Southwind golf course faces uncertain future in Finney County
Finney County grapples with Southwind, where staff layoffs and a closed bar and restaurant contrast with a still-open course used by private cart owners. Officials say the course drives tourism and tax revenue, with past events like the Kansas Amateur and Southwest Kansas Pro-Am drawing national names. Community leaders seek a local solution amid financial strain, HOA options, and potential public private partnerships while stressing the course remains vital to regional growth.
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DuVall
FCEDC
Southwind
Finney County
Earl C. Brookover
Kansas
Southwest Kansas
Jim Furyk
Lee Janzen
Stewart Cink
Bob Tway
Tom Weiskopf
Steve Jones
Symetra Tour
Tour
Buffalo Dunes
High Plains
Roxanne Morgan
Finney County Convention and Visitors Bureau
Clifford
GCCC Expands Cybersecurity Courses at Local College
GCCC adds cybersecurity classes covering networking operating systems computer architecture and ethics. President Swender cites anticipated growth while students from Holcomb High School join via a program letting them take college courses off-campus. A cybersecurity summer camp funded by the Mary Jo Williams Charitable Trust will be offered with free access to area high school students.
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GCCC
Herbert Swender
Cyberdegrees.org
Butler Community College
Kansas
Fort Hays State University
Kansas State University
University of Kansas
Manhattan Area Technical College
Carlson
Kydl Blackburn
Holcomb High School
HHS
Blackburn
Alex Archuleta
Archuleta
Leandro Silva
Silva
Mary Jo Williams
State budget crisis prompts across the board cuts proposal
The plan calls for a 6.9 percent across the board cut with an 8.56 reduction in the state block grant to public school districts. District losses are listed for Wichita and many others, with Shawnee County impacts. Lawmakers discuss tax policy shifts and potential one time transfers to stabilize the fiscal year. Governor Brownback favors tax hikes and asset sales while opponents push smaller cuts paired with policy changes.
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Wichita
Kansas City
Kan
Olathe
Shawnee Mission
Blue Valley
Lawrence
Garden City
Dodge City
Salina
Manhattan
Hutchinson
Hays
Ottawa
Shawnee County
Topeka
Auburn-Washburn
Seaman
Shawnee Heights
Silver Lake
Sam Brownback
GOP
Brownback
Rep
Steven Johnson
House Tax Committee
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Self
Morgan
Boomhower
Southwind Homeowners Association
HOA
Telegran
Garden City Community College
Garden City, Kansas
Board of
Campus Drive
Gibson, Mancini, Carmichael & Nelson, P.A
East Laurel Street
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