line Is It Anyway or Saturday Night Live. What they might not know is that the acting exercise has useful applications in everyday life. Hugo Phan has more on this month’s Culture Pop.
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Wichita band Mourning Habit celebrates the release of their new album Realities Goodbye this Saturday with a show at Harvester Arts. Band members Wakinyan Shrubshall and Ashley Knepper say that the process of making the record was sometimes uncomfortable but ultimately resulted in the record they wanted to make.
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The Purple Line Project aims to help Wichita-area businesses be more welcoming to people living with Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia, as well as their caregivers.
NPR News
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Figure skater Alysa Liu made a gold-winning comeback. She shared her new outlook on skating.
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Buzz around whether the city's film festival would take a stance on the war in Gaza has dominated conversation in recent days.
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The sport of ski mountaineering is new to the Winter Olympics this year but its origins go back more than a century in the Alps.
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How come it feels like it's all bad news in the global economy these days? According to one economist, something he calls the "doom loop."
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Days before ex-prince Andrew's arrest, an anti-monarchy group filed a police report alleging criminal activity by the king's brother.