Popular Walk Kansas Program Sets Sights on 25th year
By Pat Melgares,Walk Kansas program, Sharolyn Jackson already has her sights set on...
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Governor Kelly Announces 12 Rural Communities and Organizations to Receive Funding for Mural and Public Art Projects
By the Kansas Department of Commerce TOPEKA, Kan. (June 7, 2024) – Governor Laura Kelly announced that 12 communities and organizations will receive a combined $78,800 to allow 20 new murals and public art projects to revive public spaces...
Heavy Rain and Wind Causes Flooding, Power Outages
By Lucky Kidd Late Saturday night storms brought high winds, heavy rain and flooding to parts of Kansas Saturday night into early Sunday morning. Wind gusts between 60-70 miles an hour were reported across many areas of southwest into...
Attention Entrepreneurs: Don’t Miss Out, the Deadline to Apply for IGNITE Rural Business Competition is Next Week
By Great Bend Economic Development, Inc.
Legislative Race Recap: Contested Races for Vast Majority of Legislative Seats in Central Kansas Region
By Lucky KiddCENTRAL KANSAS — There will be contested races for the vast majority of legislative seats in the central Kansas region. As the filing deadline passed at noon Monday, Republican primary elections were assured for two open Kansas Senate...
Santa Fe Trail Center Museum 50th Anniversary Celebration
LARNED, Kan. — Stop in the Santa Fe Trail Center Museum on Sunday, June 2, at 2 p.m. The museum will be celebrating 50 years of history, located at 1347 K 156 Hwy, Larned, KS. In 1974, the Santa Fe Trail...
KDA Animal Health to Host Regional Workshops
By the Kansas Department of Agriculture MANHATTAN, Kan. — The Kansas Department of Agriculture’s Division of Animal Health will host regional meetings across the state this summer to discuss critical topics related to the livestock industry in Kansas. KDA encourages livestock...
Gov. Kelly Announces More than $6M Investment for Safer Streets and Roads in Kansas Communities
By the Kansas Office of the Governor TOPEKA, Kan. (May 28, 2024) – Governor Laura Kelly announced six Kansas communities have secured nearly $5 million in federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) funding from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Safe Streets and...
Governor Kelly Announces Special Session of the Kansas Legislature
By the Kansas Office of the Governor TOPEKA, Kan. — Today, Governor Laura Kelly announced that she will use her constitutional power under Article 1, Section 5 of the Kansas Constitution to reconvene the Kansas Legislature for a special...
New Round of Lead and Copper Surveys Out
By the City of Great Bend GREAT BEND, Kan. (May 28, 2024) — As many have noticed a new round of surveys have been released. We are still trying to gather information to complete our Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)...
