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People in Salina will soon see a new name and option when it comes to internet service providers in the area, with fiber internet for residents making its way to the city soon. The Salina City Commission approved a licensing agreement to allow Clearwave Fiber to install fiber optic cable in the public right-of-way within the city. “Clearwave Fiber is a newly formed company that’s focusing on expanding their network in the state of Kansas,” said Dean Andrew zoning administrator for the city. While Clearwave has its headquarters in Savannah, Georgia, it has been making its way into other states over the past year.
Source: Salina Journal
A couple new faces at Ell Saline and Southeast of Saline schools also happen to come with four paws. h Saline County School Resource Officers Tyler Casteel and Braden Long introduced their K-9 partners to their respective districts earlier this month after attending a week-long training in Florida. The deputies traveled to the Brevard County Florida Sheriff’s Office “Paws and Stripes College” to learn the ins and outs of handling a law enforcement investigative therapy dog.
Source: Salina Journal
Only two states offer a lower percentage than Kansas does of public land available for hunting and fishing, legislators were told Thursday morning. “Our state is pretty shy on public lands,” the Kansas Senate’s Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee heard from Brad Loveless, secretary of the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks. KDWP hopes to improve on that, he said.
Source: CJonline
As a joke, several men in 1887 nominated Susanna Madora Salter, a 27-year-old Woman’s Christian Temperance Union officer, on the Prohibition Party ticket to be mayor of Argonia in south-central Kansas. But the joke was on them. “Salter surprised the group and received two-thirds of the votes,” says the website of the Kansas Historical Society. “She was elected in April 4, 1887, just weeks after Kansas women had gained the right to vote in city elections.”
Source: CJonline
The Board of Harvey County Commissioners could be taking up the question this coming Tuesday as to whether meetings will begin with a prayer. Commissioner Becky Reimer proposed adding an invocation at her first two meetings. Fellow Commissioners Don Schroeder and Randy Hague already voted to add the Pledge of Allegiance at the beginning of meetings. If they vote to add an invocation, questions may persist as to who would be asked to lead the invocation and what religions would be included. Newton City Commissioner Clint McBroom, who also serves as pastor of the First Church of God, said he didn’t have a personal preference about whether meetings should start with a prayer. “Of course, I’m concerned about opening the door for a wide variety of strange things happening,” he said.
Source: Harvey County Now
As an incentive to help reel professionals back into Barton County, the County Commission Wednesday morning approved a resolution authorizing participation in the Rural Opportunity Zone Student Loan Repayment Program for calendar year 2023. The program provides up to a $15,000 benefit per applicant as a workforce recruitment tool for eligible persons establishing a home in Barton County, said Operations Director Matt Patzner. The Kansas Department of Commerce requires counties to pass a resolution obligating them to participate in this ROZ program for at least five years. “So essentially, this resolution would be allowing for this program to take place within Barton County,” he said, adding the county has no financial commitment. The business hiring the applicant covers half the benefit with the state covering the other. “This is a good program to get some professionals back into the county,” he said. “The state can kick in some money for it.”
Source: Great Bend Tribune
hickens and pigs are a new addition at Yoder Charter School and they are teaching the students some valuable life lessons. Yoder has been a project-based school for quite some time. Their unique teaching style instills values such as being responsible while implementing academics. They do this by having the kids read to the animals or counting the eggs. Principal, Shannon Atherton, said the community, students, parents, and stakeholders have all been very supportive of this program.
Source: KAKE – News
Tim Hayden will become the superintendent of Renwick USD 267 on July 1. His hiring was announced by the board of education on Monday night. Hayden is currently principal at Amelia Earhart Elementary School in Goddard. He was a finalist for the superintendent position in Cheney, but apparently pulled out of the running after being selected as a finalist for the Renwick position. …The BOE decided to go outside of the school district boundaries for its new leader, although not far.
Source: Times-Sentinel Newspapers
U.S. households turned cautious at the end of last year, cutting spending during the holiday shopping season and increasing savings, adding to signs of an economic slowdown. Consumer spending fell a seasonally adjusted 0.2% in December from the prior month, the Commerce Department said Friday, the second straight monthly drop following solid spending increases during several months last year. Adjusted for inflation, spending fell 0.3% last month. The pullback in spending came as inflation cooled, giving consumers some relief from rapidly rising prices. Households cut spending on goods as prices fell for gasoline and other energy products, the department said. They increased spending on services, where prices climbed. … The figures leave Fed officials on track to raise interest rates by a quarter-percentage point to a range between 4.5% and 4.75% at their meeting next week, where they also are expected to debate how much higher to raise rates this year. The Fed raised rates aggressively last year in a campaign to cool the economy and bring down high inflation.
Source: WSJ
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