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<div style="color: #333;">Panasonic to shift some Kansas production lines to make AI data center batteries</div>
Panasonic’s Kansas electric vehicle battery plant will convert part of its operations to build batteries for data centers, company officials announced. Panasonic leaders announced the company’s shift to focus on developing devices and infrastructure equipment for artificial intelligence uses and…
<div style="color: #333;">Kansas has more rural hospitals at immediate risk of closing than any other state</div>
Rural Kansans could see longer drives to access healthcare or fewer health services because of hospital closures. A report found that Kansas has 28 rural hospitals at immediate risk of closure. More rural Kansas hospitals are at risk of immediate…
<div style="color: #333;">Should Lawrence ban data centers?</div>
A single data center would pay millions in local taxes and fees each year. Read more: LJWorld
<div style="color: #333;">Officials: Proposed data center could have 10-15 buildings, use up to 1.2 gigawatts of power</div>
Ten to 15 buildings and a facility that uses an amount of electricity equal to a third of the capacity of Jeffrey Energy Center. Those are some of the specifications of a proposed data center in Pottawatomie County that members…
<div style="color: #333;">City commission talks clarifications to workforce housing policy, shoots down decreased requirements</div>
City commissioners debated proposed revisions to Manhattan’s workforce housing sales tax policy Tuesday night. Commissioners pushed back against removing certain requirements and references to workforce housing, which was meant to give the commission more discretion on a case-by-case basis. “The…
<div style="color: #333;">Country Stampede finds new home at Gilley’s in Park City</div>
Starting next year, the outdoor country music and camping event Country Stampede Kansas will be held at the newly opened Gilley’s Gambling Hall in Park City, Kansas. Kustom Entertainment Inc., a live entertainment and music festival company, announced a multi-year…
<div style="color: #333;">Newton Commission sees common consumption plan</div>
Newton could soon have a common consumption district in the downtown. The Newton City Commission heard a recommendation from its Main Street Board to designate an area that roughly follows the Downtown Business District as an area where alcohol can…
<div style="color: #333;">Food insecurity hits Harvey County</div>
Newton resident Meagan Waltner used to wait until her two children ate to eat. If there were leftovers, she ate something. If not, she didn’t. That was around 2009, when she raised two kids as a single mom. What’s going…
<div style="color: #333;">‘That’s the heart of our city’ — Merriam residents push back against 2 plans that would reshape downtown</div>
A federal plan to reduce flood risk of Turkey Creek in downtown Merriam may require up to a decade of additional planning and construction, as well as the removal of 17 buildings. After four years of design work and $6.5…
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