Senior living facility to aid workforce growth in Garden City
FCEDC advances a multi phase senior living project adding 80 skilled nursing beds 70 memory care units 71 independent living units while boosting workforce programs. Officials seek to attract new workers from southwest Kansas train local staff and backfill transitions. The group also plans a Transload project 14 million facility near ConAgra site and Mies and Sons expansion with up to 60 local hires.
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Ranch House
Garden City
FCEDC
DuVall
Finney County
Robert Kreutzer
Kreutzer
Tom Walker
Kansas
Walker
Midwest Health
Natu
Tribune
Scott City
Nicole Lucas
Mies and Sons Trucking
Dairy Famers of America
Colwich
Mies and Sons
Neighborhood and Development Services
Amarillo
Texas
GCCC
ConAgra Beef Packing
Transportation Partners and Logistics
Ray Purdy
Purdy
Garden City Commission
Kansas Campus Gun Law Sparks Campus Backlash
Governor Brownback is not expected to back changes allowing concealed handguns on campuses despite a state law permitting 21 and older to carry. Fort Hays Docking Institute found 70 percent oppose handguns in buildings and over 80 percent would feel less safe. University Senate at KU condemned the policy while gun-rights supporters cite Second Amendment rights ahead of recent liberalizations.
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Fort Hays State
University of Kansas’ University Senate
Joe Harrington
University Senate
Associated Press
Brownback
Harrington
Kansas State Rifle Association
Kansas
Bumper Rain Boosts Kansas Wheat and Corn Prospects
August rainfall in Dodge City Garden City Ulysses Healy Cimarron rose well above normal with totals from 17.4 to 25.6 inches. Farmers like Scott Heiman note better wheat potential after a timely rain, while corn yields in southwest Kansas ranged 60 to 150 bushels per acre dryland. NASS proj says Kansas corn harvest around 592 million bushels with 850k acres planted in southwest Kansas.
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National Weather Service
Dodge City
Garden City
Ulysses
Healy
Cimarron
Scott Heiman
Plymell
Heiman
National Agricultural Statistics Service
Kscorn.com
John Holman
Lakin
Holcomb
Pierceville
Jerald Kemmerer
Pride Ag Resources
NASS
Kansas
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