Funding to Save Passenger Train Across Three States
La Junta Colorado received 2 million in Transportation Infrastructure funding to preserve the Southwest Chief route through Kansas New Mexico and Colorado. Garden City Kansas helped spark support with a 2014 TIGER VI grant showing federal backing for the effort. Deteriorating track forced slower speeds and threatened Amtrak service without federal aid.
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Community coat drives knit soles for winter in SW Kansas
As winter nears, First Baptist Holcomb begins its first coat drive for students after aiding a family with a jacket. Donations fund coats at Wiley Elementary and pickup is coordinated via local schools. Salvation Army Garden City and Scott City National Honor Society chapters also collect coats and warm wear for all ages with scheduled distribution times.
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Scott Community High School
National Honor Society
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