This was a day that Lynette Redington, director of the Harvey County Health Department, was waiting for. A day that she could smile while reviewing COVID-19 statistics for the county commission - and for that smile to be seen.
Ben Proctor, superintendent of Hesston USD 460, has tendered his resignation after a decade of working in the school district. “It has been the greatest honor of my professional career to serve the students and staff of USD 460 these past 10 years.
TOPEKA — Kansas Electric Cooperatives representative Leslie Kaufman is likely to view any weather anomaly tagged with the name Uri as a pseudonym for financial menace. Kaufman joined a chorus of energy and political interests Tuesday by endorsing a Kansas House resolution urging full investigation of the winter ice storm Uri in February 2021 that resulted in blackouts for 10 million people in the United States and Mexico and placement of 170 million Americans under weather alerts by the National Weather Service.
TOPEKA — Gov. Laura Kelly instructed two state agencies Tuesday to relieve the fee-payment burden of residents of Reno and Harvey counties impacted by the state’s latest wildfires.
WASHINGTON — The United States will no longer import Russian energy in an attempt to further cripple that nation’s economy as it wages war against Ukraine. President Joe Biden announced the newest sanctions Tuesday from the White House, saying that a ban on Russian oil and gas would target “the main artery of Russia’s economy.” But he also cautioned that supporting a fellow democracy against Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war would affect Americans.
The Newton City Commission met for both a work session and regular meeting March 8. The commission met with the local housing authority at the Meridian Center for a work session before hosting its regular business meeting at city hall.
Property tax evaluations were mailed by the Harvey County appraisers office last week - and with them came some sticker shock. “Everything went up, a lot,” said Michele Lowery, county appraiser.
Ukraine banned wheat exports as civilians sought escape routes and concerns intensified over safety at the embattled country’s nuclear plants, including the decommissioned Chernobyl site. As the Russian invasion rounds out its second week, feeding the desperate populace became an increasingly critical concern.
Caleb Smith, principal at Newton High School since 2020, has earned a “Principal of the Year” honor. Recently he was named the Kansas Area 2 High School Principal of the Year.
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