Great Bend to launch annual farm and ranch expo
Great Bend unveils a new annual agricultural expo to debut April 11 to 13, replacing the biennial 3i Show. The move shifts the region’s major farm show to Dodge City next year, with Star Enterprises promoter Darren Dale organizing the event. The change ends a long-running rotating show between Great Bend and Garden City, impacting thousands of attendees and hundreds of vendors.
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Heat records fall at Garden City as temps reach 106
Blistering heat pushes Garden City to 106 degrees at the Regional Airport, tying a 106-degree record from 1980. Forecasters warn of more triple digit days, urging hydration, shade, and ventilation while officials caution the elderly and ill on heat safety and flood-related outreach.
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Tammy Bailes
Finney County Health Department
Finney County
Ralph Rojas
Tea Party pushes debt plan with balanced budget demand
Congress confronts a cut cap and balance proposal backed by Tea Party freshmen to raise the debt limit 2.4 trillion dollars only with immediate spending cuts and a constitutional balanced budget amendment. Moody's and S P warn of credit risk while White House talks stall ahead of the August 2 default deadline.
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Big league barbecuer Hahn roasts the competition
Garden City native Robert Hahn and his Flat Broke BBQ team dominated a Sam's Club BBQ Tour stop in Oklahoma City. Hahn won grand champion honors plus first place in brisket and pork, besting about 30 teams with his signature meat and potatoes style.
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Oklahoma City
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Local barbecue champ Hahn advances to Texas regional
Hahn, a 30 year Finney County Sheriff’s Office technology administrator and Garden City High School alum, won at a Kansas City Barbecue Society event to reach the Sam’s Club BBQ Tour regional in Ft Worth. He says camaraderie matters more than trophies as 24th of 31 teams, with Flat Broke BBQ.
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