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<div style="color: #333;">Frontenac library hosts storytime with police, firefighters</div>
Children met some of their community heroes during a special storytime event at the Frontenac Public Library on Thursday. Members of the Frontenac Police Department and Frontenac Fire Department visited the library, showing children their vehicles and talking about how…
<div style="color: #333;">18 Kansas communities to share nearly $14 million for infrastructure projects</div>
Eighteen Kansas communities will share in nearly $14 million in funding to support infrastructure projects. Gov. Laura Kelly announced Wednesday that over $10.1 million in federal Infrastructure and Investment Jobs Act funding will be paired with over $3.6 million in…
<div style="color: #333;">Marquette community bands together amid city-wide power outage</div>
Marquette Mayor Hank Kugelman said the day after severe storms brought a new challenge: cleaning up debris in the heat while dealing with the outage. Read more: KSN-TV
<div style="color: #333;">Data center operates in Pittsburg since January</div>
A 10-megawatt data center has been operating in Pittsburg since January, bringing new revenue streams to the city while raising questions among some residents about future expansion and community input. Read more: www.koamnewsnow.com
<div style="color: #333;">Data centers are raising concerns and sparking debate</div>
Data centers are on the fast track in communities across the Midwest and Great Plains, but rising concerns over water, energy and noise leave lawmakers rushing to catch up. Plus: Supporters and opponents are debating a proposed data center in…
<div style="color: #333;">Data center boom brings plans for $32B in projects to Kansas side of KC</div>
Although some projects already have secured city approvals and land purchases, others face legal challenges and are working through planning with local governments. Read more: Kansas City Business Journal
<div style="color: #333;">New draft of data center regulations includes limits on noise, height, vibrations</div>
Data center regulations under discussion by the Pottawatomie County government would impose limits on noise, limit the height of the data center buildings, and prohibit any perceptible vibrations. Any data centers also would have to submit a plan to “mitigate…
<div style="color: #333;">Small store, big vision</div>
Emily Roush is all too familiar with the struggles facing rural grocery stores. Emily, an Iola native, and husband Kaden have stressed creativity and flexibility in keeping their own small grocery afloat in a community of 180 in rural Smith…
<div style="color: #333;">Galena residents fight landfill smell</div>
Galena residents say foul odors and smoke from a nearby landfill are harming their quality of life and raising health concerns. Residents of Galena, Kansas, are complaining about a smelly construction and demolition landfill outside of the city that they…
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