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<div style="color: #333;">Engineers race to save reservoirs in Kansas from muddy fate</div>
All reservoirs in Kansas suffer from the same problem: each is gradually being filled in with sediment. Natural processes such as erosion contribute to this issue, posing a threat to the people and industries that rely on the state’s reservoirs.…
<div style="color: #333;">Beef Empire Days celebrates beef industry</div>
The 58th annual Beef Empire Days starts this weekend. Bonita McClure, Executive Director of Beef Empire Days, said the festival celebrates the beef industry and promotes beef in the southwest Kansas area. Read more: Garden City Telegram
<div style="color: #333;">Overland Park’s lone recycling center sees hundreds of cars per day. It’s running out of room</div>
Overland Park is pondering ways to improve the city’s lone recycling center, which attracts thousands of users each year and takes in more than a million pounds of recyclable materials. Read more: Johnson County Post
<div style="color: #333;">Kansas’ oldest consecutive rodeo saddles up for its 88th year</div>
The Flint Hills Rodeo in Strong City draws competitors and spectators from all over to fill a 6,000-seat arena. Read more: KSN-TV
<div style="color: #333;">Pittsburg, KS emerging as a promising data center location</div>
The Pittsburg business community is optimistic about attracting more data centers to the area, as the city has been welcoming to the existing data center and has an airport industrial park with available property. Read more: KSNF/KODE
<div style="color: #333;">City starts Blue Envelope Program</div>
The City of Pittsburg Police Department now provides access to the Blue Envelope Program, which bridges the communication gap for drivers with various disabilities and law enforcement. During traffic stops, if a driver shows law enforcement a blue envelope, this…
<div style="color: #333;">Gigawatts, pipelines, and data centers</div>
With more than 3,000 operations and 1,500 others in various stages of construction, the data center market is experiencing a large boom, rapidly growing all across the United States, including the Pittsburg and Four-State area. On Wednesday, Evergy Senior Director…
<div style="color: #333;">After 24 years, Leawood settles on park plan for 1950s-era city hall site</div>
Revised plans for a park at the site of the 1950s-era fire station and city hall on Lee Boulevard moved forward Tuesday with a unanimous vote of the Leawood Planning Commission. City leaders have been debating what to do with…
<div style="color: #333;">Mulvane adds new tourism position</div>
Coming back to a previously-tabled item, the Mulvane City Council heard support for a new director of tourism development position at its May 18 meeting. Through a more coordinated and strategic approach to tourism promotion and visitor engagement, the new…
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