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Energy policy endangers Kansans, critic says

August 4, 2025

TOPEKA — The future of green energy is challenged almost daily by decisions at the federal level that affect the Kansas utility industry, according to an environmentalist who has spent most of her career focused on practical solutions to climate and energy challenges. Dorothy Barnett, executive director of the Climate + Energy Project, became interested in climate science and energy through working in community and economic development in rural areas.

August 1, 2025

Winds out of the northeast and east are bringing Canadian wildfire smoke into central and eastern Kansas, and the Kansas Department of Health and Environment… Login to continue reading Login…

July 31, 2025

The Smoky Valley Board of Education on July 23 approved $166,302 for a new school bus but hopes that a grant will cover a quarter of the cost when the vehicle is delivered sometime in the 2026-27 school year.

Library reopens after addition, remodel

July 31, 2025

The Lindsborg Community Library reopened with a larger space July 24 after months of construction and remodeling and a week of volunteers helping to move shelves and books. Two new study rooms and the heritage room, which was relocated from the back to the front of the library, as well as added space for staff, remain closed until furnishings arrive and Swedish paraphernalia is cataloged.

July 30, 2025

Scott Bontz News-Record The Kansas Department of Transportation has budgeted $800,000 to patch Highway 4 – Harrison Street – between Swensson and Lincoln. The first… Login to continue reading Login…

July 29, 2025

The man who established Valkyrie-Dala Fitness in downtown Lindsborg after being given probation in 2017 for embezzlement of more than $30,000 from merchants in Albuquerque, N.M., had an earlier record of theft and sexual battery in Utah. David Anthony Rendon, 65, is now being sued, for lack of full payment, by the couple who sold him the building for the gym at 115 N.

U.S. may dry up state wildfire fighting

July 29, 2025

Most of the Kansas Forest Service’s budget for this fiscal year might simply not show up. That’s the fear — with just 2.5 months left in the federal fiscal year — as the Trump administration continues to withhold federal money that states and tribal governments use for forestry and for preventing and combatting wildfires.

Other customers foot bill for AI

July 29, 2025

Regular energy consumers, not corporations, will bear the brunt of the increased costs of a boom in artificial intelligence that has contributed to a growth in data centers and a surge in power usage, recent research suggests.

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July 29, 2025

Bethany revives sideline cheers, hires coach Bethany College will bring back the sideline cheer team to football and basketball games. It hired Patricia Smith to coach and lead the cheering.

July 28, 2025

July 18 Police stopped a vehicle at State and Harrison and cited the driver for a window tint violation. Police spoke with someone about a… Login to continue reading Login…

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Energy policy endangers Kansans, critic says

Wildfire smoke brings health advisory

School board OKs $166,302 for bus

Library reopens after addition, remodel

State will give $800,000 to fix K-4 in town

Valkyrie-Dala founder faced earlier theft, sexual battery charges

U.S. may dry up state wildfire fighting

Other customers foot bill for AI

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