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Small Cities Month
NLC is celebrating small cities and the inspiring, challenging, and community-building experiences that define life in a small city, town or village. More than 80 percent of NLC members are jurisdictions with populations for 50,000 or less. As part of…
Harper County farmer discusses pros, cons of having land near wind farm
HARPER COUNTY, Kan. With Reno County commissioners falling short of securing the unanimous vote it needed to move a proposed wind-farm project forward . Eyewitness News spoke with a farmer in Harper County about his experience living near a wind farm like what…
Bond Report: Treasury yields inch higher ahead of busy week for central bankers
U.S. Treasury yields rose on Monday ahead of meetings this week by policy makers for the Federal Reserve, the European Central Bank and the Bank of Japan, as investors see if central bankers will push for easier monetary policy as…
Bridge project outside Larned among KDOT bids awarded
The Kansas Department of Transportation recently awarded four bridge repair projects in south-central Kansas, including a $1 million project in Pawnee County that’s expected to take almost four months. PCI Roads LLC of Saint Michael, Minnesota was awarded the project…
KDWPT feels ‘substantial’ funding dip after flooding closures, damage
Rain and flooding “seriously affected” more than half of Kansas’ 28 state parks, and some parks on the state’s eastern half remain closed or partially closed. It’s premature, said Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism Secretary Brad Loveless, to…
‘The Common Ground’ mural project kicks off Saturday
Michael Toombs couldn’t help smiling as he looked at the work being done Saturday morning on a mural project on the north side of the Law Enforcement Center, in the 100 block of S.E. 3rd. What had been a blank…
City considering extra cent of sales tax for another district
Some people really dislike paying an extra penny or two of sales tax. That became clear as Capital-Journal Facebook readers reacted mostly negatively last month when the city of Topeka formed its sixth Community Improvement District, in which customers pay increased sales…
Wichita seeks to build six-level parking garage, bus station near new ballpark
Wichita plans to build a six-level, 543-space parking garage and bus station near its new ballpark, according to city documents. It’s projected to cost as much as $17.5 million. The new development is envisioned as a “Delano Multimodal Center and…
Local summer food service programs create communal spaces
The basketball courts neighboring Lee Richardson Zoo and The Big Pool were at once warm, lazy and busy in Thursday’s early afternoon as several dozen children and parents turned a Meals on Wheels distribution site into a time to be…
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