Archive By Author - Dale Hogg
A heated Great Bend City Council discussion on a long-running water quality dispute Tuesday night boiled over into verbal sparring and the storming out of one council member.
September 08, 2015
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The wall of the building on Forest Avenue left exposed by the demolition of the old opera house will soon have a new face, the Great Bend City Council learned Tuesday night.
September 08, 2015
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The Barton County Commission Tuesday morning approved a request from the City of Great Bend to close a portion of Airport Road, SW 40 Ave., to accommodate a veterans' parade Sept. 19. The event is part of the city's 2015 Airfest which is taking place at the Municipal Airport Sept. 18-20.
September 08, 2015
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According to the Humane Society of the United States, 6–8 million pets end up in shelters each year and half of those will probably not be adopted. Sadly, the society reports that about 2.4 million healthy, adoptable cats and dogs-about one every 13 seconds - are put down in U.S. shelters each year. Often these animals are the offspring of cherished family pets.
September 07, 2015
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Artemis needs a home.
September 04, 2015
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Barton County Engineer Clark Rusco met recently with Barton County Road and Bridge, Kansas Department of Transportation and Federal Highway Administration representatives to review damages to Federal Aid Secondary routes for the latest disaster declaration.
September 01, 2015
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The process to select locations for the new train-truck shipping hubs in Kansas has reached the end of the line, and that line ends in Great Bend and Garden City, it was announced Tuesday morning.
September 01, 2015
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It took a team effort, but the 2015 sand and seal operations were done as of Friday, Barton County Road and Bridge Director Dale Phillips said Monday.
August 31, 2015
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Noting on-going shortcomings in the Barton County Treasurer's Office that have foisted more responsibility onto other departments, the County Commission Monday morning approved a 2015 audit that painted a good picture of the county's financial condition.
August 31, 2015
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It is a problem much bigger than many of us realize.
August 31, 2015
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In an ironic twist, the myriad agencies in Barton County that help the needy are themselves in need.
August 28, 2015
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TOPEKA - State labor officials are pinning an ongoing upward unemployment trend in part on a dwindling labor pool, according to the jobless report released by the Kansas Department of Labor late last week.
August 25, 2015
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After the dust, and water, settled Thursday afternoon, who won the United Way of Central Kansas water balloon fight between the Unified School District 428 administration and the Jefferson Elementary School staff is still being debated.
August 24, 2015
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Finally, finally, the fog has lifted and news about officials in Washington, D.C. tackling matters of national import is emerging. The Agricultural Marketing Service of the Department of Agriculture is proposing to revise the United States standards for grades of canned baked beans.
August 24, 2015
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When Julie Bugner Smith took over the helm of the United Way of Central Kansas in 2011, Barton County employees gave $1,600 to the annual campaign. This past year, they kicked in well over $6,000.
August 24, 2015
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