Stories by David Condos, Kansas News Service
NEWS & ISSUES
How the Drought Killing Kansas Corn Crops Could Make You Pay More for Gas and Beef
A Crop of Dust
by David Condos, Kansas News Service
September 21, 2022
NEWS & ISSUES
Here Are 7 Ways 2022 Stacks Up Against the Worst Droughts in Kansas History
How bad is the Kansas drought? Among the most severe in recorded history. But some other years were more extreme.
by David Condos, Kansas News Service
August 27, 2022
NEWS & ISSUES
Western Kansas Wheat Crops are Failing Just When the World Needs Them Most
Drought in Kansas, War in Ukraine Make a Recipe for Worldwide Hunger
by David Condos, Kansas News Service
June 9, 2022
NEWS & ISSUES
How Kansas Could Lose Billions in Land Values as its Underground Water Runs Dry
Parched Dirt
by David Condos, Kansas News Service
April 1, 2022
NEWS & ISSUES
As Fertilizer Pollutes Tap Water in Small Towns, Rural Kansans Pay the Price
Parched on the Plains
by David Condos, Kansas News Service
March 30, 2022
NEWS & ISSUES
Kansas Meatpacking Workers Fueled an Economic Boom, But Many Need Food Pantries to Get By
Four Decades after Garden City’s Meatpacking Boom Began, the Kansas Town is Still Strained by Growing Pains.
by David Condos, Kansas News Service
November 3, 2021
NEWS & ISSUES
How a Meatpacking Plant Changed One Kansas Town 40 Years Ago and Left a Colorado Community Behind
Four decades ago, a town in Kansas and a town in Colorado competed to become home to a giant meatpacking plant that, at the time, was the largest of its kind in the world. Here’s what has happened to them since.
by David Condos, Kansas News Service
October 27, 2021
NEWS & ISSUES
Rural Suicide Rates Are Rising In Kansas And Solutions Won’t Come Easy
Sparsely populated communities face unique challenges
by David Condos, Kansas News Service
September 17, 2021