Main Street reconstruction on schedule in Garden City
The Main Street project between Fulton and Maple is on schedule with northbound traffic detoured to Maple and Fourth streets during concrete paving. J A G Construction of Dodge City is the contractor for the $498,140 job funded by KDOT and the city, replacing asphalt over brick and concrete with 9 inch concrete pavement.
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Main Street
Fulton
Maple Streets
Maple
Fourth
J-A-G Construction
Dodge City
Kansas Department of Transportation
Garden City
NextEra completes Cimarron I Wind Center purchase
NextEra Energy Resources subsidiaries buy the 165 MW Cimarron I Wind Energy Center in Gray County from CPV Renewable Energy Co. The facility sells power to TVA under a 20 year deal. The acquisition expands NextEra wind capacity toward its 1,500 MW buildout and over 10,000 MW total output.
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NextEra Energy Resources
Cimarron I
Gray County
CPV Renewable Energy Co
Tennessee Valley Authority
NextEra
Ensign
Kansas
Cimarron
Kansas offers grants to cut school waste and boost recycling
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment invites online applications through Feb 15 for small grants of 2000 to 5000 dollars. Projects must be integrated into classroom instruction and focus on reducing solid waste through education, composting and recycling. Director William Bider says the program aims to teach students and staff habits usable at home and elsewhere.
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Topeka
Kansas Department of Health and Environment
KDHE
Kdhe Bureau of Waste Management
William Bider
Kansas school case ruling still to come
The presiding Shawnee County judge said no ruling before year’s start. Judge Franklin Theis expects a decision around January after delays from reviewing material. School districts contend the state fails to adequately fund public schools.
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Kansas
Topeka
Shawnee County
Franklin Theis
Tice
Wichita
Democrats target Kobach with 2 measures to curb power
Kansas Democrats announce two bills to limit Secretary of State Kris Kobach’s reach and time on non official work. One bill caps statewide officials to ten paid hours weekly on non official duties, targeting immigration issues. the second requires major counties to hire their own election commissioners to curb Kobach’s appointments.
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Topeka
Kansas
Kris Kobach
Senate
Anthony Hensley
Kobach
Secretary of State
Hensley
House
Paul Davis
Lawrence
Constitutional Law
Arizona
Alabama
Johnson, Sedgwick
Shawnee
Wyandotte
Sedgwick
Area co op workers practice grain engulfment rescue
Garden City Co op and area fire crews joined grain engulfment simulations using KU mobile trainer. Participants from Garden City Co op Scott Co op United Prairie Ag Kirk Grain and fire departments from Garden City Dighton and Scott City ran morning classrooms and afternoon engulfment rescues. The exercise emphasized trapped victims and grain removal methods with cofferdams vacuums and shovels.
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Garden City Co-op
University of Kansas
Kansas Fire and Training Institute
Grant Geyer
Geyer
Scott Coop
United Prairie Ag
Kirk Grain
Kirby Bradley
Garden City
Bradley
Kansas
Amy Elevator
Dwayne Seifried
Feds crack down on illegal hiring at Wichita McDonalds
U S attorney says McCalla Corp pleaded guilty to accepting fraudulent work eligibility documents and must pay 400000 dollars. The case covers six Wichita McDonald's outlets where managers were allegedly in the country and hired other undocumented workers. About 20 to 30 workers were affected between 2009 and 2012. The penalty splits into 300000 dollar fine and 100000 dollar forfeiture. The U S attorney noted additional investigations into similar cases in Kansas.
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Wichita
McDonald's
Kansas
United States
U.S
Barry Grissom
Associated Press
Justice Department
McCalla
McDonald’s
Grissom
Lee Thompson
Roy McCalla
Clarion
Kansas City
Overland Park
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Gray Co. Wind Farm Buy
Stephanie Bogner
National Safety Council
Purdue University
Agricultural Safety and Health
Purdue
NSC
Feds
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