Recently added articles from The Salina Journal (Salina, KS):
Sales tax revenue may not suffice to build new pool.
Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: Darrin Stineman Oct. 2--Just renewing the city's quarter-cent sales tax for capital improvement projects might not be enough to finance a new pool, City Manager Jason Gage told the Salina City Commission during a study session Monday afternoon. At least not ...
Upgrade for South Ninth is postponed until 2009.
Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: Darrin Stineman Oct. 2--A $5 million project to upgrade South Ninth Street from just south of Belmont Boulevard to just south of Schilling Road will be postponed at least a year to 2009, city officials said during a study session with the Salina City Commission on ...
Deal falls through to sell The Pumpkin Patch.
Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: Darrin Stineman Oct. 2--The Pumpkin Patch isn't going anywhere after all. Jack Dooley, owner of the small agricultural plot on South Ninth Street that is surrounded by residential and commercial properties, had agreed in principal last year to sell his ...
Salina, Kan., wastewater treatment plant needs $12 million upgrade before 2020.
Sep 18, 2007 ... Byline: Darrin Stineman Sep. 18--It's fine for now, consultants told the Salina City Commission at a Monday study session, but the city's wastewater treatment plant will need an estimated $12 million upgrade before 2020 in order to comply with governmental mandates. ...
Clay Center, Kan., furniture retailer to close doors.
Sep 15, 2007 ... Byline: Darrin Stineman Sep. 15--CLAY CENTER -- Orrs Furniture City, a retail anchor for the past 50 years in this Clay County town of 4,300, is going out of business. Store proprietor Raymond Orr died in January, and his sons, Randy and Jerry, have kept it going ...
University visits help Kansas officials understand need for costly repairs.
Sep 15, 2007 ... Byline: Michael Strand Sep. 15--After taking some three dozen lawmakers through a slide show, and past displays of Kansas State University at Salina's "Cat Cannon," solar-powered boat, concrete canoe and other sights, Dennis Kuhlman led them out to the ramp where the school's ...
High hopes for proposed aircraft facility in Salina, Kan.
Sep 13, 2007 ... Byline: Darrin Stineman Sep. 13--Hawker Beechcraft Corp.'s plan to build a new aircraft fuselage loading dock is forecast to create 33 new jobs. But, using history as a guide, the real number could end up being closer to 50. In seeking a $130,000 ...
Twin Valley Telephone to expand service to Clay Center.
Sep 12, 2007 ... Sep. 12--MILTONVALE -- Twin Valley Telephone announced Tuesday it was beginning a three-phase plan to expand service into Clay Center. By leasing copper lines from AT&T that are already in place, Twin Valley President Mike Foster said, the company will offer during the first ...
Salina, Kan., library offers new resource for family-history researchers.
Sep 12, 2007 ... Byline: Darrin Stineman Sep. 12--Those working on family histories will find a new resource at the Salina Public Library's Campbell Room of Kansas Research. Through a series of events, voter registration books that previously had been locked away in storage will land ...
Salina, Kan., approves zoning change for development.
Sep 11, 2007 ... Byline: Darrin Stineman Sep. 11--Despite opposition from Mayor Alan Jilka, the Salina City Commission on Monday approved a request for zoning change to facilitate a commercial development at the northwest corner of the Ohio Street/Schilling Road intersection. The ...
Windstream closes Salina, Kan., facility, cutting 110 jobs.
Sep 06, 2007 ... Byline: Tim Unruh Sep. 6--Windstream officials described Wednesday as "difficult" for 110 Salina workers who learned their jobs were moving out of state, or possibly out of the country. The Little Rock, Ark., company announced Wednesday morning that it was shutting ...
Salina, Kan., mowing equipment supplier lands deal with Kubota tractors.
Sep 06, 2007 ... Byline: Tim Unruh Sep. 6--Land Pride has won a major endorsement from the U.S. division of Kubota Tractor Corp. that could spark an expansion in the Salina-based division of Great Plains Mfg. Kubota, Torrance, Calif., has agreed to recommend to its U.S. dealers that ...
Salina, Kan., clinic changes hands, names.
Sep 04, 2007 ... Byline: Tim Unruh Sep. 4--McPHERSON, Kan. -- The company name will change, and there will be one fewer face Oct. 1 when the Veridian Behavioral Health office in McPherson becomes Client Centered Counseling. The move is exciting, said Linda Helmer, who formed the new ...
Salina, Kan., planners clear building proposal.
Sep 04, 2007 ... Byline: Darrin Stineman Sep. 4--A plan to build 27 single-family homes directly north of the upscale Red Fox Lane development in southeast Salina was met with preliminary approval from the Salina Planning Commission on Tuesday. "It seems like a good idea to fill in ...
Salina Regional Health Center to cut back on staff, hours.
Aug 30, 2007 ... Byline: Michael Strand Aug. 30--Citing reduced federal Medicare payments and a loss of patient volume tied to doctors leaving, Salina Regional Health Center on Wednesday announced it plans to cut several positions and cut hours for others. In all, 23 positions in 13 ...
Salina, Kan., budgets $67.5 million for 2008.
Aug 29, 2007 ... Byline: Darrin Stineman Aug. 29--The $42 million the city of Salina spent in 1998 represents about two- thirds of the amount -- $67.5 million -- it has budgeted for 2008. Inflation is responsible for about half of that 61 percent increase. According to ...
Sales tax to be voted on would fund library, pool improvements.
Aug 28, 2007 ... Byline: Michael Strand Aug. 28--ABILENE, Kan. -- Abilene voters will decide in November whether to approve a new, 10-year sales tax to fund improvements at the library and pool -- though exactly what the pool improvements will be remains to be seen. Monday afternoon, ...
Abilene floats sales tax increase to fund swimming pool, library.
Aug 24, 2007 ... Byline: Darrin Stineman Aug. 24--ABILENE -- When it meets on Monday, the Abilene City Commission likely will call for a special election to seek voter approval on a 0.35- percent sales tax to build a new swimming pool and renovate the public library, Mayor Judy Leyerzapf said on ...
Planning commission OKs zoning change for commercial development.
Aug 22, 2007 ... Byline: Darrin Stineman Aug. 22--The Salina Planning Commission on Tuesday advanced a plan to move forward with a commercial development that will be part of the new Quail Meadows Estates residential area in south Salina. The commission voted 9-0 to approve a zoning ...
Library workers to get pay raise.
Aug 22, 2007 ... Byline: David Clouston Aug. 22--Employees of the Salina Public Library will get a 3.5 percent raise starting in January due to final approval of the 2008 budget by the library's board of trustees at their meeting Tuesday morning. The proposed budget passed 6-1, with ...