Category Archives: News
Department of Veterans Affairs highlighting "Whole Health" approach to veteran care
Though the program has been active for quite some time, outreach regarding the "Whole Health" approach to veteran care has been ramping up in recent months through the Department of Veterans Affairs. ...
Mar 4, 2023 US Department of Veterans Affairs logo.
EFOZ Roundup Auction generates over $125,000
Over the past two years, the Emporia Friends of the Zoo's annual Roundup Auction has generated more than $250,000 for zoo operations. That included over $125,000 at Friday's auction at the Fairgrounds...
Mar 4, 2023 Photo by Chuck Samples/KVOE News
WEATHER: Borderline moderate rainfall totals areawide
Moderate rain again came to the KVOE listening area Friday morning: *KVOE studios: 0.40 inches *Emporia Municipal Airport: 0.33 inches *3 miles east of Emporia Municipal Airport: 0.27 inches *1100 blo...
Mar 4, 2023 KVOE News file photo.
Emporia State's Bonner and Bonner Diversity Lecture Series speaker shares the importance of telling life stories to promote leadership
Everyone has a story to share, listening and learning from it can promote leadership in the community. The Emporia State University Annual Bonner and Bonner Diversity Lecture Series presented Thursday...
Mar 3, 2023 Assistant Professor of Teacher Education at the University of Nebraska at Omaha Dr. Ferial Pearson presented her topic of "The Power of Story and the Danger of Absence" at the Bonner and Bonner Diversity Lecture Series Thursday evening. Photos by Ana Valdez / KVOE News
United Way of the Flint Hills recognizing several upcoming projects through new Racial Equity Grant program
Innovation may be the best word to describe the multiple projects benefiting from the United Way of the Flint Hills newest grant program. Recently, KVOE announced the agency had selected the first rec...
Mar 3, 2023 Photo courtesy of Mickey Edwards/United Way of the Flint Hills.
Newman Regional Health getting set for special blood drive
Community members are invited to a special combination blood drive and highlight event at Newman Regional Health next week. The hospital will be teaming with the American Red Cross to host the blood d...
Mar 3, 2023 Newman Regional Health Courtesy Image
Baird ready for new title, new responsibilities at USD 386 Madison-Virgil
As her education career has developed, Tammy Baird says she didn't consider being a superintendent until recently -- and it wasn't originally her idea. After serving as Madison-Virgil's junior-senior ...
Mar 3, 2023 Tammy Baird. Courtesy photo.
Prescribed burn season underway at Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve
The prescribed burn season is underway at the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve, and The Nature Conservancy is among the groups helping to organize the controlled burn process again this year. On KV...
Mar 3, 2023 Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve photo.
USDA reminding producers of commodity safety net enrollment deadline
Ag producers across Lyon and surrounding counties are being reminded to enroll in the US Department of Agriculture's commodity safety net programs -- and to do so as soon as possible. Producers who ha...
Mar 3, 2023 US Department of Agriculture logo.
Iowa man hurt in Thursday crash near Lyndon
One person was hurt in a crash in central Osage County on Thursday afternoon. The Kansas Highway Patrol says the crash happened on US Highway 75 about three miles south of Lyndon shortly after 2 pm. T...
Mar 3, 2023 KVOE News file photo.
