info2025-02-28T13:38:50-06:00February 28th, 2025|
Voters in two other districts near Wichita will weigh in on school bond proposals this spring. Haysville and Mulvane will vote on proposed school improvements on April 8. A Wichita bond issue on the ballot this week failed, according to unofficial results. Source: KWCH
info2025-02-28T10:41:36-06:00February 28th, 2025|
Jeff Siegler was excited to meet Saturday with local residents “who are passionate about their community,” he told a crowd of about 50 at the Marysville City Building. He thinks communities often get poor advice on how to sustainably develop their towns. Source: The Marysville Advocate
info2025-02-28T10:40:49-06:00February 28th, 2025|
... it turns to someone like Steve Stone. "I'm head of maintenance," said Stone. That means when something breaks, he's the man to call.... "Right now the need's greater than I've ever seen it since I worked for the school district." So instead of making repairs, Stone is helping cover bus routes. Source: KSNF/KODE
info2025-02-28T10:38:19-06:00February 28th, 2025|
The Health & Wellness Coalition's goal is to create communities that support and encourage physical activity and healthy eating. Sign up for the 2025 Working Well Conference here.
info2025-02-28T08:47:40-06:00February 28th, 2025|
The City of El Dorado is asking for the residents of the city to give their input on what projects to move forward in 2025 through sales tax funds. The Excess Sales Tax Committee is meeting routinely to make their recommendation to the City Commission and will take into account resident preference. On the website the City reports that $700,000 is available to allocate towards projects. Several items are on the list to vote on. Source: Andover American
info2025-02-28T08:46:33-06:00February 28th, 2025|
A public meeting has been scheduled for March 4 at the Pawnee County Courthouse, to offer information in opposition to the proposed 88,000-head feedlot to be located in Pawnee County by Innovative Livestock Services. The hour-long session, scheduled for 6:30 p.m., is intended to bring to light environmental concerns which, if the feedlot was allowed to be constructed, would exacerbate conditions already being experienced in Pawnee County. Source: Great Bend Tribune
info2025-02-28T08:44:57-06:00February 28th, 2025|
A year into the process and the community is just starting to get a picture of the benefits available to Halstead in allowing a battery energy storage system (BESS) to be built in its industrial park. Starting, because Concurrent made its first offer to the city, and Halstead Mayor Dennis Travis said there are ancillary benefits they’re not going public with yet. Concurrent announced on Feb. 13 that they were offering Halstead $500,000 a year in exchange for allowing their BESS to exist in its industrial park. That announcement came days before the Kansas House of Representatives passed House Bill 2083, [...]
info2025-02-28T08:43:59-06:00February 28th, 2025|
The Hillsboro City Council met on Wednesday, Feb. 19 where they voted on the new name of the bowling alley from the submissions of the bowling alley naming contest. The Hillsboro Rec staff narrowed the entries to two choices: The Spare Time Lanes and The Gutter Ball. Those who submitted the names for Spare Time Lanes were Becky Gage, Dominic Cardinell and Jeff Haslett. Those who submitted the names for The Gutter Ball were Kerry Hein and Trent Jones. They will be given bowling memberships for making it through to the finals. The council voted and chose to go with Gutter [...]
info2025-02-28T08:42:34-06:00February 28th, 2025|
Southwest Kansas communities are feeling the effects of intensifying anti-immigrant rhetoric in politics. Promises of mass deportations have caused anxiety to spike throughout the region, where immigrants make up a large part of the population. Widespread misinformation on social media about Immigration Customs Enforcement raids is fueling fear in the region. As Calen Moore of the Kansas News Service reports, the resulting mental exhaustion has already hindered the daily lives of these Kansans. Source: KCUR News
info2025-02-28T08:41:47-06:00February 28th, 2025|
The story of southwest Kansas is hard to tell without including immigrants. The towns in the region have almost doubled in size following the establishment of meatpacking plants and the massive western Kansas beef industry. That has brought population, money, infrastructure and sustained communities that otherwise might have shriveled like many rural towns. And that influx of immigrants has also created diverse demographics in a mostly white state. Source: KCUR News
