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The Dodge City Public Library is the first to receive a state-of-the-art portable video magnifier for patron use inside the building. The nearly $2,000 purchase was made possible thanks to a matching donation from the Dodge City LIONS Club and the library.

The Dodge City Area Women’s Chamber of Commerce invites folks to share some green at the 20th Annual St. Patty’s Day Breakfast at Casey’s Cowtown Friday, March 17 from 7 to 10 a.m.

The Dodge City High School boys wrestling team took 11 individuals to the state tournament and 10 were able to walk away having won at least one match during the event. Nine of the 11 were first time qualifiers for the Red Demons. The team was able to secure a top 10 finish led by Kaden Garvalena in 5th place, Alan Flores in 4th place and Luke Barker becoming a three-time state champion.

U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) visited the Dodge City Community College (DC3) campus on Monday, Feb. 20, to announce that a $500,000 Congressionally Directed Spending (CDS) grant had been awarded to the college for its forthcoming industrial maintenance program. With these grant funds, DC3 plans to purchase classroom and lab equipment for the new workforce development program, which is slated to begin fall 2024.

February 25, 2023 Dear Friends … Week 7 of the Legislature is a time of transition known as “Turnaround,” which loosely interpreted means that all House and Senate bills have to be voted out of their originating Chambers and sent across the Rotunda to the other side. Generally regarded as the “halfway point” in our Session, it also gives rise to such terms as “exempt” and “non-exempt” committees and bill “blessings.” The former classification applies to big ticket panels like Tax, Ways and Means, and Federal and State Affairs, which can continue to consider measures within their jurisdiction even after the “deadline.” The Senate President can also do what is called “bless” a proposal to allow it to be heard and “worked,” notwithstanding its falling outside the scope of normal subject matter assignment. All that said, the net effect is a flurry of all-day (and usually late evening!) Floor activity in a race to “move” everything of high importance to Leadership.