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By Christine Metz
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May 4, 2012
- Action to save up to $940,000
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By Christine Metz
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November 15, 2011
- A $163,000 project to restore a 121-year-old pioneer home on the site of the Black Jack Battlefield is the big winner in the first round of grants through Douglas County’s natural and cultural heritage grant program.
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By Christine Metz
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October 14, 2011
- Much of the fall is designated as deer hunting season, but for many Americans it might be more aptly renamed deer hitting season.
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By Christine Metz
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June 20, 2011
- For the past five months, residents in Baldwin City and 15 other communities across Kansas diligently have changed light bulbs, lined up energy audits for their homes and installed programmable thermostats.
Those efforts have generated interest from across the country.
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By Christine Metz
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June 6, 2011
- Get your binoculars ready.
The Kansas Land Trust is hosting a bird walk through a section of the historic Baldwin Woods landscape.
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By Christine Metz
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March 23, 2011
- A change in seasons could soon result in another increase in gasoline prices.
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By Christine Metz
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February 19, 2011
- The young adults at Van Go Mobile Arts are best known for their pieces of brightly painted furniture. But on Thursday, a crew of four put down their paintbrushes and picked up hammers to learn the ancient art of blacksmithing.
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By Christine Metz
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February 14, 2011
- The intersection of U.S. Highway 56 and East 1600 Road is one of 13 sites in the state that will receive funding as part of KDOT’s corridor management plan, which works to address traffic problems that arise on busy roads.
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By Christine Metz
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February 10, 2011
- In the Take Charge Challenge competition between Baldwin, Paola, Gardner and Ottawa, residents are encouraged to reduce their energy use. The winning community will receive $100,000 to help fund an efficiency project, money that comes from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
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By Christine Metz
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December 30, 2010
- Come Jan. 1, Kansas motorists might want to think twice before picking up a cell phone to send or read a text message.
If they are spotted by a law enforcement officer, that action could cost them a $60 ticket and in Douglas County another $93.50 in court fines.
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