Finney County News

Reno County Area Transit fares could rise before the end of the year. County Transportation Director Lynn Kiker said Tuesday she will recommend that an advisory public transportation commission consider backing a fare hike when it meets in September.

A federal official has told Kansas to start over its review process for a proposed coal-fired electric plant in southwest Kansas that Gov.

In case of an emergency such as a natural disaster in which telephone and Internet connections would be disabled, the community would rely on these men and women.

Results of a study looking for errors in information used to argue that hundreds of properties in Finney County should be added to the flood plain is back, and the study found several errors that local officials hope will lead to a decrease in the number of properties in the flood plain.

The challenge in sticking up a sign, monument or other object for passersby to read on their way in or out of town is that the city has a short time span a ' a matter of seconds a ' to make an impression, according to Nathan Preheim and Nick Bowden, with Olsson Associates.

The wheat harvest so far has been diverse across southwest Kansas. Spring storms that moved east of Syracuse to Deerfield earlier this month wreaked havoc on wheat fields, while fields north and east of Garden City are doing well, according to area grain elevator managers.

A local nominating commission comprised of area lawyers and citizens have named two candidates for a judicial vacancy.

The story of harvest on Saturday was that there was no story, according to Vance and Louise Ehmke of Lane County, who sat in their grain silo turned office and watched as the rain fell.

Finney County commissioner Dave Jones has received services from Finney County Emergency Medical Services.

Garden City Downtown Vision Director Beverly Schmitz Glass walked away from Tuesday's City Commission meeting with encouragement from commissioners to continue working toward the entity possibly being housed one day with the Finney County Economic Development Corp.

Harley Foulks, Garden City, was inducted into the Kansas Cooperative Hall of Fame recently during the Kansas Farmers Service Association and Kansas Co-op Council's annual dinner in Hutchinson.

While the city of Garden City currently is showing a small increase of about $1.8 million in planned general fund expenditures -- partially funded through property tax -- City Finance Director Melinda Hitz and other city staff say they are confident they can keep the city's mill levy stable for 2010.

HOLCOMB a ' The Holcomb City Council made a move Wednesday night to keep the police department moving forward temporarily without a chief of police.

Lying on a Colorado Rockies blanket, 9-month-old Kade Davis takes the hand he's been chewing on and rubs his slobbery fingers along one of his feet, playing with his toes.

A "Not Quite White" looks ahead at the demographic shift, and what it means for our children.

As the Finney County Economic Development Corp. Board of Directors and staff continue working to determine how the corporation will be funded in the future, better communicating economic development to the public and the entity's funding partners keeps coming up.

Seat belt law -- Over the Memorial Day weekend, the nation's airwaves were filled with messages about the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's "Click It or Ticket" campaign, which emphasized increased enforcement of seat belt laws.

Finney County commissioners will have another round of 2010 budget requests Monday, including from agencies and entities the commission reduced in budget or cut altogether for the 2009 budget.

Rural communities understand the constant struggle to create economic opportunities for our workers and their families.

Three area residents were stabbed in an alleged domestic dispute early Tuesday morning, according to the Finney County Sheriff's Office.