TOPEKA, Kansas, April 26 -- The Kansas Corporation Commission announced the following dockets on April 24, 2024: * * * 24-CONS-3296-CEXC Docket Type: CEXC - Exception To Rules And Regulations Docket Description: Application - Pantera Energy Company Date Filed: 04/24/2024 * * * 24-CONS-3297-CEXC Docket Type: CEXC - Exception To Rules And Regulations Docket Description: Application - Merit Energy Company, LLC Date Filed: 04/24/2024 * * * Original text here: https://estar.kcc.ks.gov/est more PR

TOPEKA, Kansas, April 27 -- Gov. Laura Kelly, D-Kansas, issued the following news release on April 26, 2024: Today, Governor Laura Kelly announced 11 appointments and 2 reappointments to the following state boards and commissions. KS Court of Appeals Nominating Commission Purpose: To review and nominate candidates for appointment to the KS Court of Appeals. * Meagan Zampieri-Lillpopp, Hays Governor's Residence Advisory Board Purpose: To serve as an oversight board for the design and upkeep more PR

TOPEKA, Kansas, April 27 -- Gov. Laura Kelly, D-Kansas, issued the following news release on April 26, 2024: Governor Laura Kelly today announced federal approval of the state's Broadband Equity Access and Deployment (BEAD) Initial Proposal Volume 2, providing an investment of more than $450 million to expand Kansas' high-speed internet infrastructure. Funding will be granted to areas that have been identified as underserved through a competitive application process that will begin in July. "K more PR

EMPORIA, Kansas, April 27 (TNSres) -- Gov. Laura Kelly, D-Kansas, issued the following news release on April 25, 2024: Today, Governor Laura Kelly toured Emporia small businesses on the final stop of her relaunched, "Healthy Workers, Healthy Economy" statewide tour. Governor Kelly and Casey Woods, Executive Director of Emporia Main Street, were joined by community leaders during visits to the Axe Shedd, Trox Gallery and Gifts, and Sweet Granada. "I listened to rural Kansans, small business own more PR

ALVA, Oklahoma, April 27 -- Northwestern Oklahoma State University issued the following news release: Northwestern Oklahoma State University would like to reconnect with individuals in northwest Oklahoma, southern Kansas and the Texas panhandle who have already earned some college credit and may be looking to finish their bachelor's degrees. Special Reach Higher: RECONNECT Week events at the university's campus locations in Enid and Woodward are planned May 1-3, where hours will be extended.  more PR

GOODWELL, Oklahoma, April 27 -- Oklahoma Panhandle State University issued the following news: The OPSU College of Agriculture, Science, and Nursing attended the North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture (NACTA) Judging conference, where 23 students competed in various competitions. NACTA started in 1955 and has held an annual event each spring where teams of college students in agricultural institutions compete in various contests. This year, the judging conference was held on the ca more PR

STILLWATER, Oklahoma, April 26 -- Oklahoma State University issued the following news: Oklahoma State University has named Dr. Melinda Cro as dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. Friday, the OSU/A&M Board of Regents approved Cro, who is currently the assistant dean of student success, engagement and undergraduate studies in the College of Arts and Sciences at Kansas State University. "I am looking forward to working collaboratively to build on the interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary  more PR

LOGAN, Utah, April 27 (TNSres) -- Utah State University issued the following news: By Sydney Dahle The Utah State University Design/Build/Fly team returned from its April competition in Wichita, Kansas, in the top 20 percent of all teams. USU took 22 out of 107, one of the team's highest scores in recent years. Involvement goes back years, as the DBF student section took first place in 1999 and 2000. In 2003, DBF entered the competition with a full-size model of the Wright Wing Flyer. It is n more PR