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<div style="color: #333;">Planning board OKs drive-thru, will take up data centers</div>
The Hutchinson Planning Commission quickly gave its recommendation for approval of a zoning change for an unspecified drive-thru restaurant on 30th Avenue on Tuesday, May 12, before hearing that it will be tasked with establishing specific planning and zoning rules…
<div style="color: #333;">South Hutch tables data center moratorium</div>
After mulling a data center moratorium during their May 11 meeting, South Hutchinson will once again explore the idea on May 25. This decision resulted from the fact that the moratorium, as drafted, would’ve halted the development of even small-scale,…
<div style="color: #333;">Humboldt goes solar</div>
SOLAR ENERGY is on the horizon for Humboldt. Council members unanimously agreed to have 124 solar panels installed behind the water plant. SEK Solar of Chanute was hired for the job. The installation will produce about 100,000 kilowatt hours per…
<div style="color: #333;">County recycling program may change</div>
Allen County may collect more than cardboard when it opens a recycling collection spot in Iola. Meanwhile, Iola City Council members approved a contract in order for a rebuild of U.S. 54 to begin. Though Allen County has yet to…
<div style="color: #333;">Low-sensory swim times to be added to Hesston pool schedule</div>
For an hour a day, four days a week, it will be quiet time at the Hesston Aquatics Center. This summer, Hesston Recreation and Community Education will be offering a low-sensory swim hour from 5 to 6 p.m. Mondays through…
<div style="color: #333;">Burrton’s farmers market to feature music, food trucks</div>
Friday, May 15, marks the return of Burrton’s farmers market for 2026, with special entertainment by Mariachi Jalisco from 6 to 7 p.m. The markets run from 5 to 8 p.m. at the library park and are sponsored by the…
<div style="color: #333;">Halstead BOE welcomes Baalman</div>
USD-440 Board of Education President Zach Mabry formally welcomed Halstead High School Principal Chad Baalman as the district’s next superintendent on Monday evening during the board’s monthly meeting. The board held a special meeting 30 minutes before graduation on Saturday…
<div style="color: #333;">Pott County eco devo official: Data centers aren’t going anywhere</div>
Data centers are “unfortunately” here to stay, a Pottawatomie County official said this week. Shanna Goodman, Pottawatomie County Economic Development Corporation executive director, spoke Monday to the Pottawatomie County Commission regarding the ongoing discussions of data centers. She likened the…
<div style="color: #333;">Want to pack a public meeting in Kansas? Just say it’s about a ‘data center’</div>
Jackson Turner is anxious and frustrated. He and his family are worried that a proposed data center-plus-solar project in the sand hills of southwest Kansas could turn their farmland into an industrial site, displacing them and killing their crops. Ross…
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