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Break It Down: More than a Paperweight, Using an Emergency Management Plan
Most people begin the new year with hope and wishes. In 2015, however, senior staff at the City of Raymore, Missouri, started the year with an intense session focused on doom and gloom. Our resolution for the year was to…
‘The power of convening’: Topeka mayor absorbs Harvard, Bloomberg leadership opportunity
Mayor Michelle De La Isla recently spent three days in New York City exploring the dynamics of leadership, tough challenges facing local governments, best-practices being utilized in other communities and creating a network of support that she believes will change…
Deal resolves water use dispute between Kansas, Colorado
Colorado has agreed to pay Kansas $2 million in a settlement resolving claims regarding Colorado’s past use of water under the Republican River Compact. Kansas Gov. Jeff Colyer said in a news release Friday that the settlement is an investment…
City of Wichita looking for ice rink fix
The floors are still dry at the Wichita Ice Center, which leaves many people wondering what the plan is for the facility. "The ice was actually literally melting under our skates, said hockey player James Carpenter. "We were playing the…
Wind farm reps update Neosho County on project
Representatives of a wind farm planned for southwest Neosho County met with county commissioners Thursday evening to update them on the project. Senior Development Manager Jade Scheele and Julianna Pianelle of Apex Clean Energy met with Neosho County commissioners and…
City to look at updating ordinances, including school bus fines
Changes in traffic ordinances for Kansas cities will introduce stiffer fines for passing a stopped school bus. “This is a huge problem across the state and in our community,” said Hays Chief of Police Don Scheibler in comments to the…
Next steps underway to bring Edwards County water to Hays and Russell
Hays City Manager Toby Dougherty expects to see more progress the end of August in the city’s decades-long effort to ease its water shortage by drawing groundwater from its R9 ranch in Edwards County. That’s when the Kansas Division of…
Software in Sedgwick County’s new voting machines confusing
software design issue with Sedgwick County's new voting machines is confusing some early voters. The Wichita Eagle reports that not all the candidates' names appear on the first screen of the gubernatorial race. To see all the names, a voter…
Butler County considers shutdown of business with acres of junk: ‘It’s just going to get worse’
Butler County officials are moving toward shutting down a plastics recycling business they say has become such an eyesore that other industrial companies don’t want to be around it. The commission may take the rare step of revoking the business…
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