Milestone Airport Enplanement Surge With EAS Flights
MilestoneAirport reports rising enplanements after American Eagle regional jet service to Dallas began April 3 under the Essential Air Service program. Great Lakes Aviation operated Denver flights. August 1,793 enplanements. July 1,649. June 1,521, all over two years’ average, boosting hopes to reduce federal subsidies in coming years.
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Catchment area grows for Garden City airport
Eagle notes a rising catchment area with more license plates from Oklahoma Colorado and surrounding counties. Airport staff see increasing southwest Kansas travel as families join more business travelers, contrasting earlier trends. A 2011 Sixel Consulting Group study found only 8 percent of southwest Kansas flyers used local airports, with 15 percent total for Garden City Dodge City and Liberal. Most flyers still used Wichita or Amarillo airports.
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Maid in the Shade bomber shown at CAF Arizona Wing Museum
The vintage bomber on display in Mesa Arizona underwent modern updates including a new radio and GPS system. Mary Shortridge of the Experimental Aircraft Association hosted a luncheon to promote public viewings, noting the long volunteer effort to restore the 1944 warplane which flew 15 missions from Corsica.
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Brownback defends tax cuts as education and public services shield
Gov Brownback defends long term tax cuts claiming protection for education Medicaid and prisons while warning of some difficulty. Democrats say cuts raise burden on middle and lower income residents and will create a 2.4 billion shortfall risking schools and property taxes amid credits removed for families seniors and care.
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Chicago teachers strike tests unions and reforms
The Chicago strike tests national teachers unions amid reforms stressing charter growth private involvement and linking evaluations to tests. AFT and NEA face a combative climate as Rahm Emanuel’s city leadership clashes with the CTU, signaling possible ripple effects in politics and education.
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Sherwood vies for attorney spot as write-in candidate
Finney County is watching a write-in bid by Sherwood for county attorney after a Republican primary where Richmeier led with 1,570 votes, Sherwood 1,207, and Hicks 529. Wheeler backs Sherwood citing his 20 years of jury trial experience and strong ties to law enforcement, while Richmeier emphasizes administrative and defense experience from her private practice.
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