By John Mesh The boys golf teams from Hutchinson Trinity Catholic and Hutchinson Central Christian placed first and second at the Nickerson Invitational Monday at the par-72 Crazy Horse Sports Club and Golf Course. The club is located three miles north of Hutchinson. The Trinity Celtics placed first
CAPTION: The construction site of the new Hilton Garden Inn, located at 1715 North Waldron St. CREDIT MICHAEL GLENN/THE HUTCHINSON TRIBUNE By Michael Glenn The new Hilton Garden Inn is expected to be completed around the end of summer, opening 112 new rooms for visitors to the
This week, several countywide economic development and conservation district budgets are on the Reno County Commission’s agenda.
The Reno County Conservation District, Greater Hutch Economic Development and StartUp Hutch 2026 budgets headline the meeting.
The commission will revisit an operating agreement with Brush Up Reno and sign a proclamation for Crime Victims Rights Week.
The commissioners have scheduled a discussion regarding solar regulations in the county’s unzoned areas.
The meeting agenda packet is available here on the county website.
The Reno County Commission meets the second, fourth and fifth Wednesdays of each month beginning at 9 a.m. in the Veterans Room at the Reno County Courthouse.
This week, several countywide economic development and conservation district budgets are on the Reno County Commission's agenda. The Reno County Conservation District, Greater Hutch Economic Development and StartUp Hutch 2026 budgets headline the meeting. The commission will revisit an operating agreement with Brush Up Reno and sign
By John Mesh The Hutchinson Community College softball team swept a pair of non-league run-rule games from the Friends University junior varsity Sunday afternoon at Fun Valley and extended their winning streak to 18 straight games. Hutchinson won the first game 8-0 (5 innings, run-rule) and the
By John Mesh Led by Cael Kooiman’s first-place individual performance and three other players in the top 10 (six total in the top 22), the Hutchinson Central Christian Cougar boys ran away with the Solomon Invitational golf tournament team title. The tournament took place at the GreatLife Golf Course
Thursday Apr 10 “A Library For All: Treasures of the Library of Congress,” at the Hutchinson Public Library, 901 N Main St. Free and open to the public. Workshops begin at 10:30 a.m. and run on the half hour through 6:30 p.m. To view the workshop
By Michael Glenn The Library of Congress will be visiting the Hutchinson Public Library Thursday, April 10, as part of the "A Library for All: Treasurers of the Library of Congress" program. The event will host workshops and events concerning genealogy, veterans’ history, newspaper research and more.
By Gina Long
The Kansas Legislature is currently recessed and scheduled to return on April 10 to finish out what may go down in history as one of the top five least effective sessions.
Voters in November told candidates loudly and clearly that they wanted property tax relief. Skyrocketing property valuations and homeowners insurance premiums are pricing people out of their homes and into an expensive and predatory rental market.
Candidates trumpeted loudly from soap boxes, stages, farmers’ markets, and front doors about how they would lower property taxes. They double pinkie promised in every glossy postcard and YouTube ad.
Incumbents and new candidates shouted from the rooftops that “this time” they *really* were going to do something about property taxes.
Yet, once again, they whiffed.
What did they do instead?
These are this taxpayer’s takeaways from this year’s session:
You have limited precious time to step up this session and help us, especially as looming tariffs will continue to squeeze working families and those on fixed incomes.
You can do it. The question is, do you really want to?
By Gina Long The Kansas Legislature is currently recessed and scheduled to return on April 10 to finish out what may go down in history as one of the top five least effective sessions. Voters in November told candidates loudly and clearly that they wanted property tax
The Hutchinson High School girls soccer team posted a 3-0 record at the Wichita South Titan Classic and outscored their opponents 10-0 on Sat., Apr. 5, 2025. (Photo courtesy of Melissa Newton Loepp). By John Mesh The Hutchinson Salthawk girls soccer team defeated the Wichita East Blue
CAPTION: Walnut date coffee cake has a great combination of flavors, from the hints of stone fruit with the dates to the nuttiness of the walnuts and the sweet bitterness of the coffee. By Lindsey Young I’ve struggled over the years with the definition of coffeecake. Generally speaking,
