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Kansas Unemployment up Slightly from a Year Ago

Preliminary data from the Kansas Department of Labor indicates the August unemployment rate of 3.8% was unchanged from July and up a tenth of a percentage point from August 2024 as Kansas' labor force participation increased to 67%.Total non-farm payroll declined by 4.700 from... Read More.

Kansas Unemployment up Slightly from a Year Ago

Preliminary data from the Kansas Department of Labor indicates the August unemployment rate of 3.8% was unchanged from July and up a tenth of a percentage point from August 2024 as Kansas' labor force participation increased to 67%.Total non-farm payroll declined by 4.700 from... Read More.

Kansas Unemployment up Slightly from a Year Ago

Preliminary data from the Kansas Department of Labor indicates the August unemployment rate of 3.8% was unchanged from July and up a tenth of a percentage point from August 2024 as Kansas' labor force participation increased to 67%.Total non-farm payroll declined by 4.700 from... Read More.

Mastermind McPherson County Shares Concerns, Strengths

McPHERSON, Kan. — While economic confidence is low in McPherson County, there is a lot of interest in business development. That is one of the findings from the 2025 Mastermind McPherson County survey, county-wide results of which were shared during a summit at the... Read More.

Boil Water Advisory Rescinded for Northeast Hutchinson

HUTCHINSON, Kan. — The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) has rescinded the boil water advisory that was issued on 9/17 for several neighborhoods in northeast Hutchinson.Laboratory testing results show that the water is now safe to drink. Residents no longer need to... Read More.

Area Man to be Inducted into National Agricultural Hall of Fame

Michael Hinton, a Newton native now living in Hutchinson, has been selected for this year’s class of the National Agricultural Hall of Fame. A lifelong antique tractor preservationist, Hinton is devoted to honoring America’s farming heritage and the generations who worked the land.In 2024,... Read More.