After a long career as a Wichita-based journalist, Tim Potter has been named a regional public affairs manager for the Kansas Department of Transportation.
Potter is based in the Hutchinson office of KDOT’s District Five, which spans 18 south-central Kansas counties: Barber, Barton, Butler, Comanche, Cowley, Edwards, Harper, Harvey, Kingman, Kiowa, Pawnee, Pratt, Reno, Rice, Rush, Sedgwick, Stafford and Sumner.
For the past 22 years, working as a staff writer for The Wichita Eagle, Potter reported on a variety of public safety issues, including traffic safety. “It’s fitting for me to work for KDOT because safety is a huge part of its mission,” he said.
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