environment

As part of their annual migration to South America, purple martins from across the region are putting on a nightly show just north of the Wichita airport control tower, gathering to roost in a cluster of trees.

City staff said the next step for water safety efforts is opening a new treatment plant, which is still in its testing phase.

This is the first time in six years that the Winfield college has displayed a rare blooming titan arum, known for its distinctive smell.

A group of south Kansas landowners and ranchers had hoped the Kansas Corporation Commission would reject Evergy’s proposal for a new major transmission line. Instead the energy company got the okay to build the line up to the Flint Hills perimeter.

The county has more than 20 recycling sites where you can drop off Christmas trees.

Union Pacific's indoor air testing indicated levels well below the Kansas Department of Health and Environment's risk-based standards. The company is awaiting permit approval for groundwater treatment systems.

Nonprofits, businesses and local and state governments raised $3.5 million for health testing for residents who lived near a contamination site in northeast Wichita.

The new plan removes most references to climate change, greenhouse gases or environmental justice. But many of its goals, outside of the community-wide greenhouse gas reduction target, remain unchanged.

The plan sets a target of reducing community-wide greenhouse gas emissions by 50% from a 2021 baseline within the next 10 years.

Previous rules required spills of any size to be reported to the state, while the new rules set minimum quantities to alert regulators.