Ellis County Administrator Darin Myers presented the First Draft of the 2026 Budget with total general fund revenues at $30,431,872 (increased $640,783 from the 2025 Budget) and expenditures of $33,330,079 (increased $661,478 from the 2025 Budget) to Commissioners on June 3, 2025. "As I stated at your last meeting, we do have the County Audit completed, and I've input all those into the state budget forms ready.
Jake Schwien Wins Compacts Kaishen Brack and Jake Schwein entered the compact feature as the two leads from the heat races that saw both fields go four-wide. Within the feature, a front row of Nathan Vollbracht and Brack saw Brack snag the lead for several laps.
Fort Hays State women's basketball student-athlete Katie Wagner DeGarmo repeated as the MIAA Women's Ken B. Jones Award winner, presented by Summit Pointe Financial Group, on Monday (June 2) at the MIAA Awards Celebration in Kansas City, Mo.
Fort Hays State University President Tisa Mason and Kansas Association of Community Colleges Director Heather Morgan were joined today by the presidents and representatives from Kansas’s network of 19 community colleges to officially sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for a new guaranteed admission pathway from a two-year associate’s degree to FHSU’s bachelor’s degree programs in either clinical or school psychology. A unique feature of this pathway program is that the guarantee of acceptance extends through the master’s degree level in both the clinical psychology and school psychology programs as long as the student meets specific grade point average requirements.
The Fort Hays State University Alumni Office is pleased to welcome its new alumni director, Kim (Ribelin) Cebula. A two-time FHSU grad, she brings allegiance and enthusiasm to the role.
On June 3, 2025, Ellis County Commissioners unanimously approved Resolution 2028-09 re-appointing Eugene Rupp to a four-year term as County Appraiser, effective July 1, 2025.
Hays City Commissioners have unanimously accepted a nearly $6.7M bid from Smoky Hill, LLC to reconstruct Runway 4-22 and Taxiway M at the intersection of Runway 4-22 at the Hays Regional Airport (HYS), contingent upon the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) awarding grant funding through two programs resulting in the City’s share of construction services equaling only $336,944. Commissioners also unanimously approved a $445,8000 Construction Engineering Services Agreement for the project, also contingent upon the FAA awarding grant funding through two programs resulting in the City’s share of engineering services equaling only $22,290.
Director of Finance Kim Rupp presented the City’s Monthly Financial Report to the Hays City Commission on May 22, 2025, reporting decreased sales tax collection with increased revenue and expenses for Apr. 2025 compared to Apr. 2024.
Hays City Commissioners unanimously took three actions to move the Covenant Estate 1st Addition development project forward on May 22, 2025. All three measures were recommended by City Staff and the Hays Area Planning Commission.
By Gaille PikeSpecial to the Hays Daily News On May 12, 2025, DLR Group’s Lead Architect Ishita Banerjii and USD489 Building and Grounds Director Rusty… Login to continue reading Login…