Repairs on I 70 bridge near Hays near completion
Kansas transportation officials said the 45 foot gap in the Interstate 70 overpass damaged Feb 15 will be repaired by August with costs to as much as half a million dollars. Deck pours by July 4 set the stage for curb and rail work while insurance recovery will follow.
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Hays
Kansas Department of Transportation
Kevin Zimmer
Transportation Department
Lee Construction
Michael M. Conley
Zimmer
City and firefighters to resume talks on union recognition
City Commission set to vote Tuesday on officially recognizing the International Association of Fire Fighters Local 64 under PEER Act. The move would grant union rights to all city employees. Also covered is a privately funded scholarship for undocumented Kansas State students, started by Sigma Lambda Beta Latino fraternity leaders Jaquez-Herrera and Anita Cortez, raising 1300 to support a $500 fall award for a Latino immigrant student with financial need.
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Randy Grisell
International Association of Fire Fighters Local 64
LAFF
Garden City
Clemente Jaquez- Herrera
Lakin
Kansas State University
Sigma Lambda Beta Latino Fraternity
Jaquez-Herrera
Anita Cortez
Kansas State
Kansas
Cortez
Kansas Community College
Cotton as drought friendly option for southwest Kansas farmers
Kansas farmers in Stevens and surrounding counties explore cotton to conserve groundwater in the Ogallala Aquifer while facing low prices. Experts note cotton uses less water than corn and can outperform droughted dryland wheat or sorghum, with 190 000 acres planted statewide in 2005 and steady adoption since 1996.
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Kansas
Ogallala
Stu Duncan
Kstate Research and Extension
Manhattan
Northwest Kansas
Jerry Stuckey
Moscow
Stevens County
Ben Walters
Stuckey
Duncan
Kanas
Winfield
Anthony
Blackwell
Oklo
Haskell
Golfing in the Gulf brings golf gear to soldiers in Iraq
Kaye and Tim Nichols organize a local drive from Garden City to send golf equipment to C Company, 137th Infantry in Baghdad. To lift spirits amid danger, they collect clubs balls and gloves from five Wichita area courses while Tim, a Kansas National Guard member, notes base play remains safer than outside. A 13 year old nephew helps, hoping to play in high school.
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Garden City
Baghdad
Kaye Nichols
Tim Nichols
C Company
137Th Infantry
Kirby Service Center
Iraq
Holcomb
Wichita
Kansas National Guard
Wichita International Airport
Chris Foreman
Holcomb Middle School
Nichols
Foreman
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