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<div style="color: #333;">New dentist appreciates small-town feel of Eudora</div>
After years working as a traveling dentist, Dr. Michael Kemmling was ready to fill a different gap. When a dental broker reached out about an opening in Eudora, he said he jumped at the opportunity to serve a smaller community…
<div style="color: #333;">City planning water reuse project in Carey Park</div>
During its peak season, Carey Park uses around 400,000 gallons of drinking water a day, mostly irrigating the Carey Park Golf Course. But the City of Hutchinson is making plans to replace that with treated wastewater that would otherwise be…
<div style="color: #333;">Sedgwick County extends moratorium on data centers again while it works on rules for them</div>
In the meantime, the county will release proposed zoning regulations for data centers to the public on Sept. 24 to gather public feedback and plans to consider whether to continue the pause into 2027 at a meeting on December 2.…
<div style="color: #333;">How Overland Park turned its quiet downtown into a vibrant destination</div>
In the early 2000s, city officials at the time decided to “get back to the basics,” with Vision Metcalf, a strategic plan that emphasized building community areas with an emphasis on walkability and community gathering spaces — including the city’s…
<div style="color: #333;">Iolans look inward</div>
Iola already has many of the ingredients of a strong community. What it needs now, according to the ideas emerging from a community conversation last week, is a clearer plan for bringing those pieces together and creating a future that…
<div style="color: #333;">Privacy concerns grow over police cameras</div>
Kansans are increasingly clashing with local governments and law enforcement over the use of automated license plate readers. Two Kansas communities have terminated their contracts with camera manufacturer Flock Safety following resident pushback. Read more: CJonline
<div style="color: #333;">Kansans fear impacts of data centers despite promise of economic benefits</div>
Local government officials consider hyperscale data center development with an eye toward economic benefits and property tax revenue that would allow them to meet Kansas residents’ demands to lower taxes. But in Kansas and nationally, an outcry against data center…
<div style="color: #333;">Data center, BESS questions headed to November ballot after Emporia commission vote</div>
Emporia voters will have their say on two of the most contentious development issues facing the city this year after city commissioners voted Wednesday to place citizen-initiated ordinances addressing high-impact data centers and battery energy storage systems on the November.…
<div style="color: #333;">Flags Lowered to Half-Staff as Nation Mourns Dolly Parton, Celebrates Her Lasting Legacy</div>
Country music icon Dolly Parton, whose influence stretched far beyond the stage and into the homes of millions of children — including families in Lyon County — died Tuesday at age 80. Parton died Aug. 25 following a brief battle…
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