Southwest Kansas
WKCF awards grants to area nonprofits
Western Kansas Community Foundation (WKCF) is awarding 19 area nonprofit organizations with grants totaling $66,343 from the Community Betterment Fund, the Kansas Health Foundation Children’s Fund, and various Field of Interest and Unrestricted funds for its July grant cycle.
Blood drives scheduled throughout southwest Kansas
The American Red Cross asks donors to give blood now to help maintain a healthy blood supply. Donors of all blood types, especially those with types O positive and B negative blood, are urged to make an appointment to keep lifesaving blood products ready the moment patients need them.
KDHE announces end of measles outbreak in southwest Kansas
TOPEKA – The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) announced Thursday that the measles outbreak affecting southwest Kansas has officially ended.
Kansas lesser prairie chicken loses endangered species act protections after Texas court order
BY ANNA KAMINSKIKansas Reflector TOPEKA — The lesser prairie chicken, a dancing grouse that has long teetered between threatened and endangered classifications, lost its federal… Login to continue reading Login…
Bridge repair to begin in Haskell County
The Kansas Department of Transportation will begin a bridge repair project along U.S. Highway 56 in Haskell County the week of Aug. 19, over the Cimarron River northeast of the Haskell/Seward County line.