The Chamber of Commerce says This Thursday’s Ark City Community Band concert is at Wilson Park! Starting at 7 p.m. We will be sponsoring complimentary hot dogs to concert goers, and Rogers’ Family Dentistry is sponsoring chips & cookies! ?? This is a part of the @Celebrating 150 Years-5 Days of Celebration event for Ark … Read more
New information from the state Department of Health and Environment show, the state on Friday saw its biggest increase in COVID 19 cases in more than three months. Cases have spiked because of the delta variant. Kansas had an average of 275 new COVID 19 cases a day for the seven days ending Friday.
A warning from the state department of Health and Environment that we’re facing a high risk of the West Nile virus right now. The state says most of the state is at a high risk of being bitten by a mosquito carrying the virus, according to kake.com. The northwest section of the state is the … Read more
Two summer camps at Southwestern College have joined forces and are inviting area youth to attend camp in Mulvane or Winfield. The camp is for students entering ninth grade through 2021 graduates and the cost is $45. The camp will be in Mulvane on Thursday, July 15, from 1 to 9 p.m., at Mulvane United … Read more
With the fall semester just around the corner, Cowley College’s admissions representatives will be busy promoting the school at several area events. Along with sponsoring the Kansas Wheat Festival Perplexing Puzzle Friday in Wellington, Cowley’s admissions team will be on hand for the Cowley County Fair held July 29 through August 2. Cowley will also … Read more
Governor Laura Kelly today announced an exciting new partnership between the Kansas Department of Commerce’s Certified Sites program and Kansas-based Sunflower Electric Power Corporation, which will increase the number of shovel-ready development sites Kansas can showcase to developers nationwide. Commerce’s Certified Sites Program, originally created and administered by the Kansas Economic Development Alliance (KEDA), informs … Read more
On May 13, 2021, the Kansas Legislature passed House Bill 2196, which includes an enhanced My Reemployment Plan (MRP) program designed to help unemployed Kansans reenter the workforce. Claimants who do not participate in the program may have their benefits suspended under the new state law. The Kansas Department of Labor (KDOL) encourages individuals who … Read more
Have you been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic? If so, Cowley County is offering free Quarantine Boxes (Q-Boxes) to you. Those boxes provide basic items like food and commodities. We only ask that you are a Cowley County resident that has been affected in some way. This is a drive-thru event behind the Cowley County … Read more
Governor Laura Kelly today issued Executive Order 21-24, which expands parental leave benefits to primary caregivers, secondary caregivers, and foster parents. The new policy is as follows: Primary caregivers receive eight weeks of leave (an increase of two weeks from the original policy); Secondary caregivers receive four weeks of leave (an increase of one week … Read more
With ongoing progress made at the state level, Cowley College has been approved to receive more than $300,000 in Kansas Promise Act scholarship dollars to assist Kansas residents who wish to study and work in Kansas. The Kansas Promise Act, passed in April 2021, allows Kansas residents the opportunity to earn scholarship dollars for select … Read more