City approves bid for Solid Waste cost-of-rate study
The Garden City Commission accepted one bid and rejected another at their regular meeting on Aug.
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Mercer Gallery hosting Chuck Bonner exhibit through Sept. 27
Garden City Community College’s Mercer Gallery begins the 2024-05 art exhibition season with western Kansas’ Chuck Bonner of the famed Keystone Gallery, north of Scott City.
No school Friday for kindergarten, Garfield students
There will be no school for Garfield Early Childhood Center students and kindergarten students in Garden City Public Schools USD 457 on Friday, Aug.
K-State Salina to offer Girls in Aviation Day event
SALINA — Kindergarten through 12th grade students and their guardians are invited to Kansas State University Salina’s eighth annual Girls in Aviation Day, a free event designed for girls to explore and experience the world of aviation on Saturday, Sept.
Special USD 457 BOE meeting today
The Garden City Public Schools USD 457 Board of Education will hold a special board meeting at 5 p.m.
GCHS girls’ tennis takes fifth at Collegiate
WICHITA - The early season opener for Garden City High School girls’ tennis team has been a challenge in the recent past with the Buffs hitting the road to Wichita-Colleigate in late August.The 2024 Spartans invitational was not a lot different as the Buffs scored 67 points to place fifth among the 14 teams entered.Class 5A powerhouse Wichita-Kapaun Mt.
Holcomb volleyball looks to take next step to state
With the start of a new fall sports season, the Holcomb High School volleyball squad is looking to build on last season and make a trip to the 3A state tournament.Head Coach Jennifer Barrett, starting her 14th year at the helm of the Longhorns, has the nucleus to improve on last season’s 25-11 team that finished as a sub-state runner up to Goodland.Halle Jones will be providing senior leadership on the court for the Longhorns this season.
JAG-K earns top national honor for 10th year
TOPEKA – For the tenth consecutive year, the Jobs for America’s Graduates national organization announced that the Kansas affiliate earned the organization’s highest award for achievement.Additionally, 36 Jobs for America’s Graduates-Kansas (JAG-K) school-based programs earned the prestigious 6 of 6 Award (an expansion of the 5 of 5 award previously presented by the national organization) for 2024.
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SENIOR CENTER PITCHRobin McLinn won high in one table of Senior Center Pitch on Monday at the Senior Center of Finney County.
KDOT accepting applications for Innovative Technology program
The Kansas Department of Transportation is now accepting applications for the fall 2024 round of the agency’s Innovative Technology program.The Innovative Technology Program provides financial assistance to governmental and non-governmental organizations for innovative transportation-related projects that promote safety, improve access or mobility and implement new transportation technology.“Innovative technology” is broadly defined as any technology that does not currently exist in the local community of the project.