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City code brought into question
Questions regarding Sabetha’s City Code were presented at the Sabetha City Commission meeting held at 6 p.m. Monday, June 24. Present for the meeting were Mayor Doug Clark, Commissioners Julie Burenheide, Maridel Wittmer, Norm Schmitt and Nick Aberle, Assistant City…
Reno County Commissioners make wind farm decision official
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — The Reno County Commission made it official by passing a resolution for the decision to not grant a conditional use permit to the NextEra Energy wind farm project near Haven. It was nearly two weeks ago…
U.S. House passes budget with no money for USDA move to Kansas City
The Democrat-controlled U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday passed an appropriations bill that contains no funding for the proposed relocation of U.S. Department of Agriculture research agencies to the Kansas City area. Tuesday’s 227-194 vote looks to block a move…
Kansas secures $957,000 reimbursement in natural gas price fixing case
A price-fixing lawsuit filed by a Wichita aviation company and other natural gas customers that climbed to the U.S. Supreme Court resulted in recovery by the state of Kansas of more than $950,000 from companies that manipulated prices in the…
Aviation company to create up to 450 jobs in Salina
A major airplane maintenance company is coming to Salina with immediate plans to employ 50 workers by this fall and up to 450 employees within three years. The largest hangar at the Salina Regional Airport, Hangar 959, has been leased…
JCPRD’s Meadowbrook Park opens in Prairie Village, marking realization of vision more than a decade in the making
Back in 2008, with the prospects for the long-running private golf course continuing to be able to operate on the land flagging, Meadowbrook Country Club leaders and Johnson County officials began discussing the possibility of the county buying the land…
Johnson County government signs 20-year agreement for KCP&L renewable energy program
The list of local government agencies that have signed on to a KCP&L program that will provide them with power from renewable sources continues to grow. The Johnson County Board of County Commissioners last week approved a 20-year agreement with…
New K9 On The Job For Greenwood County
After a lifetime of preparation, K9 Gilo (pronounced with a hard “g”) is ready to get to work as the newest member of the Greenwood County Sheriff's Office. The two-year-old Dutch Shepherd-Belgian Malinois mix dog and his handler, Deputy Mike…
Moving Forward in Eureka
For the last year, the Eureka community has been busy moving forward since it was devastated by a tornado for the second time in two years. It was the evening of Tuesday, June 26, 2018 when an EF3 tornado traveled…
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