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A rural nonprofit grocery store is closing in Kansas, showing how hard it is to fight food deserts
It’s hard for Cara Cain to decide what she will miss most. She’s the manager at Grand Avenue Market, a local nonprofit grocery store opened in 2021 that is set to close this month. Maybe it will be the customers…
Sedgwick County rolls out upgraded fire dispatch system
Sedgwick County Emergency Communications announced the launch of its new fire response system on Wednesday. The Fire Dispatch Priority System tells dispatchers what questions to ask to gather critical information quickly. It also helps them provide important guidance to callers,…
New homes take shape as long-awaited plan to transform 4,000 vacant KCK lots comes to fruition
Efforts are underway to fill more than 4,000 vacant lots in Kansas City, Kansas, with a focus on the northeast area of the city. The initiative aims to turn empty spaces into attainable homeownership opportunities while decreasing the property tax…
Hyperscale data center proposed in Tonganoxie, county commissioners discuss project with developer
Leavenworth County is the latest Kansas City-area community that could be seeing a data center come online. During a nearly six-hour work session at the March 18 Leavenworth County Commissioner meeting, commissioners heard from Kansas state employees and developer Cloverleaf…
Overland Park leaders discuss city and county preparations, transportation plans for World Cup
The countdown to the FIFA World Cup 2026 is on, and Johnson County is preparing. Overland Park leaders met to discuss what they are doing, including what the event means for the area's transportation. Overland Park leaders discuss city and…
City Commission approves short-term rental registration
Short-term rentals in town will have a new registration process after a City Commission vote Monday aimed at preparing the city for World Cup visitors this summer. Kansas City will host six World Cup matches and three international teams this summer.…
County plans task force on economic development, data centers, battery storage
Reno County began assembling a task force on Wednesday, March 25, to look at the county’s approach to economic development, including data centers and battery energy storage facilities. During the Reno County Commission’s meeting, County Administrator Randy Partington said Commission…
Andale working to remove official city paper
The Andale City Council is moving forward with plans to make the city website the official city newspaper. After briefly considering switching to a different local newspaper, the Times-Sentinel, City Attorney Andrew Marino suggested making the city website the city’s…
Deep Fission scales back nuclear reactor plans
Deep Fission says its Kansas nuclear project will start with test wells, not a full reactor. Deep Fission is clarifying priorities for the company’s 1-mile underground nuclear reactor site in Kansas, now saying the group is only committed to drilling…
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