County Commission race set for 2012 primaries
Incumbents Jones Halbur and fellow commissioners Don Doll and Dave Jones seek re election terms with contests in 2012. Primary held August 3 with voter registration deadline July 19 at Finney County Administrative Center. Jones aims a second four year term and Halbur calls this his last.
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Area Mental Health Board
Jones
Holcomb
Halbur
Don Doll
Dave Jones
Finney County Administrative Center
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Primary races listed for Grant to Wichita counties
A compiled list of candidates across Grant, Gray, Greeley, Hamilton, Haskell, Kearny, Lane, Scott, Stanton, Stevens, and Wichita counties with party affiliations or positions, plus note that all primaries are Aug. 3 and the general election is Nov. 2. Names include Black, Higgs, Battin, McHenry, Busch, Arnold, Wright, Crotinger, Koehn, Brownlee, Graber, Lewis, Schwerdfeger, Braddock, Froelich, Munson, Leonard, Rogge, Birney, Welsh, Lazar, Folk, King, McCormick, Delaney, Hoeme, Minnix, Dimitt, Nicholas, Littrell, Baughman, Bell, Case, Cary.
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Jim Minnix
Stanton County
C. Shannon Dimitt
Joel Nicholas
Stevens County
O. D. Littrell
Gary L. Baughman
James N. Bell
Wichita County
Vic Case
Carol Cary
Queen Hackney Named Beef Empire Rodeo Queen
Beef Empire Days Rodeo crowns Hackney amid praise from supporters and criticism from animal rights groups. Rachel Shutter, Miss Frontier 2010, congratulates the new queen and recalls promoting the event as Amy Berry, Frontier Lady in Waiting, joins her in travel and duties.
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Beef Empire Rodeo
Rachel Shutter
Amy Berry
Shutter
Rumbaugh
Cobb
Mass shootings at Tamaulipas rehab center kill 19 in Mexico
A brutal assault at the Faith and Life rehab center in Madero Tamaulipas killed 19 and wounded several others as gunmen roused victims and fired. Authorities linked the attack to drug cartel violence amid turf battles with competing gangs. Police cited lack of suspects and noted the center serves addicts under tight security.
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Madero
Tamaulipas
Gulf Cartel
Zetas
Faith and Life Center
Chihuahua City
Ciudad Juarez
el Paso
Texas
Fidel Banuelos
Mexico
Cristian Rey Ramirez
Associated Press
Ramirez
Rene Castillo
Ranuelos
Castillo
Jose Luis Zamarron Barraza
U.S
Zamarron
Felipe Calderon
Chihuahua
Octavio Martinez Perez
State workers' prescription plan contract with CVS approved
A state commission approved a three year contract extending CVS Caremark to manage the state employees prescription plan. Walgreens operates 66 stores in Kansas and filled about 24 percent of plan prescriptions last year, prompting concerns from workers about access if Walgreens exits the network. Health Policy Authority officials say alternative network pharmacies will be available nearby and disruptions should be minimized.
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CVS Caremark Corp
CVS
Walgreen
Kansas
Kansas Health Policy Authority
Doug Farmer
Health Plan
Walgreens
Deerfield, Ill
Woonsocket
CVS Caremark
Farmer
Jane Carter
The
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Peter Hancock
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David C. Black
Carl Higgs
John Battin
Linda McHenry
Gray County
Mark Busch
Greeley County
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Jack Arnold
Municipal Services
Mary M. Wright
General Services
Fred H. Crotinger
Shirley Koehn
Hamilton County
Hugh D. Brownlee
Marvin (Babe) Graber
Michael W. Lewis
Nikki Schwerdfeger
Randall C. Braddock
Haskell County
Randy Froelich
Ken Munson
District
Sherry Lynn Leonard
Martha Rogge
Marc Birney
Janie Welsh
Chuck Lazar
Michael L. Folk
Chris R. King
Kearny County
Shannon M. McCormick
Lane County
Kathleen A. Delaney
Scott County
Larry Hoeme
Telegram
Monica Springer
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JU Ueda Ton
Lee Richardson Zoo
Tony Gagliano
Asia
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University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point
FBI
Garden City
Kansas Plains
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Isisk
Judy Cole
Finney County Public
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Finney County Public Library
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Homestead.com
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