3+ hour, 44+ min ago  (291+ words) Great Bend Tribune Hoisington Public Library, 169 S. Walnut, Hoisington will host "William Allen White and the KKK in Kansas," at 10 a. m. on July 11, a presentation and discussion by Beverley Olson Buller. Members of the community are invited to attend the free program....

2+ hour ago  (663+ words) At the center of the financing logic behind a STAR Bond project is a simple premise: the project has to generate visitors " and ideally, visitors from outside Great Bend. That's not just the city's goal. It's the state's requirement. The…...

3+ hour, 36+ min ago  (294+ words) Across Kansas and the rural Midwest, a strange resistance has begun to take shape among some conservatives who should know better: opposition to data centers. Some worry about power demand. Some worry about water use. Some distrust Big Tech companies....

23+ hour, 2+ min ago  (292+ words) One might be surprised at the number of pipelines that criss-cross Barton County and the rest of the state, said Greg Alexander of Northern Natural Gas. Most are underground, and out sight and out of mind. Alexander presented an update…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago  (461+ words) The speakers were Judge Karen Arnold-Burger, Kansas Court of Appeals, and Logan Stenseng, from the nonpartisan advocacy organization Kansas Appleseed. The speakers shared talking points from both side of the issue, but encouraged people to vote "no" and asked for…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago  (292+ words) Great Bend Tribune Hoisington Public Library, 169 S. Walnut, will host "William Allen White and the KKK in Kansas," a presentation and discussion by Beverley Olson Buller, at 10 a. m. on July 11. Members of the community are invited to attend the free program. Contact…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago  (316+ words) The United States has supposedly had a "War on Drugs" ever since the times of then-President Richard Nixon. It has been an abject failure. It is no longer an issue confined to "hippies", but a scatterbrained three-way polarization in our…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago  (488+ words) It's top and center on the Great Bend Tribune's fourth page: Opinion. And right above this column in the paper is the word "Viewpoint." And my name is there, too. Someone's name is attached to every piece that goes on…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago  (836+ words) Filmmaker Aaron Mull was back visiting his hometown for the premiere of his most recent film. "Squatch," which Mull directed, opened to a full house at the Golden Belt Cinema 6 on June 8. Mull's most recent endeavor is about park rangers…...

5+ day, 52+ min ago  (198+ words) An open-air tent revival is taking place this week at 242 U. S. 281, Great Bend. The "Hope for My City" gathering mirrors the evangelical revivals that happened across the South in the 1800s, with a big tent for anyone who wishes to attend. The…...