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Air accident victims ate breakfast in Pratt

Exemplifying Kansas solidarity and sorrow, U.S. Senators Roger Marshall and Jerry Moran shared heartfelt sympathy in a media press conference last Thursday for air accident victims and their families. The Zoom meeting was scheduled to provide information to invited media about the late Wednesday collision of a military Black Hawk helicopter and American Airlines Eagle Flight 5342.

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City of Pratt shares plans to move police department to community building

At the Pratt joint City and County Meeting, held at the Pratt County Public Safety Meeting on January 27, the City of Pratt officials explained a plan to move the Pratt Police Department from the Law Enforcement Center at the court house into the east end of the Pratt Community Building (619 N. Main) at a January 27 joint city/county meeting.

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Wild geese are re-staging

By Jennifer Stultz Tri-County Tribune Editor jstultz@cherryroad.com Thomas Bridrowski, waterfowl biologist with Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks, is familiar with the half million or so migrating geese currently hovering…

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USDA Rural Development invests in Kansas energy projects, including Kiowa County

TOPEKA - U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Director for Kansas Rural Development Christy Davis announced Jan. 15 that Rural Development is funding 54 projects to generate clean energy and improve energy efficiency in Kansas. The $5,883,731 in investments are made through the Rural Energy for America Program (REAP).

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Variety keeps mobile vet going

There’s no doubt that winter affects the life and work of mobile vet Bruce Figger, DVM for South Wind Animal Health, but he enjoys the variety of his work and that keeps him going rain or shine, snow or sun. Figger sees plenty of variety in the livestock he cares for as part of his large animal services in an area that includes Pratt, Stafford, Barton, Reno, even Rice counties.

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