Appeals court rules Potawatomi exempt from Kansas fuel taxes
The 10th U S Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Kansas cannot impose its tax on gasoline and diesel sold at Prairie Band Potawatomi tribe fuel stations. The opinion cites tribal sovereignty and federal aims of tribally self sufficiency, calling the Kansas tax pre empted. Tribal Chairman Zachariah Pahmahmie called the decision a significant victory for tribal authority.
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Monroe G. McKay
Secretary of Revenue
Kansas
Zachariah Pahmahmie
Officials to review U S 50 accidents
Federal transportation officials will visit Kansas and Michigan next week to investigate a series of fatal crashes in construction zones on U S 50. Nine people have died in three crashes near Peabody, all involving semitrailers hitting vehicles slowed or stopped by construction.
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Wichita
Kansas
US. 50
National Transportation Safety Board
Michigan
Mike Crow
Kansas Department of Transportation
Peabody
Pittsburg settles suit with firefighters
Pittsburg agrees to pay 150000 to 31 firefighters to resolve overtime claims. The city adopts a 28 day work period to reduce future issues while disputing FLSA compliance over 24 hour shifts. City Manager Allen Gill emphasizes improved communication. Attorney Michael Stapp says settlement meets firefighters goals.
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Pittsburg
Allen Gill
Michael Stapp
Site chosen for Fort Riley veterans cemetery
The Kansas Commission on Veterans Affairs selected a hill site near Manhattan Municipal Airport for a new Fort Riley veterans cemetery with about 10,000 plots in phase one. The current post cemetery has about 20 plots left and could be full by year end. Archaeological and munition sweeps, not tied to past firing use, should finish by October, aiming for a 2007 opening. A Winfield cemetery with 10,000 plots in phase one is planned for later this year.
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Fort Riley
Manhattan
Kansas Commission On Veterans Affairs
Winfield
Firefighters Get Kinasa Relief Fund Grants in 2004
Kansas firefighters statewide gain from the 2004 Firefighter Relief Fund with total $8.3 million. Of this, $8 million funds 582 associations including Garden City $46,716.34 for on duty insured benefits and insurance purchases. Stevens County and Stanton County receive $26,467.06 and $31,112.72 respectively for life and accidental death policies.
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Kansas
Garden City
Allen Shelton
Mike Schechter
Stevens County
Stanton County
Firefighters’ Relief Association
Jerry Popejoy
Kansas Insurance Department
Kansas State Firefighters Association Inc
State Association
Brownback Bestows WWII Medals on Local Man for Brother
U.S. Sen. Sam Brownback presented medals and badges to Harvey Coen of Garden City on behalf of his late brother Harold, a private who died in France in 1944. The family of ten children, nine boys, recalls Harold’s service as Brownback notes delays in recognizing the fallen soldier. The presentation, attended by 22 relatives, included the Bronze Star, Purple Heart, Air Medal, and other WWII honors plus a Capitol flag from Aug. 11.
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U.S
Sam Brownback
Harvey Coen
Coen
Harold
Garden City
Brownback
Harvey
U.S. Capitol
Washington, D.C
France
LaVaughn Roth
Jerry Moran
Rays
Colorado
Wichita plans action against infestation
Zebra mussels found in Cheney Reservoir are not a threat to Wichita drinking water officials say. The lake supplies about 60 percent of the city's reservoir and while larvae were detected, no adults were found. Mussels have spread to about 20 states, causing millions in damage by clogging water intake structures, often spread by water or vegetation moved on vessels or trailers.
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Zwichita
Cheney
Wichita
Neosho River logjam grows into mile long tree graveyard
In Coffey County near Jacobs Creek Landing residents fear the Neosho River logjam near John Redmond Reservoir is worsening. Debris and odor raise health concerns as the jam expands from about half a mile to over a mile and a quarter in two months. The Army Corps of Engineers says flood control and wildlife impacts are unlikely, with a $5 million removal estimate and debate over creating a new channel. State and federal lawmakers attended a Burlington meeting to discuss the issue.
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Emporia
Neosho
Jacobs Creek Landing
Debbie Wistrom
Coffey County
John Redmond Reservoir
Jacobs Creek
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Tulsa District Corps of Engineers
Peter Navesky
Corps of Engineers
Kansas
Navesky
Burlington
Peggy Long- Mast
R-Emporia
U.S
Pat Roberts
R-Kan
Neosho River
Long-Mast
Garden City teen killed in three-vehicle county crash
Ronald Young Jr, 16, died after the 1994 Pontiac Grand Am he rode in failed to stop at a stop sign at the Jennie Barker Road Schulman Avenue intersection. Brenda Morales, 20, and Christopher Goetz, 20, were injured and treated while John Hindman, 19, was airlifted in critical condition. A third vehicle, a Kenworth semi driven by WC Watkins, was not harmed.
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Garden City
Jennie Barker
Schulman
Finney County Sheriff’s Office
Ronald Young Jr
Schulman Avenue
Brenda Morales
Finney County
Kevin Bascue
Morales
Jennie Barker Road
Grand Am
Bascue
Kenworth
WC. Watkins
Wickes
Ark
Rascue
Christopher Goetz
St. Catherine Hospital
Southwest Medical Center
Liberal
John Hindman
St. Catherine
Via Christi Regional Medical Center
St. Francis Campus
Wichita
Watkins
Prairie dog no longer threatened species
A revised census led the U S Fish and Wildlife Service to remove black tail prairie dogs from candidacy for threatened status. The 2000 estimate of 676000 acres of habitat rose to 1842000 acres, with about 18 million animals nationwide using an average of ten per acre.
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Lubbock
Texas
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Plains
Kansas
David Smith
Fish, Wildlife and Parks
Department of the Interior
Smith
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