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US electric vehicle infrastructure has tripled in 5 years. Here’s how Kansas compares.

info2024-12-13T08:56:22-06:00December 13th, 2024|

Car buyers who are weary of electric vehicles often share the same concern: "What if I run out of juice and there's nowhere to charge my car?" That was a fair question in 2007. At the time, there were only 139 public EV charging stations. But in the years since, public and private entities have invested billions into building out charging infrastructure to make EVs a more practical option. In 2023, 0.6% of cars on the road in Kansas were electric or plug-in hybrid. As of November 2024, there were 655 charging stations available. In the last three years, the federal [...]

County solves grant matching problem

info2024-12-13T08:54:41-06:00December 13th, 2024|

At their Tuesday morning meeting, Allen County Commissioners discussed ways to help Your Community Foundation meet a $70,000 matching grant, without affecting the management of the county's environmental fund. With the help of County Counsel Bob Johnson, the commission arrived at a solution. Source: The Iola Register

Leffler named ACC President

info2024-12-13T08:53:42-06:00December 13th, 2024|

Allen Community College trustees announced Tuesday evening that Dr. Lyvier Leffler has been selected as the next president of the college. Leffler’s career includes 11 years at Indian Hills Community College in Ottumwa, Iowa, where she served as dean of academic services and director of counseling services. Source: The Iola Register

Kansas’ smallest school district to dissolve following voter, state board approval

info2024-12-13T08:52:43-06:00December 13th, 2024|

Two students are enrolled this year at the Healy Public Schools district in western Kansas, a decrease from 20 students the previous year. Steadily declining enrollment led area voters in November to favor dissolution, and the Kansas State Board of Education affirmed the vote Tuesday. Healy’s neighboring district, Scott County Schools, will absorb its territory and property, and eventually collect taxes that would have typically gone toward the Healy district. Source: The Lawrence Times

Lawrence city commissioners approve street design with separated bike lanes for section of Mass Street

info2024-12-13T08:50:51-06:00December 13th, 2024|

Community members asked the commission in April to push for the stretch of road, which was already set for a redesign, to include protected bike lanes. City staff members looked at street designs with protected bike lanes in several cities to help evaluate options. The design includes one lane of vehicle traffic in each direction, a center lane for turns, and 5-foot-wide bike lanes separated from the street by a 3-foot-wide median. Residents along the stretch could put their trash carts in the median zone, and solid waste workers could complete trash pickup from the lanes of traffic. Source: The Lawrence [...]

Why all of Kansas would feel loss of Ogallala Aquifer

info2024-12-13T07:56:09-06:00December 13th, 2024|

Depletion of the water supply would be a critical blow to major farming and beef industries, which would send reverberations across the state. Simply living farther east in places like Wichita, Topeka or the Kansas City area won’t make you immune to the effects of lost jobs and tax revenue. Source: Hutch News

Federal government to study water supply and depletion of Ogallala Aquifer

info2024-12-12T15:42:53-06:00December 12th, 2024|

The U.S. House passed the Water Resources Development Act 399-18 on Tuesday. ... A section of the 624-page bill authorizes a federal study in coordination with other federal and state agencies. The comprehensive study will assess "water supply, availability, drought resilience, aquifer recharge, and causes of aquifer depletion, for those regions overlying the Ogallala Aquifer." Source: CJonline

Salina Schools superintendent to retire in May

info2024-12-11T17:24:49-06:00December 11th, 2024|

Salina Public Schools Superintendent Linn Exline is set to retire at the end of this school year after spending entire 33-year career in the district. Source: Salina Journal

Six in one; half-dozen in the other

info2024-12-11T09:09:43-06:00December 11th, 2024|

In a four-hour session with nearly 40 people in attendance, the Crawford County Commission discussed extending the moratorium on green energy development in the county. EDF Project Developer Alan Blaesser and Community Engagement Manager Leif Clark spoke directly to the commission expressing their company’s concerns about a 12-month extension, saying that such an action would be a serious threat to the project. In May, EDF asked to be excluded from the moratorium but were denied. As it stands now, according to Clark, the company is extremely concerned about a long extension. EDF has already spent millions of dollars in developing the [...]

USDA Invests $6.3 Billion to Strengthen Rural Infrastructure and Create Good-Paying Jobs in 44 States

info2024-12-11T09:05:57-06:00December 11th, 2024|

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that USDA is investing $6.3 billion in rural and Tribal communities across 44 states to expand access to a clean and reliable electric grid, provide safe drinking water and create good-paying jobs. More than 200 projects are being financed to strengthen the nation’s infrastructure in rural places, growing the American economy from the middle out and bottom up. These projects will help ensure everyone in rural America has access to reliable electricity to increase economic opportunity and improve quality of life. Funding will benefit Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, [...]

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