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Annual USD 308 convocation held Monday

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Hutchinson USD 308 held its annual convocation Monday with more than 900 staff members attending. Several educators were honored during the event. The Davis Foundation made its annual Teachers of the Year Awards. The elementary winners were Heather Ramos, a third-grade teacher at Lincoln Elementary School, and Glinda Theus, a third-grade teacher at Hutchinson Magnet School at Allen. The middle school winner was Kendall Vogts, English language arts teacher at Hutchinson Middle School – 8. (Read more: Hutch Post)

Ribbon cutting and grand opening are scheduled for Mas-Help in Junction City

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MAS-HELP will be a new nonprofit wholesale distribution outlet in Junction City that supports the military and the community. The grand opening and ribbon cutting have been scheduled for this Friday, August 16th, at 1216 Grant Avenue. The ribbon cutting will be at 10:30 a.m. and the grand opening will run from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. MAS-HELP operates from Atlanta, Georgia and as a U.S. 501c3 works to support the larger military community to drive mutual support for today’s active duty military, retired military, their families and the entire veteran population. In Junction City the Managing Director for MAS-HELP is [...]

KDOT to bring back the Kansas Local Bridge Improvement Program

info2019-08-12T20:40:10-05:00August 12th, 2019|

A new program will help replace and rehabilitate deficient bridges in Kansas. The Kansas Department of Transportation has brought back the Kansas Local Bridge Improvement Program. This program will provide $5 million to go towards cities and counties that need to replace or renovate bridges. (Read more: KSNF/KODE – FourStatesHomepage.com)

Ulysses teen receives Teen Choice Award

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Braxton Moral, 18, a spring graduate of Ulysses High School and Harvard, was in California this last weekend for Teen Choice 2019. Moral was the first person to earn a high school diploma and a four-year-degree from Harvard simultaneously. He was one of eight entries receiving the Teen Choice Take Note Award, which was presented by Crayola. The annual Teen Choice awards event, aired live Sunday on FOX from Hermosa Beach, California, recognizes entertainers and performers. Teens cast over 55 million votes via Twitter and FOX.com, according to FOX. (Read more: Local - The Hutchinson News)

Contaminant in Auburn district drinking water exceeds EPA standards

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Each of the three times it was tested this year, water provided by Auburn Rural Water District No. 1 near S.W. 61st and Hoch Road was found to be out of compliance with Environmental Protection Agency standards for a contaminant called haloacetic acids. That district receives its water from the city of Topeka. The city blames this year’s abnormally high contaminant levels at Auburn and in other cities across Kansas on excessive rains and releases of water into the Kansas River from upstream reservoirs. The Auburn water is still safe to drink, and customers do not need to switch to bottled [...]

KDHE secretary making push for emphasis on quality of Kansas drinking water

info2019-08-12T20:34:16-05:00August 12th, 2019|

The top environmental and health official in the administration of Gov. Laura Kelly said understandable public attention on sustaining sufficient quantities of water in the agriculture-heavy state led to lack of focus on the quality of drinking water. “One of the things that gets all the attention is water quantity, but I think we can’t turn a blind eye to water quality,” said Lee Norman, secretary of the Kansas Department of Health and Environment. “We don’t want a Flint, Michigan, in Kansas.” (Read more: News - SJ News Online - St. John, KS)

How One City Saved $5 Million by Routing School Buses with an Algorithm

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The yellow school bus has remained largely unchanged since it first debuted in 1939. But while the buses look the same, their routes have grown infinitely more complex in the past 80 years, as the number of students, schools, and road systems grow and change. Drawing bus routes for Boston Public Schools involves challenges unique to the city. BPS allows parents to select their child’s school from a list of about ten options, in an effort to reduce inequalities that might result from isolating students to their neighborhoods. While this represents a greater level of choice than most cities, the resulting [...]

Rates & Financial Planning Workshop (Junction City) this Wednesday, August 14! (Sign up if you haven’t already)

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The Kansas Department of Health Environment (KDHE) Capacity Development Program, in partnership with Wichita State Environmental Finance Center (EFC), Ranson Financial and Kansas Municipal Utilities (KMU), encourages representatives from your utility to attend an upcoming rate setting and financial planning training. The session provides participants with an understanding on major considerations when setting rates; rate structure options and pricing objectives; financial planning considerations; and strategies for communicating rate information to your board and community. The training will provide classroom instruction as well as interactive participant exercises and discussion. Training is approved for 1 CMC Experience or 1 MMC Advanced Education point [...]

Rolla offers free rent to help fill teaching positions

info2019-08-11T21:50:54-05:00August 11th, 2019|

For some areas, school starts next week, and for many Kansas communities, the struggle isn’t bringing students into the schools but the teachers. USD 217 Superintendent John Barrett has worked all summer to fill two teaching positions. After making some adjustments, he said they finally found someone. “We decided, in order to attract people, we started out with six months free rent, and we’ve since then increased it to a year,” said USD 217 Superintendent John Barrett. Read more: KSN.

CenturyLink is closing its JoCo office after getting millions in Kansas tax credits

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Telephone and internet service provider CenturyLink received millions of dollars in Kansas economic development incentives. But apparently it wasn’t enough. CenturyLink informed employees in July of its decision not to renew a longstanding lease at 600 New Century Parkway in Gardner’s New Century AirCenter. The lease will expire on June 30 of next year. (Read more: KC Star Local News)