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<div style="color: #333;">Positive “Pull factor” helps keep lid on Hays mill levy</div>
With a mill levy of 121.799, Hays has a significantly lower property tax compared to four peer communities (Dodge City, Garden City, Emporia and Pittsburg.) That’s no coincidence says Grow Hays Executive Director Doug Williams because the City’s “pull factor”…
<div style="color: #333;">Court intern gets behind the scenes experience</div>
Arkansas City Senior Genevieve Herrera is receiving first-hand experience on how the court system works. For the past six months, she has served as an intern with District Judge Christopher Smith at the court facilities in Arkansas City and Winfield.…
<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…
<div style="color: #333;">Residents speak out in opposition of Gardner data center</div>
Standing room only during a city council meeting in Gardner Monday night. In nearly two hours of public comment, dozens of people stood up to object to a proposed hyperscale data center. The 3.1 billon dollar project would include up…
<div style="color: #333;">City eyes .75-cent sales tax</div>
Great Bend could consider a permanent 0.75-cent sales tax, potentially raising the total local tax rate to 9.45% if voters approve it in November. The discussion surfaced at a City Council work session after the Monday meeting, though no formal…
<div style="color: #333;">Sylvan Grove to celebrate 150 years with day of history, community, and tradition</div>
Residents of Sylvan Grove and surrounding communities are invited to take part in a once-in-a-generation celebration as the town marks its 150th anniversary on Saturday, May 23. Centered around the theme “Rooted in Our History ... Reaching to Our Future,”…
<div style="color: #333;">New mural adds quality to downtown Newton</div>
Isaac Shue’s favorite parts of the mural he’s creating at Mostaza are the bubbles. They’re small, round dots in various colors, and flowers decorate the mural, which they started on Sunday, May 3. The reason they picked flowers for the…
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