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The USD 480 school board will have a full agenda to work through at its final regular meeting of 2024 Monday evening. Monday’s meeting will be in Room C107 of the Liberal High School East Campus.
Up first will be discussion of the use of PLC Institute.
Christmas time is here, and so too is the winter season.
With the weather getting colder, much more of life’s activities will be taking place indoors, and some of the favorite indoor activities of many are reading and watching movies.
This week, the Olive Warner Memorial Library (OWML) in Hooker, Okla., is giving people a chance to buy reading materials, including books, magazines and audiobooks, and DVDs through its annual book sale.
Seward County officials have until Dec. 31 to earmark money the county received from funds from the federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), and it appears that decision will come at the county commissioner’s final meeting of 2024 on Dec. 16.
Following Monday’s regular meeting in a special meeting, Administrator April Warden presented commissioners with numbers regarding the money the county has spent from the funding, money obligated and remaining balanced on projects targeted for funding.
Medicare and Medicaid costs continue to be a concern for many people and recently, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) took some action to help with just that.
Last Tuesday, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is proposing actions in the Medicare Advantage (MA) and Medicare Part D prescription drug programs to continue to strengthen protections and access to care for people with Medicare, according to a release from HHS.
Family members, caregivers and older adults are encouraged to be proactive and discuss ways to continue driving safely as part of Older Driver Safety Awareness Week, which was recognized this past week.
In 2023, 87 Kansas drivers aged 65 and older were involved in a fatal crash, while 3,927 in that age group were involved in an injury or serious injury crash, according to KDOT stats.
