More than 600 riders participating in Biking Across Kansas should start arriving in Hutchinson around 10 a.m. Tuesday, as the 49th annual ride makes an overnight stop here for the first time in more than 20 years. The planned route will bring the riders into town on Fourth Avenue and then up to Washington Street to Harley’s Bicycles on Seventh Avenue. The street will be blocked off there and vendors set up to welcome and celebrate with the riders. Source: Hutch News

Glider pilots from across the United States are competing in the 2022 Standard and 20-Meter Multi-Seat National Glider Competition from June 7-16 at the Sunflower Glider Port on the retired Naval Air Station near Yoder. The event is hosted by the Kansas Soaring Association. On the first day of the competition, 22 gliders were towed into the sky by tow planes. The competition began at 3 p.m. for the standard gliders and at 3:05 p.m. for the 20-meter, multi-seat gliders. Each pilot was given the flight task, which is a cross-country triangle course that they have to follow and then return [...]

For Sharon Chambers, the computer given to her will enable the flexibility and privacy she needs. “I’m just here to pick up a computer because mine died,” said Chambers, 74. “I need to print stuff, and I don’t have one anymore.” While Chambers says a lot of the work she needs to do can be done on her phone, having a desktop computer is important because of the access it offers. ... Chambers was one of 176 residents given a computer Wednesday through the city of Topeka's TSC-Get Digital program, which strives to increase digital equity in the capital city. This [...]

Douglas County leaders approved a recommendation to end the county’s COVID-19 disaster declaration, which had been in effect since March 17, 2020, at their meeting Wednesday night. That approval comes about a week after the county’s Unified Command team, which was formed to respond to the pandemic, elected to demobilize. County Emergency Management Director Robert Bieniecki and Deputy Director Jillian Rodrigue were on hand to thank the commission for their support. Commissioners, for their part, praised Bieniecki, Rodrigue and the rest of the Unified Command team who helped guide the county’s response to the pandemic. Source: LJWorld

Members of Lawrence’s Sustainability Advisory Board met Wednesday to begin discussing an ordinance to impose a 15-cent fee for single-use plastic and paper bags, revealing some mixed opinions about how the board wants to proceed. The Lawrence City Commission asked the board last month to restart the discussion on disposable plastic bags. The city has previously discussed banning plastic bags altogether or creating a bag fee, and a draft ordinance was even proposed, but the process was delayed amid the COVID-19 pandemic and the potential for state legislation prohibiting such bans. After discussing other agenda items at Wednesday’s meeting, the board [...]

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