Category Archives: News
Flint Hills Smoke Management Tool to activate Sunday
On Sunday, the Kansas Department of Health and Environment activates the Kansas smoke modeling tool. The computer model, available at the Flint Hills Smoke Management Plan website at ksfire.org, lets ...
Feb 28, 2026 Kansas Department of Health and Environment graphic.
Visible progress evident as Olpe Fitness Park continues
Progress is visible as Olpe's Fitness Park project continues to take shape. Since November, work has centered on Olpe High School's football stadium. Fitness Park Committee member and spokesman Tyler ...
Feb 28, 2026 Olpe Fitness Park Committee photo.
Total lunar eclipse taking place early Tuesday
If the cloud deck parts Monday night and early Tuesday morning, you will see a full lunar eclipse. Emporia State University doesn't have a formal watch event on campus, but Peterson Planetarium Direct...
Feb 28, 2026 Mark Brown/Emporia State University.
Winter weather advisory to start at noon Sunday for Morris, Wabaunsee counties
Wintry weather is poised to make a return to parts of the KVOE listening area, albeit brief. The National Weather Service has issued a winter weather advisory for Morris and Wabaunsee counties from no...
Feb 28, 2026 National Weather Service graphic.
Current Rapid Response effort now targets ABZ Valve, other recently-displaced workers in addition to Hopkins
Emporia's Rapid Response Task Force met Friday to discuss plans to help employees at Hopkins -- and other area employers -- that either have been or will be displaced by different business decisions. ...
Feb 27, 2026 Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
Road Y-5 reopens near Hartford after semi wreck
Lyon County Road Y-5 reopened to traffic several hours after a non-injury crash involving a semi. Y-5 was closed for around five hours for cleanup. 11:45 am Friday Lyon County deputies say a semi cras...
Feb 27, 2026 Google Maps image.
With severe weather season at hand, Storm Prediction Center updates graphic forecasts
Severe spring weather season isn't officially upon us yet -- only because it isn't March. However, the National Weather Service in Kansas is marking Severe Weather Awareness Week all next week, and be...
Feb 27, 2026 Storm Prediction Center graphic.
NRH patient traffic, resulting revenues below expectations in January
January finances did not develop as budgeted at Newman Regional Health. At the monthly Board of Trustees meeting on Wednesday, the hospital reported a net loss of over $630,000, which was unfavorable ...
Feb 27, 2026 Newman Regional Health CEO Cathy Pimple discusses the January 2026 financial numbers at the February 2026 Board of Trustees meeting. Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
First and Exchange closed as Southeast Transmission project continues
Emporia's Southeast Transmission waterline replacement project continues pushing east at this time. Work began Thursday at First and Exchange, closing that intersection through at least mid-March. Fir...
Feb 27, 2026 Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
Kansas House passes annual 3-percent-increase property tax cap bill
The Kansas House has passed legislation designed to cap property tax increases at the county level. House Bill 2745 is designed to limit annual property tax increases to 3 percent over the prior year....
Feb 27, 2026 KVOE News file photo.
