The Keystone is Washington County’s biggest source of property taxes for schools and other local government, but the company didn’t pay for 10 years. After the Keystone spilled more than half a million gallons of crude oil onto native prairie and cropland and into a creek, some Kansas lawmakers want oil companies to forfeit their tax exemptions when pipelines burst.
The GOP chose Mike Brown, a fiery conservative from Johnson County, as the new head of the state party. Spurred on by frustrations over losing high-profile races to Democrats, Kansas Republicans on Saturday picked an aggressive conservative to lead the party into the 2024 election cycle.
Angels Among Us are the people in our community who work to touch lives, help the less fortunate, make a difference for others. We all know someone that describes.
Tony Mattivi was named the 13th director of the Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI), when the Kansas Senate confirmed his appointment, today. Attorney General Kris Kobach nominated Mattivi to be KBI director on January 9, 2023, citing his decades of experience working with law enforcement to put away some of the nation’s most violent and dangerous offenders.
Kansas Lottery officials expect to see a large spike in bets placed for the Super Bowl. But the state will only get a small amount of the revenue generated from the big game — if the state-owned casinos make any money at all.
The Dodge City Women’s Chamber of Commerce held their January Meeting at Casey’s Cowtown on Jan. 10 at 6 p.m.
Scott Catchpole has been named interim CEO of Genesis Family Health which serves over 20,000 patients in Dodge City, Garden City, Liberal and Ulysses. Prior to being named interim CEO, Catchpole served as COO for Genesis Family Health for the past two years.
The WHC closed the year 2022 with a Christmas party luncheon full of laughter at Casey’s Cowtown. Many things were accomplished throughout the year.