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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 ...

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 ...

City staff will begin to remove Christmas decorations beginning January 9th.  Any decorations that have been placed in Maple GroveCemetery need to be removed by January 8th. Park staff will also be taking down decorations in WrightPark.  Organizations or residents who decorated trees in WrightPark should remove the lights and decorations by January 8th. There are two options for disposal of real Christmas trees ...

On April 19th of this year, the City Commission gave the go-ahead to purchase a new fire apparatus.  There was money allocated in the Municipal Equipment Replacement Fund (MERF) to purchase this much-needed piece of equipment for the fire department when the 2011 budget was approved in August of 2010, The Commission approved the bid from Pierce Manufacturing Inc./Conrad Fire of Olathe, Kansas, in the amount of $404,178 ...

The city of Dodge City is seeking applications from residents of Dodge City to fill expiring/vacant terms on the city-appointed boards and commissions.  The boards and commissions serve to make city government reflective of the attitudes and beliefs of its residents. Applications for the following boards/commissions will be accepted until noon Jan ...

At a special meeting on Wednesday, December 28th, the Dodge City Commission lifted the ban on the discharge of fireworks for Dodge City residents. Fireworks can be lawfully discharged within the city limits of Dodge City beginning 12:00 noon on Saturday, December 31, until 12:30 am on January 1, 2012 ...

(Dodge City, Kansas) December 22, 2011—On Thursday, December 22, 2011, Boot Hill Casino & Resort made a large donation of non-perishable food items, clothing and toys to several local charities.  Charities include the Crisis Center of Dodge City, United Methodist Mexican-American Ministries of Dodge City, Catholic charities of Dodge City, and Manna House of Dodge City ...