Paper products make up biggest portion of trash in Sedgwick County
Source: Kansas.com
Kansas City :: KS :: USA | updated 2013-05-22 09:12:43 -0700 | green-news
Paper products continue to make up the biggest percentage of items that land in Sedgwick County residents' trash, a report released Wednesday shows. The county's five-year update to its solid waste plan was presented to commissioners at their regular weekly...
K-State scientists to study cattle grazing
Source: Kansas.com
Kansas City :: KS :: USA | updated 2013-05-15 05:31:22 -0700 | green-news
Scientists at Kansas State University will take part in a $9.6 million grant-funded study to research how to continue successful cattle grazing in spite of future climate changes, the university said in a statement released this week...Department of Agriculture recently...
After rains, Wichita officials recalculating end date for water from Cheney Reservoir
Source: Kansas.com
Kansas City :: KS :: USA | updated 2013-05-06 14:59:35 -0700 | green-news
Wichita officials are recalculating the date that Cheney Reservoir will quit supplying water to the city, in the wake of recent rains and snowfall that have raised the lake level 4 percent. But they have concluded already that the spring...
Truman Sports Complex puts in native grasses
Source: Kansas City Star
Kansas City :: KS :: USA | updated 2013-04-29 10:17:30 -0700 | green-news
April 29 The Kansas City Star The Royals' grounds crew fusses over the grass inside Kauffman Stadium, sometimes mowing twice within 24 hours, as they did prior to and between Sunday's day-night double header. More News The Chiefs are also...
Free admission to Sedgwick County Zoo on Thursday
Source: Kansas.com
Kansas City :: KS :: USA | updated 2013-04-24 08:20:24 -0700 | green-news
Meritrust is sponsoring Earth Day Kansas from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m...Presentations about pollution, endangered species, emergency preparedness, weather and recycling will target students in third through fifth grades. The event drew more than 6,000 people last year, the release...
Property owners, not city, responsible for storm debris, Wichita officials say
Source: Kansas.com
Kansas City :: KS :: USA | updated 2013-04-12 07:44:02 -0700 | green-news
The city will not be collecting storm debris resulting from the ice storm earlier this week, Wichita officials announced Friday. Property owners will be responsible for removing their own tree limbs and other items. No debris should be placed on...
Wichita officials to announce ozone action plan
Source: Kansas.com
Kansas City :: KS :: USA | updated 2013-04-12 11:00:23 -0700 | green-news
Wichita officials will unveil their ozone alert action plan Friday morning at City Hall, featuring monitors to measure air pollution in the city. After the unveiling, at a mid-morning press conference at the Wichita Police department, the monitors will be...
Be careful on your way to work this morning
Source: Kansas.com
Kansas City :: KS :: USA | updated 2013-04-10 07:08:36 -0700 | green-news
Right now, the roads aren't horrible if you use a little common sense and caution...We've received a quarter-inch of ice and before the day is over, we will probably get another quarter-inch of ice...We've been receiving reports of accidents on...
County placing large trash containers in Oaklawn area for household debris
Source: Kansas.com
Kansas City :: KS :: USA | updated 2012-06-17 14:24:11 -0700 | travel-news
Sedgwick County employees are placing 15 large trash containers in the Oaklawn and Pinaire Mobile Home Park areas Tuesday. Household debris should be placed in these containers and will be emptied continually. Household debris should not include tree debris or...
Sedgwick County commissioner: Damage could reach $283 million
Source: Kansas.com
Kansas City :: KS :: USA | updated 2012-06-15 11:57:04 -0700 | travel-news
Damage from Saturday's storms could reach as high as $283 million, but that's likely a worst-case scenario, said Sedgwick County Commission Chairman Tim Norton, who declared a state of disaster about 12:30 a.m. The early estimate is based on appraised...
Search for missing teen underway at Cheney Lake
Source: Kansas.com
Wichita :: KS :: USA | updated 2011-08-21 07:06:08 -0700 | technology-news
Authorities are searching this afternoon for a missing teenager at Cheney Lake in Reno County. Reno County Sheriff Randy Henderson said the teen had been out on the lake with some friends and was reported missing around 3 p.m. A...
Corps: Missouri River breaches levee in Atchison County
Source: Kansas City Star
Hamburg :: Germany | updated 2011-08-05 19:47:24 -0700 | travel-news
The swollen Missouri River has breached a levee near the Missouri-Iowa border.The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says the breach happened Sunday morning near Hamburg, Iowa. The levy is officially located in Atchison County, Mo.The corps' Col.
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