Wind farms continue to spread across Kansas — but with new features that will tone down the way they interrupt wide open skies with red, blinking lights visible for miles and resented by many rural residents.
The Harvey County Commission was asked to make final approval for a pair of meteorological towers to be constructed by NextEra Energy and Tower Associates Feb. 28.
Last weekend a few area women leaned a new skill how to use a few basic knots to create a piece of fiber art. The learned the classic art form of macrame, during a workshop at Community Creative Services (inside the Old Mill, 201 N.
Foreheads smudged with the sign of the cross are the most visible sign of Ash Wednesday, which begins the season of Lent in many Christian denominations. The 40-day period leads up to Holy Week, some of the most sacred days in the church calendar – including Easter, which commemorates Christians’ central belief that Jesus was crucified and buried before rising from the dead.
BUCYRUS, Ohio — In four terms as a county elected official in northern Ohio, it was the most contentious issue Doug Weisenauer had ever seen. The state legislature had newly empowered county governments to drastically restrict wind and solar power development, a process formerly overseen by the Ohio Power Siting Board, and the meetings of the three-member governing body for Crawford County (population 41,754) suddenly started becoming a lot more animated.
TOPEKA — Melissa Stiehler remembers her experience as the first girl to come out at her high school, back in 2006, at the height of “don’t ask, don’t tell.” She remembers seeing anti-gay marriage signs scattered across her neighborhood, and hearing homophobic rhetoric in the bathrooms and locker rooms. “It was incredibly lonely,” Stiehler said.
TOPEKA — The Kansas Senate voted to remove all state and local sales taxes on food next year, in a last-minute reversal of an earlier proposal to curtail sales tax reductions for unhealthy food. Senators voted to eliminate the food sales tax Thursday during a Senate debate, advancing an amended version of Senate Bill 248 by a 22-16 vote.
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In an ideal world, people young and old exercise each day. But as men and women age, finding time to work out is not so easy.
Cataracts are the most common cause of vision loss among people age 40 and older. According to All About Vision, cataracts also are the principal cause of blindness in the world.