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Commissioners discuss bridge proposal
When they met this week, Leavenworth city commissioners considered a request for support for a project that could result in the construction of a new bridge across the Missouri River. But city officials suggested following a process that would bring…
Mayor, council to consider approving downtown TIF district
The school board for Topeka Unified School District 501 loomed last October as a potential threat to the creation of a tax-increment financing district to encourage development in downtown Topeka. But that no longer appears to be the case as…
Topeka Metro bus service to reduce routes beginning Monday
The last trip of the day for Topeka Metro buses will come one hour earlier beginning Monday. Those buses will finish their final runs between 6 and 7 p.m. instead of between 7 and 8 p.m., as they do now,…
Reno County will continue mosquito trapping in 2020 using local funding
State funding for mosquito monitoring won’t be available to Reno County next year, so the county health department plans to fund continued trapping of the insects from its budget. Local health department officials, meanwhile – at the request of state…
New Beginnings Inc. building tiny houses to address big needs
In Hutchinson, it’s an economy house, not a tiny house. “Tiny houses” conjures up images of the HGTV show and a house on wheels, according to Hutchinson associate planner Aaron Barlow. “We use the term economy home,” he said. The…
Big settlement offered to wind farm foes
Expedition Wind, the company approved Nov. 15 to develop a wind farm in the southern portion of the county, has sent letters offering settlement to plaintiffs who filed a lawsuit opposing the project. The company offers various settlements, some as…
Reno County in running for regional opioid response grant
Besides the CDC grant announced last week, the Reno County Health Department is also in the running for a $750,000 two-year multi-county grant from the Bureau of Justice Assistance. The grant would be used jointly by Reno, Harvey and Barton…
High-dollar art installations commissioned by the City of Lawrence begin to take shape
After a competitive process, artists have been selected to create some of the city’s highest-dollar public artwork in recent years. The City of Lawrence has budgeted about $450,000, as part of its Percent for Art program, for three art installations…
Infighting part of the founding of Chanute
The famed unification of four towns to create the city of Chanute is a well-known tale that is actually a little more complicated than most know, according to Chanute history expert Jim Whaley. “I discovered in my research there are…
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