Kansas declares 21 counties natural disaster areas due to drought
Finney County is among 21 Kansas counties designated natural disaster areas by the USDA. The action targets losses from drought and related fires and winds, with officials citing wheat crop damage. Governor Brownback and Secretary Vilsack praised the move as aid for farmers and communities enduring hardship.
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USDA
Kansas
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Kansas Counties
Lane
Sheridan
Gove
Logan
Sherman
Grant
Meade
Stanton
Greeley
Morton
Stevens
Hamilton
Ness
Thomas
Haskell
Scott
Wallace
Kearny
Seward
Wichita
Agriculture
Tom Vilsack
Obama
Vilsak
Sam Brownback
Obama immigration reform speech sparks GOP backlash
In El Paso Texas President Obama urged comprehensive immigration reform drawing GOP derision who call the speech a campaign ploy. He highlighted more border patrol agents fence progress and cargo screening while noting border security met by his administration.
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Arizona
Barack Obama
Texas
Obama
U.s.-Mexico
el Paso
City Opens Hazardous Waste Facility Project
Construction and remodeling start this week on a new hazardous waste facility aimed to open by fall. The site at 206 Isabel Ave will store and recycle household chemicals such as cleaners oil paint and pesticides. Initial funding included a $230000 KDHE grant with a 40 percent city match totaling about $92000, but spring shortfalls delayed completion.
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Kansas Department of Health and Environment
Isabel Ave
Steve Cottrell
Garden City officer earns Valor Award for saving woman
Master Patrol Officer Doug Heit received Kansas Gold Award of Valor from the Kansas Association of Chiefs of Police in Topeka for saving Maria Castillo when ex-husband Gustavo Ramos-Beleta attacked her on January 25, 2010. Heit previously earned the department’s Valor award and testified at trial about confronting Ramos-Beleta as Castillo was attacked.
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Kansas Association of Chiefs of Police
Topeka
Heit
Maria Castillo
Gustavo Ramos-Beleta
Castillo
Ramos-Beleta
St. Catherine Hospital
Garden City Police Department
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