Medicare cuts hit rural hospitals hardest across Kansas
The Balanced Budget Act of 1997 triggers Medicare payment losses for Kansas hospitals, potentially surpassing 530 million over five years. Rural facilities feel the impact most, with Ransom Memorial Hospital facing rising shortfalls and discussions of tax funding to sustain services amid reform.
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New Exhibit Focuses on Lewis and Clark Frontier Mapping
A permanent exhibit at the National Frontier Trails Center in Independence Missouri sheds light on Lewis and Clark map making and the overland trails. It features replicas and journals, plus a pack saddle used by John Dougherty and sections on fur traders and Indian relations. The display connects exploration with westward settlement and trade networks.
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Amish Cook Notes From Indiana Garden and Recipes
Elizabeth Coblentz shares July reflections from her Old Order Amish Ohio home. She notes cool mornings, plentiful hay, bigger apples, and canning applesauce from fallen apples. The column includes reader questions on desserts, socks, rhubarb cake, oatmeal cookies, and a sunrise breakfast recipe with sausage.
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Transformer explosion knocks out Topeka power
An explosion at a transformer in downtown Topeka knocked out power to about a 10 block area near the Statehouse Thursday afternoon. Flames rose over 15 feet. no injuries were reported. Most power was restored by 2 a.m. Friday, with the London State Office Building returning by 7 a.m. Several hundred state workers stayed home after the outage.
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