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Prairie Village cancels Jazz Fest 2021 over COVID-19 concerns
Three weeks before the expected return of one of the city’s biggest annual events, Prairie Village has decided to cancel Jazz Fest 2021 over concerns of rising COVID-19 case numbers caused by the Delta variant. The Kansas Department of Health…
Short-staffed, fatigued and filling up, Kansas hospitals struggle again with COVID surge
Cases and hospitalizations have multiplied so swiftly over the past six weeks that Kansas finds itself far worse off going into this school year and fall season than during the pandemic last year. The calls in search of a bed…
Riley County commissioners approve vaccination incentives for county employees
Riley County employees will be offered incentives to get fully vaccinated against COVID-19. On Thursday, county commissioners voted 2-1 in favor of an incentive program to get more county employees inoculated. The incentives include a $100 payment for all county…
Governor orders flags lowered for Kansas firefighter electrocuted while searching for crash victims
Governor Laura Kelly has ordered flags be flown at half-staff in honor of the firefighter who was electrocuted while searching for crash victims earlier this week. On Sunday, Aug. 15, Morton County deputies and emergency crews responded to a rollover…
Fatal crashes on rural roads lead push for new safety efforts
Safety efforts are underway to address deadly crashes on rural roads in Kansas. People may hear a lot about crashes in urban areas, usually when people try to cross the street, but hundreds of thousands of crashes take place on…
Ark City hires firm to design wastewater upgrades
Arkansas City commissioners moved one step closer Tuesday toward making millions of dollars in repairs and upgrades to the city’s wastewater treatment plant. The commission unanimously approved a resolution authorizing the city to enter into a contract agreement with Burns…
SEK gets $1M grant to fight opioids
To fight the ongoing opioid crisis — the addiction to high-powered prescription painkillers — a Southeast Kansas coalition will work to remove the barriers that keep someone from treatment. In large part, that translates to transportation, helping someone get to…
Sign up for the free Water Rate Checkup Tool Workshop (Ottawa) on August 24
The Rate Checkup program is a free on-line tool that was developed to assist small Kansas public water supply systems with the process of reviewing water rates. This tool was made available and developed through funding from KDHE and additional…
Kansas lawmakers try to tackle water issues amid drought conditions
A draft copy of the state's water plan, released once every five years, lays bare the problem in stark terms. "It is not an overstatement to say that the future of habitability in much of western Kansas is at stake,"…
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