Garden City seeks joint jet service with Dodge City
Garden City commissioners will ask Dodge City officials to partner in a federal push for American Eagle regional jet service. They propose combining Essential Air Service funds in a two year test period to prove western Kansas can sustain commercial air service at Garden City Regional Airport.
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Garden City
Dodge City
American Eagle
Kansas
EAS
John Doll
Matt Allen
US Department of
Garden City Aviation
Rachelle Powell
Heat wave drives higher electric bills in Garden City
National Weather Service records 16 days with highs above 100 at Garden City Regional Airport and 12 such days at Kansas State University Southwest Research Center. Garden City Electric Superintendent Cliff Sonnenberg warns bills will be higher, potentially double last month, while advising modest thermostat adjustments to save energy amid ongoing drought and heat.
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National Weather Service
Garden City
Kansas State University Southwest Research Center
Cliff Sonnenberg
KSU Southwest Research Center
Jeff Elliott
Southwest Kansas wheat harvest wraps up with solid test weights
Harvest nears end in southwest Kansas as cooperatives report 60.5 pound test weight and yields ranging 4 to 55 bushels per acre on dryland corn. Garden City Co-op expects about 40 percent of normal wheat intake at 4.3 million bushels, down from last year. Corn and milo suffer under heat and limited rain. irrigation may not yield high. Grant County harvests finish by weekend, irrigated wheat showing 62 to 63 pound test weights while overall crop is half a crop due to hail losses.
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Kansas
Co-Op
Ken Jameson
Garden City Co-op
Finney County
Jameson
Garden City
Mother Nature
Grant County
Warren Devore
United Prairie Ag
Lydia
Lakin
Devore
Ulysses Eyes Sales Tax Hike To Shore Up City Funds
Ulysses residents vote on a proposed one cent sales tax increase raising the rate from 7.3 to 8.3 percent to fund the general fund. Officials cited shrinking gas well revenues and warned failure could force reserve depletion and budget gaps. The council approved the resolution to place the measure on the ballot.
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Ulysses
Daron Hall
Hall
Thad Kistler
Kistler
Weather Outlook Tonight and Thursday Preview
Tonight a stray thunderstorm is possible with a low around 67. Thursday returns partly sunny skies with a high near 88 and a low around 66. Details appear on page Ag.
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Deane Wiley Park
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