Trees provide many benefits to the environment and our health and well-being. These long-lived members of our landscapes and communities provide shade, help reduce energy costs, clean the air we breathe, prevent soil erosion and…

Recent improvements at Allen County Airport have given the facility a fresh face and increasingly sophisticated technology for area pilots. And with newly installed water and sewer access, 75 acres of land for an industrial…

Discussion of tap fees for electric, gas, and water utilities took center stage at Iola City Council’s Monday meeting. Utility tap fees are charges for connecting an electric, gas or water line to a property.…

As fires continue to burn across Los Angeles, several utilities have declared their drinking water unsafe until extensive testing can prove otherwise. A warmer, drier climate means wildfires are getting worse, and encroaching on cities…

Construction has begun on homes in Cedarbrook Third Addition. A cement slab has been poured for the first house in the development with further construction to ensue in the next two weeks. Lakeview Investment Properties,…

Out with the old and in with the new. The City of Iola is revamping the format of its utility bills to an estimated 5,000 customers. The post card is being replaced with a single…

Utilities would be prohibited from taking private land using eminent domain to build solar farms under legislation Kansas lawmakers weighed Monday. Eminent domain authority allows governments or utility companies to take private property for public…

Cost was the main concern among Iola Council members with a proposed drop-off recycling program presented Monday. The evening’s discussion was the second of its kind since the Council has decided to offer a recycling…

Heeding the warning of “start small,” Iola Council members agreed to a phased approach to recycling Monday evening. Members discussed the potential of establishing a city-run recycling utility, agreeing it would be best to start…

Most U.S. cities would have to replace lead water pipes within 10 years under strict new rules proposed by the Environmental Protection Agency as the Biden administration moves to reduce lead in drinking water and…