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Lawmakers warn USDA its move to Kansas City will decimate research
The U.S. Department of Agriculture plans to grow — not gut — its research capabilities with its move to Kansas City, a top agency official testified Thursday. Scott Hutchins, the USDA’s deputy under secretary for research, education and economics, laid…
KDHE requires students to get meningitis, hepatitis A vaccines
Public school students will have to be vaccinated this year for meningitis and hepatitis A, the Kansas Department of Health and Environment announced Thursday. Students entering kindergarten and first grade will need two doses of the hepatitis A vaccine, the…
‘It’s going to change your life’: JoCo’s new $1M playground a sign of the future
On the top of a small hill at Shawnee Mission Park’s new million-dollar playground, children swarm on an elaborate spider web of ropes. Down a wheelchair-friendly ramp to a more shaded area, families swing, slide and clamber over a myriad…
How does Ark City’s water taste? Judges say better than most
Tap water in Ark City was named the best tasting water in the state by the Kansas Rural Water Association this spring. Four judges at an annual conference in Wichita in March drank water samples from more than 20 communities,…
“I went over the bump and lost my breath’: heat damages roads in Wichita and Hays
The extreme heat is affecting roads in our area, including some that have cracked and crumbled as drivers pass by. “I was thinking, ‘oh my gosh, what in the world was that?” said Shara McMahon, Wichita resident. McMahon was driving…
World record attempt: Whitewater Library hosts rocket launch
Gavin Wuthrich spent Tuesday morning helping his daughter Sadie learn to, and practice, launching a small foam rocket powered by a rubber band in a grassy field at Whitewater Park. She would pull it back, then release it, and watch…
PANTHER STADIUM OVERHAUL: USD 260, architect reveal schematic designs
The first phase of Panther Stadium renovations was presented to the USD 260 school board on Monday, July 8. The schematic designs were unveiled for discussion with the board, putting July 22 as the approval date to move forward to…
USDA: Only 40% of transferred ag researchers will move to Kansas City
The Department of Agriculture says fewer than 40% of the researchers whose jobs are being transferred from Washington, D.C., to Kansas City will make the move to the Midwest. U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue announced in June that the USDA…
Land Bank has a deal for USD 475 employees
Junction City Commission ( Land Bank Board ) and staff The Land Bank Board has approved an option for Geary USD 475 employees to purchase a vacant lot. City Manager Allen Dinkel said lots will be offered to employees of…
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