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<div style="color: #333;">4 giant screens, human foosball, food trucks — Lenexa unveils World Cup watch party plans</div>
The City of Lenexa unveiled its long-in-the-works plans for three World Cup watch parties that will be held at Lenexa City Center. On Tuesday at the Lenexa City Council meeting, Assistant City Manager Mike Nolan detailed three watch parties that…
<div style="color: #333;">Bill Introduced to Extend Rural Hospital Support Program</div>
Sen. Jerry Moran recently joined other lawmakers in introducing legislation to extend the Rural Community Hospital Demonstration program for another five years. The proposed Rural Community Hospital Demonstration Reauthorization Act would continue support for rural hospitals by allowing them to…
<div style="color: #333;">Neodesha thrives 150 years later with economic diversification and promise scholarship</div>
More than 150 years after its founding, Neodesha has transformed from an oil-dependent town into a thriving community that offers new opportunities for families through economic diversification and educational support. Read more: www.koamnewsnow.com
<div style="color: #333;">Fort Scott faces housing shortage, developers address city needs</div>
Fort Scott Area Home Developers met on Thursday to discuss the city's needs and plans. The city says a 2025 study proved Fort Scott faces a housing shortage. The city expects several hundred more jobs to come to Fort Scott…
<div style="color: #333;">This Kansas town will pay you to move there</div>
The City of Kingman, in partnership with MakeMyMove.com and through a state grant program announced in October, is now offering financial incentives to bring in new residents, remote workers and skilled professionals. Read more: KSN-TV
<div style="color: #333;">Douglas County begins discussing rules for data centers and energy storage</div>
Staff recommended data center and crypto currency mining facilities be allowed in industrial-zoned areas and battery storage in districts where other utility-scale uses are allowed, if they also receive a conditional use permit from the County Commission. However, commissioners raised…
<div style="color: #333;">Crowd questions company seeking to build data center in Pott County</div>
A raucous crowd of around 150 people gathered Wednesday to get answers from officials looking to build a data center in Pottawatomie County. Ryan Sanders and Charles Kontz, principals of Beltline Energy, spoke at a meeting at Iron Clad in…
<div style="color: #333;">Riley County plans to explore pros, cons of data centers during moratorium</div>
After enacting a six-month moratorium on data center projects last month, the Riley County Commission on Monday began considering the next steps of the conversation. Planning director Amanda Webb spoke to commissioners about possibilities of the information they could seek…
<div style="color: #333;">Emporia leaders push forward on economic development amid layoffs, uncertainty</div>
As economic uncertainty continues to ripple through manufacturing communities across the country, Emporia leaders say they remain focused on attracting new opportunities, even as the Flint Hills Economic Alliance remains in a developmental phase and Michelin announces the layoff of…
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