On May 8, 2025, the Hays City Commission will take the next step in the statutory process to provide economic incentives through the creation of a Reinvestment Housing Incentive District (RHID) for the residential housing project and related infrastructure for Phase 4 of the Tallgrass 2nd Addition project. On Mar.
On Apr. 1, 2025, Ellis County Commissioners unanimously approved the Commission’s 2026 Budget Calendar and will take the first step to develop next year’s budget at the Apr.
Less than a month remains to apply for the 2025 session of the American Legion Boys State of Kansas, to be held Sunday, June 1, through Saturday, June 7, at Kansas State University in Manhattan. The deadline is set for Wednesday, April 30.
The Departments of History and Political Science and the Forsyth Library at Fort Hays State University hosted the 2025 Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Annual Lecture in Malloy 115 of Palmer Hall on Thursday, April 3. The focus of this year’s lecture was on the driving ideologies and human impact of the territorial expansion efforts of Nazi Germany during World War Two and the United States during the 19th and 20th centuries.
Cheyenne Bottoms is located on the Central Flyway, a bird migration route that connects Canada to South America. 70 percent of all the different shorebird species in North America have been recorded at Cheyenne Bottoms; late April is prime time to view the birds using our wetlands for rest and fuel.
Career Services at Fort Hays State University (FHSU) is hosting a donation drive for Tailored for Tigers, a professional clothing closet that offers business attire free of charge to students. The closet contains items for interviews, career fairs, presentations, conferences, or other activities.
Republican U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran of Kansas pushed back against President Donald Trump’s vision of a trade war by joining a dozen cosponsors of federal legislation restricting unilateral tariffs without consent of Congress.
Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly vetoed a bill that bans policies requiring adopted and foster parents to affirm a child’s sexual orientation or gender identity if it conflicts with the parents’ religious or moral beliefs.
A classic case of good versus evil is coming to the FHSU campus next month.
At the Ellis County Commission April 1 meeting, Chair Michael Berges, Vice Chair Neal Younger and Commissioner Nathan Leiker discussed their upcoming annual county road tour with County Administrator Darin Myers and Public Works (PW) Director Brendan Mackay. Each year, a special Ellis County Commission meeting is scheduled to have public works staff take the commissioners around Ellis County to look at different road and bridge projects that have either just been completed, are being worked on, are on the capital project list, or are newly identified by staff and the commission to go visit and discuss options.