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               A blizzard warning is in effect beginning late tonight for northwest Kansas and the Kansas Department of Transportation road crews are prepared for the storm.                Road crews have been assigned to cover areas targeted to be hit by the severe storm expected by late tonight or tomorrow ...

Dodge City Public Library presents a Trading Card Club for all ages. On Saturday, February 11 all those who collect and trade various types of trading cards are invited to Dodge City Public Library from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. to trade cards with other interested individuals. These can be sports cards, game cards or any other type of collectible cards. Bring your cards and see what others have to trade that you might be interested in ...

  (WASHINGTON) – Freshman Congressman Tim Huelskamp of Kansas, a member of the Budget Committee, released the following statement after the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) issued its annual Budget and Economic Outlook. Not only did CBO project a $1.1 trillion deficit for FY12 – the fourth year of trillion-dollar deficits – but also anticipated slow economic growth ...

Listen to 96.3 The Marshal for complete coverage of the girls tournament from Newton with the voice of the Demons Mark Zillman ...

  (DODGE CITY, KAN.) – Congressman Tim Huelskamp hosted a roundtable with Kansas Agricultural leaders and industry stakeholders on Friday morning at his Dodge City district office. Congressman Huelskamp, a member of the House Committee on Agriculture, hosted the meeting to solicit the input of Kansans on the next farm bill. The Agriculture Committee is expected to begin writing the farm bill this year (2012) ...

Those who are ill are asked to stay home except to see healthcare provider TOPEKA, Kan. – In a measles outbreak that began this month in Garden City, the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) and Finney County Health Department have identified six cases to date. KDHE urges people who are ill or exhibiting measles-like symptoms to stay at home unless they are seeking medical attention.    On Jan. 10, KDHE was notified of two cases of measles ...

The state legislative session has begun and many important issues will be decided this year. To learn more about them, attend a panel presentation on these key issues on Tuesday, January 31 from 6:30 to 8:30pm at Dodge City Public Library. The program will originate at Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library and brought to Dodge City live by videoconferencing ...

2012 marks the 85th birthday of the Lee Richardson Zoo!  In honor of this special occasion, the Zoo will host a celebration for each season, starting with a special Kansas Day theme on January 27th, 2012.  Come help the zoo celebrate 85 years on Friday, January 27th from 2:00pm – 4:00pm ...

A new website, mainstreetdodgecity.com, was launched is late December promoting downtown Dodge City and the Main Street Dodge City revitalization program. The new Web site serves as a portal to all happenings downtown, including information on upcoming events, downtown incentive programs, available properties and much more ...

Have you ever wondered what it was like to visit China and Tibet? On January 19 at 7pm Dodge City Public Library will present “China, Tibet, and minorities through the eyes of a country boy.” Presenter Gene Dole, CEO of Dodge City Medical Center, had graduate school and field training in paleoanthropology at Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, Ohio). While fulfilling the required course work he became enthralled with the Tibetan culture ...