Evergy, the state’s largest and primary electricity provider, wants to increase its rates charged to customers despite posting record profits. As part of the merger of Kansas City Power and Light and Westar Energy, Evergy…

Extending infrastructure to allow for development in north Iola will be a bit pricier than expected. Iola City Council members will discuss bids on Monday for extending a street into what will be known as…

TOPEKA — With anger rising statewide about bigger electric bills, lawmakers advanced a proposal that would limit Evergy’s ability to recoup construction costs from customers’ wallets. “No one got exactly what they wanted, but I…

HUMBOLDT — Residents of the county’s second-largest city also have noticed higher utility bills, even though the city handles its utilities a little differently than Iola, Cole Herder, Humboldt’s city administrator, said. The city charges…

A local recycling effort is getting a boost from Iola officials. City Council members approved Monday a pair of requests from Allen County Recycling, a local non-profit organization that takes in a number of recyclable…

It will cost nearly $1.3 million to extend utilities and streets to accommodate development on another swath of the old Cedarbrook Golf Course in north Iola. The street work would take up the bulk of…

HUMBOLDT — Stubborn natural gas prices mean Humboldt needs to add $200,000 to its gas utility fund, Cole Herder, city administrator, told council members at Monday night’s meeting. “I didn’t anticipate the natural gas rates…

TOPEKA — The Kansas Corporation Commission issued orders requiring retail residential ratepayers to bear the brunt of $622 million in extraordinary costs absorbed by public utilities to buy natural gas during a brutal cold snap…

LAHARPE — LaHarpe will apply for a $1.4 million loan to begin improving the city’s water system. City Council members capped an extended, and occasionally testy, discussion Wednesday by applying for the loan from the…

Iolans have another way to pay their utility bills, City Clerk Roxanne Hutton noted Monday. Customers can manage their utility account and pay through the city’s text messaging service. The service is set up by…