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Great Bend Bat Cats figuring out maintenance issues at the city-owned ball field
Who’s on first? The old and famous baseball comedy act was close to acting out at Monday’s Great Bend City Council meeting. Roger Ward, manager of the Great Bend Bat Cats baseball team, went before the...
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Great Bend hoping to take advantage of “Opportunity Zones” for investments
Opportunity Zones are an economic development tool enacted by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 designed to encourage long-term investments in low-income urban and rural communities. This provides...
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Hoisington man arrested after high-speed chase south of Great Bend
Nicholas Curtice On Wednesday, April 4 at about 12:25 a.m. a Barton County Sheriff’s deputy attempted to stop a vehicle for a defective brake lamp violation. Normally this sort of stop is simply a...
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Listen to Wednesday’s Sports Day show (4/4)
The Royals are off the air today, so Sports Day is back with Jim Misunas from the Great Bend Tribune. https://www.greatbendpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/WEDNESDAY.mp3
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Barton ensures bar is high for hazardous materials safety standards in Kansas
BUSINESS NEWS Story and photos by Brandon Steinert The image that comes to mind for hazardous materials might be a broken barrel with radioactive glowing green goo coming out of it, but the reality is...
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USD 428 announces teachers of the year recipients
Press release from USD 428… Two well-deserving educators from USD 428 have been recognized for teaching excellence by being named the district’s Elementary and Secondary Teachers of the Year. Signe...
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10 things to do with your tax refund
Linda Beech –Cottonwood District Extension Agent,Family and Consumer Sciences by: Linda Beech – Cottonwood District Extension Agent, Family and Consumer Sciences According to the IRS, the average tax...
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Great Bend schools trying to adapt to high-poverty populations
The Great Bend school district took financial steps last September to better educate the population of students in poverty when turning the entire district to Title I status. Now USD 428 school...
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Watson inducted into NSDA Kansas Hall of Fame
Barbara Watson The West Kansas Chapter of the National Speech and Debate Association proudly announces the induction of Barbara Watson, Great Bend High School speech and debate coach, into the West...
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Server farms. What they are and the possibility of one constructing in Great...
Cities the size of Great Bend are always looking for ways to boost the economy, bring new business in, and keep the town growing. Finding the right fit with a large business can be tricky based on the...
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Barton Foundation’s 9th Annual Sporting Clay Shoot to be held at Camp Aldrich
A participant from the 2017 clay shoot takes aim at a flying sporting clay down range. The shoot will feature two target shooters at each of the 10 stations and there will also be two-person flurries,...
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Listen to Thursday’s Sports Day show (4/5)
Six games into the season, we talk with Great Bend High School baseball coach Randy Beck. https://www.greatbendpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/THURSDAY.mp3
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Ellinwood Hospital Foundation to host golf tournament
The Ellinwood Hospital Foundation is looking for golfers and people who like to win money for an upcoming fundraiser – the 2nd Annual Golf Tournament and Golf Ball Drop. The event was postponed last...
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SRCA signs new contract with the City of Great Bend
The City of Great Bend and SRCA Drag Strip signed a contract this week for the SRCA to run the drag strip for at least another five years. The SRCA will pay the City an annual fee of $10,000. Great...
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Hoisington’s Leiker recognized as Assistant Coach of the Year for Cardinal...
Tony Leiker pictured 2nd from the right. Hoisington wrestling assistant coach Tony Leiker was named the Assistant Coach of the Year in Class 3-2-1A by the Kansas Wrestling Coaches Association. Great...
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Listen to Friday’s Sports Day show (4/6)
Webby and Cole run through the draft possibilities for KU entries and find out what kind of sports fan each of them are. https://www.greatbendpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/FRIDAY.mp3
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Golden Sheaf Chapter #226 Order of the Eastern Star awards grants to 5...
Golden Sheaf Chapter #226 Order of the Eastern Star Endowment Fund awarded several organizations with a grant from their fund held at Golden Belt Community Foundation. Each organization was presented...
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The Power of Purple
Donna Krug is the Family & Consumer Science Agent and District Director for the Cottonwood ExtensionDistrict – Great Bend Office. You may reach her at: (620)793-1910 or dkrug@ksu.edu written by:...
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Makings retires from Sunflower Diversified Services after 25 years
Ladeska “Decky” Makings has retired from Sunflower Diversified Services. She served people with intellectual delays and disabilities for 25 years. Ladeska “Decky” Makings was diagnosed with polio when...
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BCYP makes impact at 7th Annual Charity Supply Drive
BCYP Members, Aaron Emerson, Brandon Steinert, Austin Coyan, Aaron Scott & AJ Chrest stand amidst the mountain of supplies collected for Catholic Charities’ Non-Food Pantry. The Barton County Young...
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