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HaysMed is proud to announce the addition of Stephen S. Wanjala, MD, MSc, MBA, to its team of expert Hospitalist providers. Dr. Wanjala will begin his new role in late July, bringing with him a wealth of knowledge and a passion for patient-centered care.

The Kansas Wetlands Education Center (KWEC) invites the public to join its staff for a free, family-friendly meteor shower watch party on Tuesday, Aug. 12, from 8:30 to 10:30 p.m.

Navarre Plagmann, a welding student at Fort Hays Tech | North Central in Beloit, has earned national recognition by winning Project Manufacturing National Welding League Championship.

The U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations Thursday largely rejected Trump administration proposals to slash funding for education programs, medical research grants, health initiatives and Ukraine security assistance.

Problems linger in a Kansas federal prison holding immigrant detainees, even after altering some practices that a coalition of lawyers, civil rights groups and advocates revealed were harmful to those inside.

Kansas bank regulators informed legislators Thursday a corrective action order would be issued to the state-chartered subsidiary of the Beneficient company engaged in illiquid-asset transactions and that the agency would begin continuous monitoring of the subsidiary rather than rely on annual assessments. Controversy associated primarily with Dallas-headquartered Beneficient, the parent company of Beneficient Financial Fiduciary, factored into decisions to revise the state’s approach to oversight of the subsidiary, said David Herndon, who serves as Kansas State Bank commissioner.

As part of the Kansas Delegation advocating that the federal government deliver promised Special Education funding, Kyle Carlin, WCKSEC Director of Special Education, traveled to Washington, D.C. in mid-July.