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Kansas Tourism Triumphs with Four Marketing Awards, Highlighting Excellence in Destination Promotion
North American Travel Journalists Association (NATJA) recently announced that Kansas Tourism received four awards in the 32nd Annual NATJA Awards Competition. The competition honors the best of the best in travel journalism, photography and destination marketing organizations. This recognition underscores…
Towanda water loss totals $114,000
The City of Towanda announced in early 2024 that a large leak had been found in the city with suspicions of leaching water since June 2022. During a City Council meeting in February, the council disclosed that the leak was…
Emporia City Commission advances plans for Community Improvement District
The City of Emporia approved a resolution to establish a public hearing that would potentially create a community improvement district at the Emporia West Plaza during a Wednesday meeting of the city commission. The CID would impose an additional 2%…
McCook, Goodland LEOs get help from communities capturing stray cattle
Rural towns are known for doing things their own way, and catching stray cattle is no different. Police departments in both McCook, Nebraska, and Goodland, Kansas, made Facebook posts about cattle that were making their ways throughout town. In Goodland, the…
National League of Cities Launches New Mapping Resource to Support Transit Planning in Municipalities
The National League of Cities (NLC) has released a new resource, the Civic Mapping Initiative, to help local governments and transit planners identify opportunities for improving public transit access to critical civic infrastructure and resources. The Civic Mapping Initiative offers…
‘We’re tired of this’: Sedgwick County homeowners are seeing an increase in home valuations
Home valuations are arriving in mailboxes across Sedgwick County. Nearly 150,000 people will see an average increase of 10%, meaning they'll pay more in property taxes. Sedgwick County Commissioner Ryan Baty says there's a bill being debated in Topeka for a…
Wichita leaders heading to D.C. to push for money for local projects
The Wichita mayor and city council are heading to Washington, D.C., for meetings next week. The road trip is a way to meet face-to-face with lawmakers to push for money for big projects. On the list is money to work on…
Neosho County commissioner offers to help Galesburg fire with locating funding
Neosho County Commissioner Nicholas Galemore offered to assist Galesburg Fire Chief John Lilburn in finding a funding source for the volunteer fire department. At last week’s meeting in Erie, Lilburn approached the commission with a request of funds for the…
Sedgwick County commissioners talking about sales tax increase
With property values increasing over the past few years, Sedgwick County commissioners are talking about the idea of a one-cent sales tax increase that would be dedicated totally to property tax relief. The idea is being proposed by Commissioner David Dennis,…
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