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Advance voting is underway and in-person voting for the Primary Election of August 6, 2024 takes place on Tuesday.

TOPEKA — The 0.5 percentage point climb in the Kansas unemployment rate during the past year fell in the middle range of increases reported across the board in a five-state region that included Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma and Colorado, state labor agencies said.During the past 12 months, Oklahoma experienced the smallest expansion of joblessness and Colorado the largest growth in unemployment among the five states.

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The 13th Annual Governor’s Conference on the Future of Water in Kansas will be November 13-14, 2024 at the Hilton Garden Inn in Manhattan, Kansas.The Kansas Water Office (KWO) invites professionals and researchers to submit their abstracts for presentation at the conference.This exciting conference will highlight the latest policy and research developments of water issues in Kansas as well as Kansas Water Plan implementation.

In 1999, a high school senior project in Buhler, Kansas, took root.Over the past 25 years, it has transformed into IdeaTek, the leading fiber internet service provider in Kansas.This year marks IdeaTek’s 25th anniversary, a significant milestone that highlights the company’s unwavering mission: connecting all Kansans with fast, reliable fiber internet.“It’s hard to believe it’s been 25 years since a high school project sparked the idea that became IdeaTek,” said Daniel Friesen, IdeaTek’s Co-Founder and Chief Innovation Officer.

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Though livestock numbers were down overall at the 2024 Kiowa County Fair this year, there were still plenty of 4-H and open class entrants who came out for a good time and to show the public their projects July 15-17 at the Kiowa County Fairgrounds in Greensburg.“Now that fair week is over, we just want to thank everyone who helped and participated in all of the 4-H activities,” said Jewell Glover, 4-H Youth Development Agent for Kiowa County, K-State Research and Extension.

Jared Shriver of Pratt has accepted a final offer of employment as a Kansas Highway Patrol Trooper Trainee.

This past week of July was an amazing exhibition of life in rural America and a testament to what hard work can produce as all three of the counties in the Tri-County Tribune coverage area celebrated with the county fairs.

There was a special ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new air-conditioned fair building, there was a political candidate meet and greet evening, good country music, goat roping, water games, free food, and plenty of the traditional fair fun at this year’s Stafford County Fair.“The county fairs have come to an end, and we are grateful for everyone who played a part in making them so memorable.