SCK Health – Medical Center says The Red Cross announced in January that our nation is facing the worst blood shortage in over a decade. SCK Health’s CEO, Jeff Bowman, and the Hospital Board’s Vice Chair Kanyon Gingher have worked with our local representative Bill Rhiley and the Red Cross to receive additional blood allocations … Read more
Please see the updated message from Lori Reedy, the Cowley County Appraiser: PERSONAL PROPERTY RENDITIONS ARE DUE IN THE APPRAISER’S OFFICE ON OR BEFORE MARCH 15. Renditions submitted after this date will begin to accrue penalties of 5% per month up to 50% for non filers. Rendition forms were mailed to all property owners who … Read more
The Kansas Department of Agriculture’s Division of Animal Health encourages poultry owners, with both commercial and backyard flocks, to take steps to protect their flocks from avian influenza by monitoring their birds for symptoms and by implementing biosecurity practices. Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) is a highly contagious viral disease that can infect chickens, turkeys, … Read more
The nationally ranked Cowley College volleyball team will host several camps and clinics over late spring and summer in 2022. These include a setter/hitter camp on April 2, a setter camp July 27, a high school camp July 28 & 29, an elite high school camp July 30, and satellite camps for the months of … Read more
Southwestern College has announced that Sue Webb is the new director of Green Team Southwestern. Webb is in her fourth year at Southwestern College and is associate professor of English. Webb, a first-gen student, spent the majority of her life in Wichita and started college at age 39. Rick Cowlishaw, professor of biology and academic … Read more
Governor Laura Kelly today announced Kansas won Site Selection Magazine’s 2021 Governor’s Cup for the state with the most economic development investment per capita in the country. This is the first time in state history that Kansas has received this national economic development award. Site Selection magazine’s coveted Governor’s Cup award goes to the state … Read more
The Cowley County Sheriff’s Office and several surrounding Law Enforcement agencies have seen an increase in Burglaries and Thefts. Catalytic Converter thefts have been reported in the area as recent as yesterday. Remember to remove valuables from your vehicles and to lock your home and outbuildings to deter break-ins.
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) reminds Kansans that March and April are the months when large areas of the state’s Flint Hills rangeland are burned. These burns help preserve the tallgrass prairie, control invasive species, reduce woody encroachment from species such as Eastern Red Cedar and Sumac and provide better forage for … Read more
The Attorney General’s Office will mark National Consumer Protection Week with free document destruction events throughout the state, Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt said today. The office will sponsor free document destruction at 10 locations throughout the state from March 7-March 12, which is National Consumer Protection Week. Securely shredding personal documents is an important … Read more
Lieutenant Governor and Commerce Secretary David Toland announced the opening of a public comment period for the Broadband Acceleration Grants. The Kansas Office of Broadband Development (KOBD), a division of the Kansas Department of Commerce, has opened a public comment period for the state’s Broadband Acceleration Grant Program. The open comment period is part of … Read more