County tackles computer bugs and tech committee shift
Finney County commissioners voiced concerns over aging manuals and buggy systems as they expanded the technology committee’s role to set a priority list for department projects and standardize county Web sites. EMS rates were reviewed along with a plan to authorize up to one mill for the public works building fund, despite opposition to a full mill.
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Irv Stephens
Brives
Olson
Marti Bremer
Alan Fankhauser
Commission
Cliff Mayo
Mayo
Bob Prewitt
Finney County
Kansas
Prewitt
Roman Halbur
Halbur
Finney County Public Works
Maple St
Flu vaccine stock runs dry in Kansas as doses run out
The Kansas health office used its last 36 influenza vaccine doses on Thursday after starting with 1,000 while the KDHE notes most of about 83 million U S doses produced this year went to providers and supplies grow scarce. Officials report five influenza A H3N2 samples in south central Kansas and the state's first influenza death occurs between late October and early November as some clinics still offer shots through private doctors or Garden Medical walk-in clinic.
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Federal
Centers For Disease Control
KDHE
Kansas
Marley
Panama
Garden Medical
Legislators Eye 5.5 Mill Levy and State Tax Breaks
Local officials push for a 5.5 mill levy increase while seeking elimination of equipment upgrades and tighter department budgets. They urge better management of state sales tax exemptions to fund local transfers and probe water and drug testing labs in southwest Kansas.
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Halloran
Loyd
Kansas
Topeka
Snow disrupts area with first measurable snowfall of season
Snow blanketed the region causing school closings across multiple districts including Garden City USD 457 and Ulysses USD 214. Scott City’s Dean Katt described a 3 to 4 a.m. road check that led to the halt, while Finch forecast two to four inches with tapering by noon and a chance of more storms later.
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Holcomb
Cimarron-Ensign
Copeland
Deerfield
Dighton
Greeley County
Healy
Hugoton
Ingalls
Lakin
Scott
Montezuma
Moscow
Satanta
Scott County
Stanton County
Sublette
Syracuse
Ulysses
Scott City
Dean Katt
Katt
Finch
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