Dodge City commissioners voted unanimously to approve funding requests on behalf of the Dodge City Animal Shelter and the Warrior Biogas Facility, as well as grant applications for state aid that would benefit the wastewater treatment plant, Hilmar Cheese Company and Hennessey Hall at the Monday, Feb. 21 city commission meeting.
Some adjustments will be made for the 2022-23 school year for Dodge City Community College as the board of trustees on Tuesday approved new rates for room and board and private rooms per semester moving forward.
TOPEKA — In order to provide a ground-level perspective on issues facing Kansas trial courts, the Kansas Supreme Court looked to the 16th Judicial District. On Thursday, Feb.
High Plains Journal, after selling its property at 1500 E. Wyatt Earp Boulevard in 2021, has moved to a new Dodge City address.
Before August 2018, suicide and depression were not something we commonly talked about in my house. Skip ahead a month and to this day these two topics plus all mental health is something that is everyday talk in our home.
GARDEN CITY – American Implement and Western State Bank announced the return of their annual scholarship program for western Kansas area students. The program, titled Ag Future Scholarships, will provide a total of 10, $1,000 scholarships to high school seniors or current college students who will be enrolled in a college or technical school in fall 2022 and who are pursuing an Ag-related program or degree.
Men from the Midian Shrine Club of Wichita pause to pose in front of the 70th annual Dodge City Shrine Circus at the Dodge City Civic Center. The event ran eight times Feb. 18 weekend and was produced by the 3-ring traveling circus performers Hamid Circus.
Josephina Cox, the senior class officer of the Dodge City High School Art Club, will represent her school in an exhibit to celebrate young artists at the Topeka Shawnee County Public Library next month.
MONTEZUMA – The Stauth Memorial Museum is seeking artwork from collectors who may have a Leah Johnson piece for its upcoming exhibition in March. According to museum executive director Heather Urich, the work of local artist Johnson, will be on display from March 22 through May 14. “Leah was a Montezuma resident who painted to support her family after her husband passed away in the 1950s,” said Urich in a news release.
Time to protect water in Kansas is running short. Parts of the aquifer in far western Kansas may only have 10 years of water left.