When your business or organization needs to conduct a staff retreat, where do you go? Sometimes groups leave their town to go to a bigger city with lots of venue choices. Today we’ll meet an Extension district whose staff chose to go in the opposite direction.
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HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) — Between calculus and European history classes at a West Virginia public high school, 16-year-old Cameron Mays and his classmates were told by their teacher to go to an evangelical Christian revival assembly.
I read about an instant cake mix that was a big flop. The instructions said all you had to do was add water and bake. The company couldn’t understand why it didn’t sell – until their research discovered that the buying public felt uneasy about a mix that required only water. Apparently, people thought it was too easy. So, the company altered the formula and changed the directions to call for adding an egg to the mix in addition to the water. The idea worked and sales jumped dramatically.
By Chad Frey, Newton Kansan Not many high schools have an Olympic Gold Medal sitting in the trophy case, or have named a basketball court… Login to continue reading Login…
Following a snow storm that hit last week which shuttered schools for three days, city crews went to work clearing streets. And they heard and saw the complaints on social media from those who wanted their streets cleared.
TOPEKA — New research sponsored by the Alliance for a Healthy Kansas shows 78% of Kansas voters support Medicaid expansion after learning about current qualifications for the health insurance program.
The Kansas Corporation Commission designated CenturyLink as an Eligible Telecommunications Carrier within its service area for universal service purposes. CenturyLink’s basic local service rates for residential voice lines are $19.48 per month and business services are $32.75 per month. Specific rates will be provided upon request.
Massive price spikes of natural gas during a cold winter storm – named Uri – are about to be paid for by Kansas Gas customers. Surcharges to gas bills could be around for a decade.
New COVID-19 infection numbers took a dive in the latest reporting – dropping to less than half of the previous week numbers. And for the first time in months, the Harvey County Health Department is reporting week with no current, or new, hospitalizations of county residents.