For about a decade or so the biggest fundraiser of the year, and pretty much only fundraiser of the year, for the Harvey County ERT was a fireworks tent each Independence Day season. This year the tent came with challenges - inflation put a bit of a damper on the Independence Day season.
Two little goats. That doesn’t sound like a lot, but perhaps it could be the beginning of an entrepreneurial career.
HAYS, KANSAS — This dry, hot summer has claimed its share of victims in Marc Ramsey’s cornfields. Fewer than seven inches of rain have fallen this year in the area he farms between Dighton and Scott City — nearly one foot below the historical average.
WICHITA — Kansas finds itself in a budding nursing home crisis. A lack of workers and money troubles forced dozens of nursing homes and assisted living centers to close their doors during the pandemic, and more look doomed to follow.
D-Fy feted by collaborative The Harvey County Drug Free Youth Coalition has been selected to receive the Kansas Prevention Collaborative’s Connected Community of the Year Award. The KPC annually recognizes coalitions doing prevention work in Kansas with this award recognizing those who have made an outstanding contribution to their community prevention efforts.
Ever wonder how Sushi was introduced to Kansas, and to Newton? A local author and playwright has a theory - or at least penned one for a melodrama production coming to Grace Community Church this weekend.
For the past few years the water being low in the pond of Camp Hawk is not unusual - there were problems with a stand pipe and overflow tube in the dam. But that’s not why the water level at the pond is what county parks director Kass Miller calls “Friggin’ low” at this time.
Michael Llamas will become the next district court judge in Kansas District No. 9, which includes Harvey County.
States Newsroom The U.S. Department of Agriculture will send more than $500 million in loans and grants to telecommunications providers to bring highspeed internet to rural areas across 20 states, Secretary Tom Vilsack said Wednesday. The department will spend $360 million in grants and $141 million in loans through its ReConnect Program to benefit sparsely populated communities, including in Alaska, Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, Michigan, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Montana, North Carolina, Oregon and Tennessee.
HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) — Governors races often are overshadowed by the fight for control of Congress during midterm elections. But this fall, which candidate wins a state’s top executive post could be pivotal for the nation’s political future. With abortion rights, immigration policies and democracy itself in the balance, both parties are entering the final weeks before the Nov. 8 election prepared to spend unprecedented amounts of money to win seats for governor. Those elected will be in power for the 2024 election, when they could influence voting laws as well as certification of the outcome. And their powers over abortion rights increased greatly when the U.S. Supreme Court in June left the question to states to decide.