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WEBSep 19, 2011 · KPR Community Spotlight: Community Village Lawrence. September 1, 2024. Community Village Lawrence is a local, volunteer-based, nonprofit dedicated to supporting affordable in-home aging for adults. Their network of members and volunteers help neighbors live independently as long as possible. Trail Mix Turns 30!
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Hays Embraces Water Conservation Measures, but Still Faces Long …
WEBOct 11, 2022 · The city estimates that bringing in an acre foot of water — roughly 326,000 gallons — from a new source would cost Hays at least $15,000. But paying to help residents conserve that same amount of water — with, say, three fescue lawn conversions or 25 new low-flow toilets — costs the city far less.
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WEBKaye McIntyre. , September 9, 2024. Two competing chicken restaurants run by two sisters — it's a premise that may sound familiar to many Kansans. The new TV series The Chicken Sisters is inspired by the real rivalry between Chicken Annie's and Chicken Mary's in southeast Kansas, and is based on the bestselling book by KJ Dell'Antonia.
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Small Southwest Kansas Town Pioneered First Large Wind Farm in …
WEBOct 5, 2021 · But it wasn’t until 2001 that the first large-scale, megawatt-generating wind farm took root outside this small town in southwestern Kansas and began to harness the power of breezes on a 21st-century scale. For anyone with a wall socket, it began to change what turned on the lights. For the environment, the wind farm marked another step to ...
Kansas Constitutional Amendment: How All Registered Voters Can …
WEBJun 9, 2022 · The August Kansas primary election this year includes a constitutional amendment on abortion rights, and that’s attracting attention from people who normally don’t vote in primaries.. That may have caused confusion for voters who aren’t used to casting a primary ballot or are not affiliated with a political party and are unsure whether they are eligible to vote.
Storms Across Kansas Fanned Fires and Smoke that Carried as Far …
WEBDec 16, 2021 · High winds scraping across the Kansas landscape Wednesday ripped down power lines, sparked fires and fanned flames that blew smoke from the Flint Hills through Kansas City and as far as the Great Lakes. In Trego County, west of Hays, Kansas, exhausted volunteer firefighters battled what they could well into …
After 20 Years of Producing Energy, Kansas Wind Power Industry …
WEBOct 6, 2021 · Large wind farms have been producing electricity in Kansas for 20 years. In part two of a series on the state’s wind industry, Brian Grimmett of the Kansas News Service looks at how it has changed and where it could be heading. MINNEOLA, Kan. — The wind farm business in Kansas has hit its awkward adolescence. It’s …
Olive Ann Beech: the Woman from Waverly Who Changed …
WEBJun 12, 2019 · Then in 1980 she merged Beech with Raytheon. Olive Ann was a private person who gave infrequent interviews, but she did not hesitate in sharing her enthusiasm for the aircraft industry and its future. “If you enjoy your work, all you have to do is be capable and take the pitfalls along with the good,” she said.
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