Archive By Section - Local News
LARNED - Pawnee Valley Community Hospital's Cardiopulmonary Department has been busy over the last few months educating our community members on Hands Only CPR/AED's. The CPR education that the department administered has one goal - to make Pawnee County a Heart Safe Community.
April 01, 2018
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Tribune Staff
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Local News
Of the two holiday traditions that involve small children dressing up and going out into the community, some sort of handled container in hand, with hopeful anticipation of bringing it home filled with candy, Easter is the swiftest. And reporters for local newspapers are drawn to the photo opportunities these Easter egg hunts provide as well.
March 31, 2018
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Veronica
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Local News
On Feb. 20, the Great Bend Tribune story, "Social media conduct questioned over Rankin report," delved into informal charges Barton County Attorney Amy Mellor leveled against employees of the Barton County Sheriff's Department regarding two posts and "likes" from other department employees on Facebook. The posts at issue claimed Mellor and Assistant County Attorney Doug Matthews assessed blame to Great Bend Police Department Lt. Heather Davis Smith for actions ordered in the state versus Jeffrey Rankin case.
March 31, 2018
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Veronica
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Local News
The Barton County Commission will meet Monday morning and the Great Bend City Council will meet Monday evening.
March 31, 2018
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Tribune Staff
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Local News
As the number of Great Bend children in low-income homes increases, educators are spending more time on poverty training. Jefferson Elementary School Principal Kim Wilson said that is one of the goals set by his Building Leadership Team last summer and the efforts will continue.
March 30, 2018
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Susan
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Local News
ELLINWOOD - Quarterly parties for students who reach their Accelerated Reader goals proves learning to read can be fun. Students in grades two through four celebrated their latest AR goals by taking part in several "minute to win it" games organized by librarians Amy Hammeke, Jean Garner, grade school library assistant Kala Robl and library substitute Lindell Redington.
March 30, 2018
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Veronica
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Local News
A sixth grader at Jefferson Elementary School who was struggling with reading at the start of the school year got extra help, which has made a world of difference, English Language Arts coach Natalie DeForest told the school board Thursday. It was another example of how frequent testing and prompt interventions help teachers target what students need to work on.
March 29, 2018
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Susan
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Local News
LARNED – On Thursday morning in Pawnee County District Court, Anthony Riojas, 22, of Garden City, waived his preliminary hearing and entered a no-contest plea to kidnapping and battery in connection to a 2017 kidnapping of a Garden City teen. He was originally charged with a single count of aggravated kidnapping. According to Pawnee County Attorney Douglas McNett, the charges stem from a missing teenager report from Garden City on Dec. 21, 2017. Riojas had been reported by the teenager's family as a suspect in the girl's disappearance.
March 29, 2018
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BY TRIBUNE STAFF
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Local News
Each week we'll take a step back into the history of Great Bend through the eyes of reporters past. We'll reacquaint you with what went into creating the Great Bend of today, and do our best to update you on what "the rest of the story" turned out to be
March 29, 2018
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Veronica
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Local News
ALBERT - Albert Volunteer Fire Chief Charles Keller is looking forward to being able to offer his firefighters another level of safety when filling air bottles at the station, thanks to the turnout at the 29th Annual Albert Volunteer Fire Department Pancake Feed and Raffle that happened Saturday, March 24.
March 29, 2018
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Veronica
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Local News
Dates have been set for Great Bend USD 428's kindergarten roundup. The event is for children who will be 5 years old on or before Aug. 31 and are planning to attend local schools in the fall.
March 28, 2018
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Tribune Staff
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Local News
Helping Hands Preschool has peer mentor openings for the 2018-19 school year, according to Michelle Cape, program coordinator for Early Childhood Special Education.
March 28, 2018
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Tribune Staff
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Local News
While farmers harvest grain, Calvin "Trapper" Calp harvests fur. The owner of Calp's Fur and Root in Hoisington has been a fur dealer for six decades after learning to trap at an early age.
March 28, 2018
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Susan
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Local News
The image that comes to mind for hazardous materials might be a broken barrel with radioactive glowing green goo coming out of it, but the reality is hazardous materials can be household chemicals; they are everywhere and can pose a threat to the public's safety and health if a container is breached or if materials are not handled according to regulations.
March 28, 2018
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By Brandon Steinert
Barton Community College
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Local News
HOISINGTON - Hoisington Mayor Dalton Popp brought the Monday night city council meeting Monday night to order, following a brief opportunity for council members to examine a prototype for new metal art displays that the city's power plant staff have been developing. It's one way the city is helping the Hoisington Main Street organization to solve the problem of how to better protect the city's iconic metal art currently displayed on utility poles along Main Street. A request from that organization for $5,000 from the Transient Guest Tax fund to go toward the project was part of ...
March 28, 2018
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Veronica
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Local News
