Archive By Author - Chuck Smith

Time to get ready

Radium Bridge work is starting Monday

Feds cost county a bundle

BY CHUCK SMITH csmith@gbtribune.com This year it will be the west side of Barton County that will get new signs as part of an effort that is being required by "higher" levels of government, Barton County Commissioners were told this week. Road and Bridge Department Director Dale Phillips explained that the effort to replace all of the directional signs at all of the county intersections, will begin with U.S. 281 and go west this year. ...

Gas tops $3.50 locally

Never forget

County officials have paved the way for public support of a local veterans memorial. This week the Barton County Commission approved plans for a fundraising effort by the Memorial Parks Advisory Committee. Mick Lang, committee chairman, told the commissioners that the initial goal is to raise $55,000 for the veterans' memorial at the Golden Belt Memorial Park, located north of Great Bend. "It's time to start fundraising," Lang commented. The committee has developed a brochure ...

City slides into spring sports season

County accelerates transportation program

RSVP program is work the cost

Time to cut in Topeka

We give a carp

Sludge solution

These strings are tight

City staff members continue to explore possible futures for the Great Bend Convention Center and, while there are imponderables that continue to be discussed about how the facility will be operated and developed, what is clear is that the taxpayers of Great Bend are going to paying a bill that will be well over the $500,000 that was spent to "give" the center to us.

These strings are tight

City staff members continue to explore possible futures for the Great Bend Convention Center and, while there are imponderables that continue to be discussed about how the facility will be operated and developed, what is clear is that the taxpayers of Great Bend are going to paying a bill that will be well over the $500,000 that was spent to "give" the center to us.

Policies shift as city takes over center

(EDITOR'S NOTE: This is one in a series of articles about the development of the Great Bend Convention Center.)

County finance officer leaves for family business

Barton County Finance Officer Janet Crane will be leaving her county position this week to take up a private sector job, the Barton County Commission was told Tuesday.