Population decline hits Phillipsburg and surrounding county
Phillipsburg faces a sharp population drop with 440 residents leaving since 1990, about 15 percent of its total. In Decatur County and Phillips County, 192 residents have departed since the last census, aging residents drive the trend and local leaders push new economic and housing initiatives to attract young families.
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Phillipsburg
Patrick Hewitt
Kansas
Hewitt
Phillips County
Decatur County
KN Energy
Phillips County Economic Development Group
Connie Grate
Oberlin and
Ellis County shows population growth among Northwest Kansas counties
The Census Bureau estimates highlight Ellis and Hays as the only northwest Kansas counties with population gains in nine years. Lavern Squier of the Ellis County Coalition for Economic Development urges area-wide solutions to keep residents and jobs locally, noting regional businesses rely on smaller communities nearby.
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Census Bureau
Hays
Ellis County
Kansas
Lavern Squier
Ellis County Coalition For Economic Development
Wal-Mart Supercenter Opens At 43rd And Vine
Grand opening set for 8 a.m. Wednesday as the new Wal-Mart Supercenter at 43rd and Vine welcomes shoppers. The 204000 square foot store doubles size of the former location and offers full service grocery, expanded departments, skylights, wider aisles and a portrait studio arcade and vision center. 550 employees now, rising to about 575 by Christmas as operations ramp up.
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Mike Konz
43Rd and Vine
Konz
Kent
Wal-Mart
33Rd and Vine
Hays Wal-Mart
Doctor of Optometry
Kont
Steven Hausler
Hays Daily News
Johnathan Vaughn
Justin Culver
Wal-Mart Supercenter
Hays
Grant County Seaboard sign hog farm agreement near Ulysses
Grant County and Seaboard Farms signed an agreement allowing a 65 000 head hog facility ten miles south of Ulysses Kansas after Seaboard threatened legal action over a prior corporate hog farming ban. The resolution retroactively approves the site while preserving the county ban for other operations and imposing waste lagoon costs on Seaboard. Environmentalists and opponents warn the farms could affect water quality and property values.
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Ulysses
Grant County
Seaboard Farms
Seaboard
Kansas
Mike Kimball
Fancy digs reveal sunflowers gate at Topeka mansion
The $4.4 million Cadar Crest renovation includes a security gate adorned with metal sunflowers. The governor’s mansion renovation was dedicated during Friday ceremonies in Topeka, as reported.
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Cadar Crest
Topeka
Free flu shot clinic drives huge turnout at Hays Medical Center
Saturday's drive through flu vaccination at Hays Medical Center drew steady vehicle lines with a peak at 10 am. Rich Matzke noted early arrivals formed a long queue, while volunteers added tables and stations to manage the overflow. The center secured 4,000 to 4,500 vaccinations, far more than the county health department could provide.
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Hays Medical Center
Rich Matzke
Matzke
North Hospital
Canterbury
Ellis County Health Department
Stan Unruh
HMC
Unruh
Mary Copeland
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