Kansas Transportation Secretary Julie Lorenz was in Welda Friday for a groundbreaking ceremony for pending improvements on U.S. 169 in Anderson County. Starting in March, crews will begin rebuilding or repairing more than 7 miles…

Highway officials are aware the exits to Humboldt off U.S. 169 are not lighted, but gave no indication as to when they will be repaired. That’s the short — and probably unsatisfactory answer — to…

A combination of plummeting temperatures with intermittent spells of freezing rain combined to make brutal driving conditions in Allen County this morning. Here, a tractor-trailer rig dangles over the railing of the Neosho River bridge…

(This is second in a two-part series about the U.S. 169 rebuild south of Iola. For part 1, see here.)   When the shortest distance between two points is closed, drivers will find creative alternatives.…

A portion of U.S. 169 will be closed to local traffic south of Humboldt starting Tuesday. The Kansas Department of Transportation announced Thursday the highway north of the Chanute-Humboldt road will be closed for about…

Repairs to the Minnesota Road overpass crossing U.S. 169 south of Iola will lead to minor delays for motorists, the Kansas Department of Transportation announced Wednesday. Work will begin Monday to repair the bridge deck.…

To answer Humboldt resident Larry Mendoza?s question, ?Why weren?t there any updates or maintenance on local two-lane roads before closing portions of 169?? the short answer is: Don?t know, but hindsight is 20-20. When KDOT…

HUMBOLDT — At 10:30 Tuesday morning five southbound semis consecutively drove into Humboldt on Ninth Street, once the route of U.S.169. Old 169 has been used extensively as an unofficial detour while the highway is…

Darrin Petrowsky, local KDOT engineer, told commissioners Tuesday morning the second phase of U.S. 169’s rebuild, about 2.6 miles between Hawaii and Delaware roads east of Humboldt, should be completed in April. “I don’t know…

U.S. 169 will allow southbound traffic between Minnesota and Hawaii roads once the road reconstruction project enters its second phase at the end of this week. On Tuesday, the Register reported the new phase, which will…