Boot Hill Museum’s Honorary Marshal program
This illustrious group, established 65 years ago, consists of U.S. presidents, politicians, entertainers, religious leaders, corporate executives, sports stars, civic leaders and an astronaut.
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Renovate, repair and paint training class coming Aug. 9
The University Training Center, 236 San Jose Dr., in Dodge City is offering a lead safe work practices training course from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
BBB’s primer for back-to-school shoppers
As families prepare for students’ return to the classroom, your Better Business Bureau (BBB) offers advice aimed at holding expenses down. Rising prices have put inflation on everyone’s mind, but the National Retail Federation’s annual survey of consumers indicates that spending will continue to rise. The average household’s expected spending this year is $864. Here are BBB’s tips for those wanting to lessen the financial hit caused by the “hitting the books” season.
Grasslands conservation legislation will strengthen collaboration, save endangered landscapes
The North American Grasslands Conservation Act will help farmers, ranchers, Tribal Nations, and others work to collaboratively address the immense challenges facing North America’s grasslands and prairies — one of the fastest disappearing ecosystems in the world. The legislation, introduced by U.S. Senators Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), will invest $290 million in voluntary initiatives to collaboratively conserve and restore native grasslands to support working ranch lands and to help recover wildlife like Western meadowlark and monarch butterflies and safeguard this vital habitat for future generations.
Dodge City offers free transportation on election day
Advance in-office voting will take place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Amelia Earhart Will Join President Dwight D. Eisenhower Representing Kansas in the U.S. Capitol
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (Kan.) spoke on the Senate Floor this week to preview the Amelia Earhart Statue Dedication Ceremony which took place July 27 to welcome the world’s most famous female aviator to the U.S. Capitol as part of the National Statuary Hall Collection.
The heat killed so many Kansas cattle in June that the only place to take carcasses was a landfill
HAYS, Kansas — Many of the cattle killed by heat stress last month in southwest Kansas went into a landfill. But that sudden extreme weather event, coupled with limited disposal options, meant that livestock owners might not have had much of a choice.
KU research suggests more food assistance for families can keep kids out of foster care
A new study gives fuel to arguments that the state could significantly spare children from landing in foster care if the state spent more on things like food benefits for struggling families. A University of Kansas study estimated foster care caseloads could drop by 14% if taxpayers spent more heavily on family food benefits.
Maid of Honor doesn’t say yes to the dress
Dear Amy: Last year, I asked “Hannah” to be my maid of honor for my destination wedding. She exuberantly accepted and we both started planning.
‘There’s always more on the second floor’ of Boot Hill Antiques
This month marks the fourth anniversary of the arrival of LizAnn and Larry Shugart to Boot Hill Antiques, located in Eryn’s Downtown Center in Dodge City. They’re a pair of bikers from Texas who purchased the two-storey shop in 2018.