Category Archives: Weather

If everything works well, the city of Emporia will end its request for voluntary water conservation at 9 pm Friday. City Manager Trey Cocking has been providing daily updates on KVOE's Morning Show af...

The end of our record-resetting heat wave is almost at hand. High temperatures will go back above 100 degrees Friday, topping out at 104 -- which would come close to our current daily record of 107 se...

Many area crop producers have some uncomfortable decisions ahead -- and they may not have much time before those decisions can't wait. Lyon County Extension ag agent Brian Rees says the combination of...

Update maps announced Thursday by the US Drought Monitor look similar to those unveiled in recent weeks. The vast majority of the KVOE listening area is in severe or extreme drought, essentially invol...

Emporia's water supply situation is better Thursday morning than it was 24 hours earlier, but there are still some concerns as the heat wave continues -- so the request for voluntary water conservatio...

For the first time since the current heat wave began Saturday, neither Emporia nor Eureka got into record heat territory. Emporia's high temperature got to 105, just short of the daily record dating t...

As a water warning continues for most Chase County residents, Strong City Water Operator Matt Markley tells KVOE News the goal is to reduce water use by 10 percent overall and by 20 percent from recen...

The City of Emporia is continuing to ask residents to help conserve water now through Friday night. The request comes as water use has remained high over the past several days with 12 million gallons ...

Miserable heat continues across the KVOE listening area, and now it looks like it may be Sunday before we get real relief. Emporia's Municipal Airport had a high temperature of 105, tying the daily re...

The stifling heat continues across the KVOE listening area, and the list of schedule adjustments is increasing as a result. *USD 417 Morris County has announced no classes for Wednesday due to the exp...