Tag: cold weather
Utility bills are about to jump significantly for Iolans. Iola city officials announced Thursday they are bumping up electric charges associated with the bitterly cold temperatures that blanketed the area over a two-week stretch in…
HUMBOLDT — Help is on the way. A bill signed by Gov. Laura Kelly Wednesday could ease the immediate burden Humboldt faces from its utilities-based financial crisis. Recall, rate increases on natural gas during the…
TOPEKA — Kansas lawmakers moved with lightning speed Wednesday to pass legislation providing $100 million in low-interest loans to cities facing high utility bills as a result of last month’s extreme cold. The House and…
Think it’s been cold and gross this week? Imagine being a Kansas pioneer during the blizzard of 1886. In early January, just weeks before Kansas’ 25th birthday, the state was blasted by a snowstorm the…
Working in miserable conditions is nothing new for city employees. Iola Water Department employees had the “pleasure” of dealing with single-digit temperatures as they repaired a water main break in downtown Iola Tuesday afternoon. But…
The winter weather that has overwhelmed power grids unprepared for climate change and left millions without electricity in record-breaking cold kept its grip on the nation’s midsection Wednesday. At least 20 people have died, some…
When Tasha Goddard’s pipes froze at her house this weekend, she didn’t call a repair company. She called her girlfriends. Alexis Laird and Tessa Borjon jumped into action. They traveled to the store to pick…
The bitter cold is throwing a monkey into area basketball schedules. Iola High’s games Friday at Anderson County were pushed back to this week. The Fillies will play Saturday afternoon in Garnett at 2 p.m.,…
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A sprawling blast of winter weather across the U.S. is likely to blame for the deaths of two people in Texas, where an unusually snowy emergency Monday knocked out power for…
