Kansas Local Archive

Kansas journalism is not dying. That narrative is lazy, and it doesn’t hold up against what’s actually happening on the ground. What’s dying is a specific, outdated model of journalism — and in its place, something more varied, more direct, and in many cases more useful is taking shape across the state. The Wichita Media […]

Kansas outdoor culture is having a real moment. Flint Hills trail traffic is up, Cheney Reservoir is booking ahead of schedule, and the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve is drawing visitors from outside the state in numbers that would have surprised people five years ago. More Kansans outdoors is genuinely good news. Kansans outdoors without knowing […]

The smell of fresh-cut grass on a Friday afternoon in Hutchinson means one thing: spring sports are back, and Kansas has a lot to say about it. From the western plains to the eastern suburbs, high school and collegiate athletes across the state are making the kind of noise that deserves more than a two-inch […]

Wichita didn’t wait for permission to recover. By the time February ended, retail activity across Sedgwick County had already outpaced projections, and the numbers coming out of Johnson County were telling the same story from a different zip code. Kansas is spending — not recklessly, but with the kind of grounded confidence that only shows […]