WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) today joined a group of bipartisan senators from states spanning the country in urging Amtrak to uphold its side of a longstanding public-private partnership to continue operating the Southwest Chief passenger train and long-distance passenger service, particularly through rural communities. The Southwest Chief runs daily between Chicago and Los An...
WASHINGTON, D.C.- Today the United States Department of Agriculture announced that it would authorize $12 billion in programs to aid farmers harmed by retaliatory trade actions. These programs would provide relief to many Kansas producers who have been hurt the most from retaliatory tariffs, with pork, wheat, corn, soybeans and sorghum on the program’s list. “This is a start, but it’s mo...
TOPEKA – The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) has issued a high-risk warning for West Nile virus infections (WNV) for northcentral, southcentral, and southwest Kansas. Northeast, southeast, and northwest Kansas are at moderate risk for WNV infections. West Nile virus can be spread to people through mosquito bites, but it is not spread from person to person. About one in five...
Colby Community College conferred 250 awards on May 11 at the Colby Community Building during the 53rd annual commencement ceremony. Transcripts have been verified as having met all requirements and names are published by hometown according to the student. Associate of Arts Atwood – Mara Hemel. Aurora, Colo. – Tomarow Whitfield. Bazine – Kassandra Paredes. Brampton, Canada – Ga...
(Photos in this article courtesy of Andrew Melia) Kay Melia, one of the founding members of the Kansas Association of Broadcasters (KAB) and long-time general manager of KLOE radio in Goodland, passed away Thursday, July 19, 2018 at the age of 88. Kay worked with many Kansas broadcast legends like Bob Schmidt, Pat Powers, Arden Booth, Grover Cobb and others in forming the Kansas Association ...
Innovative technology is rapidly changing the Kansas agriculture industry, and the Kansas Department of Agriculture has partnered with Northwest Kansas Technical College, the Kansas Water Office and the Kansas Ag Research & Technology Association to host the first-ever Ag Tech Expo on Wednesday, August 29, in Goodland. The Ag Tech Expo is an effort to bring new technology into the hands of all...
The following is a press release from the office of Congressman Roger Marshall: WASHINGTON, D.C.-Today, Congress moved one step closer to delivering a new farm bill to the president’s desk. The speaker appointed lawmakers to the House-Senate conference committee on the Farm Bill. Kansas Congressman Roger Marshall was selected as one of the members on the committee. “Before I was even el...
(Story credit: Greg Peters with KU Medical Center) Michael Machen laughs easily when he talks about what all it means to be a doctor in a small rural town in Northwest Kansas. For more than three decades he's been one of the primary health care providers for the 900 or so people in the farming community of Quinter and many others living in adjoining counties on the High Plains, where trees are ...
The following press release was issued by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment on July 13, 2018: TOPEKA – The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) has issued an Emergency Order of Suspension to Mighty Mites and Little Tikes, a licensed day care home located 480 N. Riddle, in Colby. State law allows the Secretary of KDHE to issue such an order when, in the opinion o...
The University of Kansas is one of several colleges across the country that is allowing a black-paint splattered U.S. flag to fly as apart of an art project to highlight the "current political climate" in America. The art display project is called "Pledges of Allegiance" and is sponsored by Creative Time, a New York based organization. The art project is features 16 designers and one of the art...
