Xcaret Nuñez
Xcaret Nuñez covered agriculture and rural communities for KOSU from June 2022 to September 2023.
She joined KOSU in June 2022 as a corps member with Report for America, a GroundTruth initiative that places emerging journalists in newsrooms across the country.
Nuñez previously worked at KBIA, the NPR affiliate in Columbia, Missouri, as a reporter, producer and anchor where she covered both community and education beats. She was also a Missouri Statehouse reporter for the Missouri News Network, covering the 2022 legislative session. Nuñez previously interned for Here & Now, NPR/WBUR’s midday news magazine program.
A first-generation college graduate, Nuñez graduated from the University of Missouri-Columbia with a bachelor’s degree in journalism and a minor in religious studies. She is originally from Yuma, Arizona, the Southwest city known as the “Lettuce Capital of the World” and “Sunniest City on Earth.”
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There are various places throughout Oklahoma offering residents a space to cool down for free and get some relief from the summer heat.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture gave two companies the green light last month to produce and sell their cultivated chicken meat across the country. But it could still take years before people can buy the new meat at grocery stores.
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The Oklahoma State Department of Health will host events across the Oklahoma City metro area to help families learn about booster seat safety for children.
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The Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation confirmed a second white-tailed deer has tested positive for Chronic Wasting Disease.
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Celebrating the Fourth of July with an outdoor barbecue is cheaper than last year, but not by much, according to a new survey by the American Farm Bureau Federation.
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Dry weather, high temperatures and a lack of rainfall across parts of the Midwest and Great Plains have caused a spike in water demand from city residents. In response, some cities are implementing conservation measures to keep their water supplies from drying up.
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Counties in Southeast Oklahoma and the panhandle will receive funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to bring high-speed Internet to rural communities.
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Summer is here and temperatures are heating up. That means bugs like ticks are excited to nip at people passing them by.
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Starting June 11, livestock producers will have to get a prescription from a veterinarian to buy antibiotics that they could previously purchase over-the-counter.
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Recent rainfall across Oklahoma has chipped away at drought-stricken areas, bringing some relief to cattle ranchers.