Archive By Author - Dale Hogg
The Golden Belt Veterans Memorial received another boost Tuesday morning, this time from a familiar source.
July 05, 2016
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The 2016 Barton County Fair opens this week. This annual tradition is a showcase for youth and adults from all over the county to demonstrate talents and be get the recognition they justly deserve. It is also an opportunity for the county to join for a week of family entertainment.
July 04, 2016
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Every year, we Americans come together to celebrate the Fourth of July as Independence Day. This, we believe, is our nation's birthday. But he Continental Congress actually decided to declare independence on July 2, 1776.
July 02, 2016
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Many Kansans will be traveling to Fourth of July celebrations this weekend, and local and state officials encourage travelers to plan ahead to make their trips as safe as possible.
July 01, 2016
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ELLSWORTH – The second of the two Great Bend teenaged boys charged in Ellsworth County in connection with the assault of a fellow student on a Great Bend High School school bus in February was sentenced to unsupervised probation Tuesday in Ellsworth County District Court, according to court documents.
June 30, 2016
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The Barton County Commission Monday morning approved a plan to update of cable anchor system on the county's sand dredge.
June 29, 2016
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Jim Johnson wants to close the Barton County Landfill. Well, at least the Sunflower Diversified Services executive director wants to bolster the agency's recycling efforts.
June 28, 2016
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Monday will be the Fourth of July, and many will celebrate our nation's Independence Day by shooting off fireworks.
June 27, 2016
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After nearly two decades of service, 20th Judicial District Juvenile Services Director Laurie White will retire as of Thursday. The Barton County Commission Monday morning took time to honor her for her years of dedication .
June 27, 2016
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Although Barton County didn't experience any damage from the tornadoes, thunderstorms, heavy rains, flooding and flash flooding in May, the Barton County Commission Monday morning retroactively approved a declaration of a state of local disaster emergency covering that time frame.
June 27, 2016
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Sadly, this is a time when Congressional Republicans thumb their noses at Democrats and Democrats plop themselves down on the floor, and when state lawmakers and our governor rum rough-shod over us Kansans. Somewhere along the line, political civility has left the building, at least on the state and national stages.
June 25, 2016
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Barton County Health Director Shelly Schneider attended the State Immunization Conference in Salina where the county received an award for "Outstanding Effort in Turning Around the Immunization Program."
June 23, 2016
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The fifth-annual June Jaunt is in the books and it was another great year for the event, Great Bend Community Coordinator Christina Hayes told the Great Bend City Council Monday night.
June 23, 2016
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Barton County Health Director Shelly Schneider attended the State Immunization Conference in Salina where the county received an award for "Outstanding Effort in Turning Around the Immunization Program."
June 22, 2016
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Coming off their tour of city facilities June 13, Great Bend City Council members Monday night took time to outline their goals for the upcoming year as they continued their budget-planning process. Among the top priorities were ramping up clean-up efforts and further developing the city's recreational areas.
June 22, 2016
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