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As part of an ongoing effort to improve the quality of visitor experience delivered within the Great Bend community and along the national scenic byway corridor, training and certification as an interpretive host will be offered free of charge this month.
March 06, 2013
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BY TRIBUNE STAFF
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News
There is all kinds of information available at the finger tips of the Barton County Records Management Department, as woman from Orem, Utah, found out recently.
March 06, 2013
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Dale
Hogg
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News
During last month's back-to-back snow storms, Kansas Department of Transportation snow crews pretreated and plowed nearly 880,000 lane miles of highway – enough to circle the earth 35 times.
March 06, 2013
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News
Eli and Margaret Sweany will this week board an airplane for the long flight to Senegal, Africa, where they will take jobs as house parents in a school for the children of missionaries.
March 05, 2013
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Karen
LaPierre
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News
PAWNEE ROCK - A 911 call from an observant citizen Tuesday morning led to the arrest of a suspect in two burglaries, Sheriff Brian Bellendir said. Scrap metal and other stolen items were recovered.
March 05, 2013
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BY TRIBUNE STAFF
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News
Understandably, the two winter storms that pummelled the area in the past couple weeks dominated the efforts of several Great Bend city departments, City Administrator Howard Partington said. But, he praised the team effort that kept the streets cleared and doors open.
March 05, 2013
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Dale
Hogg
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News
The Great Bend City Council Monday night approved a bid so that additional improvements could be made to the walking path on the north side Veterans Memorial Park.
March 04, 2013
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Dale
Hogg
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News
A pursuit of an Ellis County escapee that began Sunday morning in Hoisington ended when the suspect lost control of a stolen car at 31st and Washington Ave. in Great Bend. He was not injured and is back in custody.
March 04, 2013
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Susan
Thacker
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News
Editor's note: This is the second of two articles about last Saturday's Legislative Coffee at Hoisington.
March 04, 2013
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Susan
Thacker
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News
The Barton County Commission Monday morning declined to take action vacating a half-mile portion of a dirt road in the far northwestern part of the county, effectively leaving the stretch open.
March 04, 2013
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Dale
Hogg
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News
EDITOR'S NOTE: The dental debate continues. Following a previous story, "Great Bend dentists speak out: Dental crisis fact or myth", representatives from Kansas Action for Children and the W.K. Kellogg foundation contacted the Tribune to comment about access to dental care in rural Kansas. They expressed concerns about the information about access to dental care presented in the story, which ran on Sunday, Feb. 20. We listened, and did some more digging, and this is what we found.
March 03, 2013
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Veronica
Coons
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News
Editor's note: This is the first of two stories about Saturday's Legislative coffee in Hoisington. Today's article looks at the remarks of Sen. Mitch Holmes and Rep. John Edmonds. Part II will cover the question and answer period.
March 02, 2013
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Susan
Thacker
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News
LUCAS – Ever since he was a wee lad scrambling among the rocky limestone bluffs around what is now Wilson Lake, D. Craig Lilak has been intrigued with the Native American etchings known as petroglyphs.
March 01, 2013
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Dale
Hogg
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News
Barton County Sheriff's Office deputies executed several search warrants late Thursday night, resulting in the confiscation of a quantity of illegal drugs believed to be methamphetamine, ecstasy and marijuana, Barton County Sheriff Brian Bellendir said Friday morning.
March 01, 2013
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Dale
Hogg
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News
A lot of dangers lurk on the farm and that is why the Barton County Farm Bureau Association will host its 14th-annual Farm Safety Awareness Day Wednesday at Barton Community College.
March 01, 2013
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Dale
Hogg
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News
