Lieutenant Governor and Secretary of Commerce David Toland encourages jobseekers and employers searching for available talent to take part in this month’s Virtual Statewide Job Fair, hosted by KANSASWORKS, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Thursday, April 23.

Kids and families packed the City Limits Convention Center in Colby for the KISS Dance on April 19. Featuring music, a photo booth, snacks, and an “Under the Stars” theme, the event raised money for CHS Prom 2027 while creating special memories between kids and their invited guests.

The Northwest Kansas KDOT Facebook page has announced a lane closure for a bridge repair in Sherman County.

The Kansas Department Transportation and its safety partners are going orange during National Work Zone Awareness Week, April 20-24, to help raise awareness and reduce crashes in work zones.

Longtime Goodland, KS resident Ivan Earl Parks, 95, passed away on Tuesday, April 14, 2026 at the Greeley Long Term Care Facility in Tribune, KS.

The Kansas Department of Transportation has started a resurfacing project on a portion of U.S. 83 in Thomas County.

Lieutenant Governor and Secretary of Commerce David Toland today announced that the Department of Commerce has selected the third cohort of Rural Champions to solve pressing needs in their local communities.

Jade Beckman, a Senior from Oakley High School, has been honored as the KSHSAA Covered, Capitol Federal, True Blue Student of the Week.

The National Weather Service (NWS) Office in Goodland has put a freeze watch in effect for the entire area on late Friday night to early Saturday morning.

Travis Scott Korbe, age 44, of Wallace, Kansas, passed away on April 11, 2026, in Colby, Kansas.

Governor Laura Kelly, in accordance with Executive Order #20-30, today directed flags throughout the State of Kansas be flown at half-staff from sunup to sundown on Friday, April 17, 2026, in honor of Greeley County firefighter and former deputy sheriff Carl “Levi” Evans, who died in the line of duty last week.

On Monday, April 13, the Goodland USD 352 Board of Education held a regular meeting. One of the big highlights from the meeting includes approving a new final day of school, and the kids will love it!

On Tuesday, April 14, the Kansas Court of Appeals made the trip to the Frahm Theatre at Colby Community College to hear two different cases and provide an educational experience for students.

U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) – chairman of the Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Aviation, Space, and Innovation – applauded today’s committee passage of the Spending Aviation Fees for Equipment, Guaranteeing Upgraded and Advanced Risk Detection and Safety (SAFEGUARDS) Act.

The Kansas Wetlands Education Center will host Poetry Pocket Field Guide: World Bird Migration Day, a creative, nature-based writing workshop, on Sunday, April 26, at 3 p.m.