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(Note: This is the second in a series of stories investigating the decline in rural Kansas and efforts to reverse it. Read part one here.) DIGHTON, Kansas ? A billboard along Interstate 70 boasting about…
Allen County commissioners determined three roads deserved immediate repairs at their meeting Tuesday morning. The roads incurred increased traffic during the rebuild of US 169. Though Bettis Asphalt bid on seven projects last month, county…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) State utility regulators have rejected a request by Westar Energy to pass along the cost of buying 8% of the Jeffrey Energy Center. The Wichita Eagle reports the request would have…
Repairs to a leaking roof over the commons area at Iola High School could help the district buy time before a full roof replacement. Aaron Cole, maintenance director for USD 257, gave school board members…
GARDEN CITY Three years ago, rancher and farmer Jay Young got intrigued by a YouTube video. A North Dakota farmer championed the idea of cover crops plants that would be considered weeds in…
MOSBY, Mo. (AP) The residents of this small riverside town have become accustomed to watching floods swamp their streets, transform their homes into islands and ruin their floors and furniture. Elmer Sullivan has replaced…
After crunching the numbers, Allen County 911 Communications Director Angela Murphy estimates it would cost the county about $167,000 annually to absorb the City of Chanute into its emergency system. Murphy suggested three more employees…
HUMBOLDT Humboldt council members are willing to help support an ambulance station here through payment of utilities, including phone, fax and cable services. For years ambulances have dispatched from tight quarters attached to the…
WASHINGTON The Trump administration and congressional Democrats have found something they agree on and it could mean higher taxes on gasoline and diesel fuel. Last week, President Donald Trumps energy secretary, Elaine Chao,…
In the wake of Sept. 11, federal officials said the United States needed a new, state-of-the-art facility to defend against bioterrorism and stop diseases that could devastate the countrys farm economy and threaten human lives.…
