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The Montgomery County Board of Commissioners met for their regular meeting on Monday, May 13. They met to discuss the Department of Corrections walk-in freezer, County Administrator interviews, expanding the Dearing fire station, public transportation and budget discussions for the County Attorney’s Office and the Health Department.

Higher education, civic, and economic development leaders from western Kansas gathered on the campus of Fort Hays State University on May 1 for a wideranging discussion that explored potential opportunities for strengthening relationships between higher education and workforce development in western Kansas. Fort Hays State University and strategic affiliation initiative partners North Central Kansas Tech College and Northwest Kansas Technical College hosted the event.

Coffeyville resident Heather Renae Rogers graduated from the University of Central Oklahoma (UCO) with a Master of Science degree in Forensic Science-Molecular Biology as a part of the spring 2024 class, which included 1,464 students from throughout Oklahoma, the country and world.

Kansas health officials have selected three health care insurance companies to manage the state’s privatized Medicaid system after conducting the selection process for the first time in six years. These managed care organizations will serve Kan-Care, the state’s system for the federal Medicaid program. In a Tuesday contract announcement, Kansas Department of Health and Environment officials said the determination process focused on the needs of the 458,000 Kansans enrolled for services.

COFFEYVILLE FIRST NAZARENE Come! Worship the Lord this Sunday with Coffeyville First Nazarene located at 2300 W First Street. Sunday School starts at 9:45 with classes for all ages.

U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) and U.S. Senator Tina Smith (D-Minn.) introduced legislation to expand access to federal resources for rural hospitals through the Rural Emergency Hospital (REH) Medicare designation.