U S to review dark history of Indigenous boarding schools
Interior Secretary Deb Haaland announced a federal effort to investigate past oversight of Native American boarding schools. The long process will catalog records, locate burial sites, and identify students and tribal affiliations while acknowledging the deep intergenerational trauma. Haskell Indian Nations University, opened in the 1880s, is cited as an example of early assimilation efforts.
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Lawrence
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County to Consider Higher Share for EMS Funding
Douglas County moves to increase its share of emergency medical services funding by approving a joint funding agreement with the City of Lawrence. The plan, based on Wichita State University recommendations, shifts some costs to be shared and raises the county’s share of shared costs from about 25 percent to 36 percent, with the funding formula tied to personnel assigned to direct ambulance services and fire apparatus.
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Baldwin City Council moves to ban private wells
Baldwin City Council advances an ordinance to ban private water wells amid concerns over cross connections with the city water system. The June 15 discussion, supported by City Administrator Glenn Rodden, City Attorney Blake Glover, and Public Works Director Rob Culley, follows two permit applications and aims to protect the city water supply and future municipal wells.
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Blake Glover
Rob Culley
U.S. Highway 56
Dan Nelson
Dearborn St
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Culley
Hill's Pet Nutrition to Build Factory in Tonganoxie Kansas
Hill's Pet Nutrition plans a $250 million factory in Leavenworth County near Tonganoxie to create about 80 jobs with average salaries above $60,000 and to purchase at least 3 million gallons of water monthly. The project, to be reviewed at July 1 planning meeting, includes a 10 year tax abatement and potential debt coverage by water sales.
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Steve Ashley
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Laura Kelly
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Manhattan
Columbia
Kansas City
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Unilock
David Frese
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Bowling Green
Richmond
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Pet Nutrition
Steve Jack
Poultry Company
Humboldt
Tennessee
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