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The annual Pancake Day festivities are mere weeks away, and Liberal’s sister city, Olney, England, is currently making its own preparations for the day.
As Olney Pancake Day Committee member Ruth Martin tells it, planning across the pond has been going on for multiple months already.
After turning down an increase in the county’s mill levy for Fiscal Year 2025 and continually hearing from constituents of the need to improve roads, Seward County officials were left looking for ways to help with that need financially.
With that in mind, county commissioners approved the sale of $6.1 million in bonds, and now, they will likely be looking to taxpayers to approve a half-cent sales tax to help fund road repairs.
Artesian Valley Health System in Meade Thursday announced it has been named among the 2025 Top 100 Critical Access Hospitals by The Chartis Center for Rural Health.
Chartis’ annual Top 100 award program honors outstanding performance among the nation’s rural hospitals based on the results of the Chartis Rural Hospital Performance INDEX®.
With it officially being the middle of the school year, teachers throughout USD 480 are putting together data on their students’ progress so far.
Monday evening, the USD 480 school board got to hear that data from District Intervention Coordinator Jennifer Hyde.
The abundance of stray animals in Liberal has been a topic of conversations at multiple levels for a long time and soon, the Liberal Animal Shelter will have a way to help with that.
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) awarded Liberal Animal Shelter $48,000 to be used for veterinary care services aiming to reduce cat and dog overpopulation. The shelter facilitated low-cost spay/neuter services for 115 dogs and 113 cats during 2024 using a similar grant, and Shelter Director Tara Logan said she and her staff were very pleased to get more grant funding.
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