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Trees in Overland Park are in danger due to this pest. Here’s how the city is coping
It would seem the emerald ash borer is enjoying Johnson County, and the city of Overland Park is taking action to eradicate it in a new way. Later this year, the city will begin an ash tree clear-cutting program in…
Bill Fiander came to Topeka with a 2-year plan; 26 years later, here’s what makes him proud
Bill Fiander went above and beyond the call of duty by attending the 2002 funeral for Emogene Shepard, president of the Tennessee Town Neighborhood Improvement Association, said her grandson, Michael Bell. As an employee of the city of Topeka's planning…
New K-State initiative to bring ‘supercharged’ business support in all 105 Kansas counties
Business owners around the state will now have better access to advanced business support, research and expertise, thanks to a Kansas State University initiative to create more than 3,000 jobs and generate $3 billion in investment by 2030. Officials from…
Construction materials company wants planning commissions to reconsider their opposition to Eudora quarry project
A Topeka-based construction materials company is hoping to establish a new quarry in Eudora, and it wants the Eudora and Lawrence-Douglas County planning commissions to reconsider after they voted nearly unanimously to recommend against the project. At its meeting Wednesday,…
Lawrence leaders take another step toward protections for tenants who use housing vouchers, other government assistance
City commissioners Tuesday took another step to make Lawrence the first city in the state to prohibit landlords from refusing to rent to tenants who receive government assistance, such as Section 8 housing vouchers. After about two hours of divided…
Wichita water plant contractor fined by OSHA for ‘serious violation’ in worker’s death
Federal workplace safety regulators have fined a Wichita Water Partners subcontractor for a serious violation of workplace safety law in the death of a construction worker at the city’s new water treatment plant. Manuel Esparza, a 55-year-old project manager for…
High aspirations: Former Kansas mayor’s tourism vision includes silos, dwarf goats
The Kyner grain elevator that towers over the main street in Wilson, Kansas, hasn’t been in service for well over half a century. Most passers by look at the silos and see a relic of the past. David Criswell sees…
Leavenworth County farm winery blending litigation, politics in bitter property tax dispute
Farm winery owners Bryan Zesiger and Gina Montalbano stirred up a hornet’s nest of property tax controversy by challenging Leavenworth County’s decision to classify a wine tasting room and 1.1 acres at the vineyard as commercial rather than agricultural property.…
Kansas legislators renew efforts to save Ogallala Aquifer
Saving the Ogallala Aquifer could mean economic trade-offs in the short-term, the chairman of the Kansas House Water Committee said Tuesday. But the state can make progress and still maintain the farming economy of western Kansas, said Rep. Jim Minnix,…
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