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Valley Center matches Park City’s offer
If Park City can offer the school district free land for its new elementary school, so can Valley Center. The Valley Center City Council on Sept. 3 approved a proposal to give the Valley Center school district 18 acres of…
Municipal Bond Trends for September 5, 2024
The interest rate table above illustrates recent changes in a sample of AA rated bond trades reported to the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board’s EMMA® system. Every issuer's credit is different, and other financing sources may be available. To obtain comprehensive…
What you can do for your city
In a call-back to JFK, Neighbor Advisory Committee (NAC) member Bob Gilmore pointed out the negativity he sees in certain residents. He said all they do is complain, but never step up and do anything; that they want the city…
The Kansas State Fair opens Friday and will be a more digital experience this year
The Kansas State Fair will open today in Hutchinson with several new high-tech features that will try to pull the down-home event into the digital age. Though the fair, which runs through Sept. 15, has had an app in the…
Lineman working for Wellington died after ‘contact with an energized piece of equipment’
A city of Wellington employee was killed after “coming into contact with an energized piece of equipment,” according to a city news release. It happened around 9:20 a.m. Wednesday at the city’s power plant. The electric distribution “lineman was part…
Olathe advances massive development with warehouses, apartments, duplexes on 247 acres
The Olathe City Council has approved tax incentives for a massive industrial and residential development off of US 169 Highway. The council recently voted 7-0 to rezone 247 acres of rural land, northeast of 167th Street and 169 Highway. The…
‘She walked where only men had’: Johnson County mourns longtime leader Annabeth Surbaugh
A citizen activist, Surbaugh started pushing leaders to do something, regularly showing up to meetings of the then-rural water board. Deciding she would need to sit on the board to enact the changes she wanted to see, Surbaugh joined in…
Wyandotte County approves $1 million plan to treat tuberculosis outbreak, prevent spread
As diagnosed tuberculosis cases in Wyandotte County this year have eclipsed those seen across all of Kansas in 2023, local public health officials are putting forward a roughly $1 million plan to deal with the outbreak and prevent further spread…
‘Burden’ or ‘benefit’? KCK Mayor Garner floats selling the BPU to address cost concerns
Kansas City, Kansas, Mayor Tyrone Garner is calling on city leaders to join him in taking a critical look at Wyandotte County’s publicly owned utility — suggesting the local government should consider selling its nonprofit electric and water provider. Citing…
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