Back to the drawing board. That’s where Allen County Commissioners found themselves Tuesday morning when faced with a dilemma regarding their approach to the Neighborhood Revitalization Program (NRP). Allen County Treasurer Crickett Maley explained to…

Allen County is one step closer to finalizing its work in bringing a new home to Humboldt. Commissioners Bruce Symes and David Lee agreed Tuesday to pay a developer $47,000 for the construction of a…

Jessica McGinnis asked Allen County Commissioners Tuesday to help sponsor a motivational speaker geared toward high school students. McGinnis, a community coordinator with the Southeast Kansas Mental Health Center, made the request on behalf of…

Staff at the Allen County Landfill continue to work on a collection site for discarded batteries, and have been temporarily setting batteries aside as the public becomes more aware of the need to separate them…

Allen County will start small with a recycling effort, with commissioners offering to set up a cardboard collection spot at the landfill. Commissioners directed Mark Griffith, road and bridge director, to find some sort of…

County leaders will look at recycling programs in other counties after a volunteer-led effort disbanded more than two weeks ago.  Commission Chairman David Lee and Road and Bridge Director Mark Griffith planned to travel to…

A Humboldt woman took commissioners to task for not rescuing a volunteer recycling program. When Diana Holmes moved to Kansas from California two years ago, she  was surprised to discover recycling was not included as…

It may take a couple of years, but county commissioners took the first steps to buy a rebuilt ambulance.  Michael Burnett, Iola’s EMS director, offered a proposal that would rebuild one of the county’s older…

A new public transportation program could take over the county’s senior bus service. Jeff Keithly, director of ART, and Lisse Regher, CEO of Thrive, asked county commissioners to consider a consolidation between their general public…

Allen County commissioners will have a budget hearing on Tuesday morning before approving a plan to decrease property taxes by about a half of a mill. The budget hearing is set for 9 a.m. Tuesday.…