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3 weeks ago | 
nytimes.com | Cara Buckley |David Elliott
50 States, 50 FixesEvery year for nearly two decades, the small city of Rock Port has been producing more electricity from wind energy than it needs. Economic decline and population loss were eating away at Rock Port, but it had something that turned out to be a hidden asset: gusty weather. 50 States, 50 FixesEvery year for nearly two decades, the small city of Rock Port has been producing more electricity from wind energy than it needs.
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Nov 15, 2024 | 
krsl.com | David Elliott
The Post Rock Community Foundation is now accepting scholarship applications.
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Nov 10, 2024 | 
dailytelegraph.com.au | David Elliott
When Australians woke up on this day 106 years ago, they probably didn’t realise it would in time become one of the most significant dates in modern history. And yet for us, the beneficiaries of their sacrifices in World War I, it barely rates a mention anymore. At 11am on November 11, 1918, the trauma of the world’s first total armed conflict had finally come to an end.
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Nov 2, 2024 | 
krsl.com | David Elliott
The Kansas Department of Agriculture welcomed a beef genetics trade team from Canada in late October. The diverse trade team represented progressive seedstock operations located throughout Saskatchewan and Alberta and the participants had varied cattle breed interests including Black and Red Angus, Charolais, Hereford and Simmental breeds.
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Oct 31, 2024 | 
krsl.com | David Elliott
The Cold Weather Rule, designed to help Kansans who are behind on their utility payments avoid disconnection during the winter months, begins November 1 and will remain in effect through March 31. While the Cold Weather Rule is in effect, utility companies cannot disconnect a customer's service when the local temperatures are forecast to drop below 35 degrees within the following 48-hour period.
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Oct 30, 2024 | 
krsl.com | David Elliott
The Kansas Department of Transportation has announced approved bids for state highway construction and maintenance projects. The letting took place October 16 in Topeka. In Osborne County, included was milling and overlay of US Highway 281 from the south city limits of Portis (State Street) north to the Smith/Osborne County line awarded to Bettis Asphalt and Construction Inc. of Topeka for $241,109.22.
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Oct 28, 2024 | 
krsl.com | David Elliott
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment has announced the second round of funding for the Drug Endangered Children in Kansas (DECK) program. The first round of funding, awarded in October 2023, included 18 communities. With the additional funding, there will be a total of 29 DECK grantees across the state receiving a total of $3 million. The funding is part of a grant KDHE received from the US Department of Justice.
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Oct 25, 2024 | 
krsl.com | David Elliott
As communities nationwide prepare for Halloween celebrations, the US Department of Transportation's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Region 7 Office is partnering with the State Highway Safety Offices in Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska to remind all drivers that Buzzed Driving Is Drunk Driving. Drivers must act responsibly and commit to sober driving to keep themselves, passengers, pedestrians and other road users safe.
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Oct 7, 2024 | 
krsl.com | David Elliott
Local Written By: Press Release Posted by David Elliott Published Date: 10-07-2024 A virtual, on-demand meeting is now available for Kansans wanting to provide input on water issues in the state. The virtual meeting is part of a second round of local consult meetings to gather input on strategies to implement the 2022 Kansas Water Plan. The virtual meeting mirrors the content from the eight in-person meetings held across the state in September.
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Oct 7, 2024 | 
krsl.com | David Elliott
The Kansas Department of Transportation has announced approved bids for state highway construction and maintenance projects. The letting took place September 18 in Topeka. Included in Lincoln County was bridge replacement on Kansas Highway 18 of bridge number 27 over Saline River drainage located approximately one mile east of Kansas Highway 252 awarded to Klaver Construction Company Inc. of Wichita for $1,105,443.78.
