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Spillway repair planned for Clark State Fishing Lake in Clark County
The Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism (KDWPT) is planning a spillway repair project at Clark State Fishing Lake – a popular and scenic fishing spot in southwest Kansas. The lake is nestled in a rugged canyon along Bluff…
Neosho County continues to hear both sides on wind energy project
Audience numbers have been up substantially since debate began over the Neosho Ridge wind energy project, and the public forum portion of Friday’s agenda had to be relocated to the larger courtroom to accommodate the crowd. Opponents Shirley Dillinger-Estrada and…
City council to discuss boosting Topeka’s visual appeal
The Topeka City Council on Tuesday will discuss proposed changes to city building design standards aimed at improving Topeka’s visual appeal. The city’s governing body, consisting of the nine council members and Mayor Michelle De La Isla, plans to hear…
911 backup agreements in place for Cowley County Emergency Communications
Cowley County Emergency Communications continues to upgrade it services, director Doug Allison told county commissioners at their meeting this week. CCEM has signed memorandums of agreement with Butler County, Sumner County and the Augusta Department of Safety to provide rollover…
Salina utilizing ultrathin bonded asphalt surface (UBAS) maintenance
On Monday through October 12, APAC-Kansas, Inc., Shears Division of Salina will perform the ultrathin bonded asphalt surface (UBAS) maintenance on the following streets for the City of Salina, weather permitting. This type of preventative maintenance is fairly new to…
Gardner city water concerns still urgent
Gardner’s water woes dominated discussions during a city council meeting Oct. 1 with a consultant describing the current water situation in the city as urgent and fast approaching an emergency. Jeffrey Klein, a project manager at Burns and McDowell, an…
Mercy clinics to remain open under new ownership in Fort Scott, Pleasanton and Arma
The Community Health Center of Southeast Kansas (CHC/SEK) – a non-profit primary care system serving the nine counties of the most economically disadvantaged and least healthy region of Kansas – announced it will assume ownership of the Mercy clinics in…
Bourbon County begins exploring ambulance options
Bourbon County Commissioners are scurrying to find a replacement ambulance service after Mercy Hospital Fort Scott announced Monday it will close on Dec. 31. On Wednesday, commissioners held a special meeting to discuss the direction they wish to take. The…
El Dorado’s 1% sales tax on ballot next month
On the ballot in November: “Shall the city retailers’ sales tax in the amount of one percent be extended for a period of five years from and after the first day of October 2019, in the City of El Dorado,…
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