Register for this event on Thursday, July 7 at 2:00 p.m. ET. USDA Rural Development (RD) invites rural partners and stakeholders to join a webinar on Thursday, July 7 from 2-4 p.m. ET to learn about federal funding opportunities and programs to help develop electric infrastructure. Webinar participants will learn about funding through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act that will be administered by the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to help develop electric vehicle infrastructure. The Act provided $7.5 billion to DOE and DOT to build a national network of 500,000 electric vehicle charging stations across the country. [...]

Despite not being born or raised in Salina, Dr. Trent Davis has done as much as he can to make the city better for the people and citizens he calls neighbors in this place he’s made home for the past 23 years. Davis spent his early life on the East Coast, being raised in Washington, D.C., going to undergraduate at Hobart College in New York and returning to Washington for medical school at Howard University. His career as a neurologist took him to California before he settled in Salina in 1999, the city he has called home since then. Even before [...]

A sharp surge in people driving far above the speed limit accompanied the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in Kansas and surrounding states. Thousands were ticketed for going more than 100 mph. One driver doubled up, topping 200 mph. That person drove an Audi A7 sports car that was clocked in July 2021 going 202 mph in a 65 mph construction zone on the Kansas Turnpike, Kansas Highway Patrol Superintendent Herman Jones told a Kansas legislative committee last February. Source: CJonline

Saturday was a great day for the Art in the Park. Katy Guthrie, Executive Director of Garden City Arts, which puts on the annual art festival in Stevens Park, said Saturday was a great day. It wasn’t 100 degrees outside and despite some wind and a little rain, it was good weatherwise. Plenty of people were in attendance, Guthrie said. It was busy throughout the morning and in the afternoon, there was a slow trickle of people, which picked up after lunch and the rain ended. Guthrie said it was great to have so many creatives gathered, and they were feeding [...]

Acting on a suggestion from the Chamber, a group of investors proposing to develop a Hilton Garden Inn in Hutchinson met last week with Kansas State Fair officials to explore locating the hotel on state property near the fairgrounds. Developer Aaron Brooks confirmed he met Thursday with Kansas State Fair Manager Bryan Schulz to explore the grounds and discuss the possibilities. But he provided no decision timeline. Hutchinson /Reno County Chamber of Commerce President Debra Teufel said that Brooks’ group is one of three developers looking at Hutchinson to construct a new hotel. Though one of those three has indicated Hutchinson [...]

Topeka's city government is preparing to significantly change its approach for dealing with overgrown grass and weeds in local neighborhoods. For decades, the city has had property maintenance employees respond to complaints and find out if grass, weeds or other uncultivated vegetation is more than 12 inches tall. If it is, the city asks the property owner to cut the grass. If the owner doesn't, the city has Shawnee County Jail inmate crews cut the grass, then bills the property owner. But the city is preparing to set up two separate programs aimed at improving on that, said city Councilwoman Karen [...]