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Lenexa gives green light to new 6-story regional headquarters building for Kiewit Corp.
BThe Lenexa City Council Approved The Final Plan Tuesday Night For A New, Six-Story Office Building And Expansion Of An Existing Two-Level Parking Garage In City Center For Omaha-Based Construction And Engineering Company Kiewit Corp.’S Regional Headquarters. The New Building…
Great Bend hoping to take advantage of “Opportunity Zones” for investments
Opportunity Zones are an economic development tool enacted by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 designed to encourage long-term investments in low-income urban and rural communities. This provides incentives to investors to move capital off the sidelines and…
Garden City Commission bans smoking at parks
The Garden City Commission passed an ordinance making smoking illegal at public parks Tuesday. The signs will be displayed near playgrounds to keep smoking away from children. The ordinance will go into affect this week. During the meeting commissioners did…
Leavenworth City Commissioners discuss stormwater fee
Leavenworth city commissioners have not yet settled on a dollar amount for a stormwater maintenance fee. But during a meeting, commissioners discussed options that would charge annual fees ranging from $72 to $96 per year for single family residences. For…
Kiowa City Council Discusses New Economic Development Group
In opening business, council approved joining the World Economic Development Alliance (WEDA) for a six month trial period at a cost of $2,900. The alliance, headquartered in Dallas, TX, has contacts throughout the country and world and is focused on…
Cowley County begins to look at contract labor for juvenile intake positions
The fiscal year 2019 Juvenile Services block grant application for $488,431.07, approved Tuesday morning by the Cowley County Commission was “mostly the same as last year,” according to youth services director Melody Pappan. But she brought out one potential change…
Newton police collect thousands of pills from new drug drop-off box
The Newton Police Department is hoping to fight prescription drug abuse in its community and has already collected thousands of pills from its drug drop-off box. Lt. Bryan Hall says the box was installed just last week. The evidence custodian…
Night of community and engagement on tap at Meridian Center for Newton’s Talk20
In hopes of sparking conversation, creating community, understanding different perspectives and providing Newton with a good way to spend a Friday night, Newton Now will host its first annual Talk20 Event at 7 p.m. Friday, April 6, at the Meridian…
Shawnee unveils new fire station design
The community was given a sneak peak into the design for the new western Shawnee fire station during an open house on Thursday. Shawnee fire chief John Mattox and several of the city’s firefighters were on hand at the meeting,…
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