TOPEKA — Representatives of Thrive Allen County and Thrive Kansas were at the state Capitol Wednesday for the Kansas Legislature’s first hearings on Medicaid expansion in four years.  Jenny Tatman, assistant director of Thrive Kansas,…

Thrive Allen County will host a Community Conversation in Humboldt at 6 p.m., March 26. The Tuesday evening meeting will be held in the Humboldt High School cafeteria at 1020 New York St. Humboldt residents…

Allen County received an influx of $4.9 million in grant funding over the past year, seeing growth and economic development in 2023. Lisse Regehr, CEO of Thrive Allen County, noted this and other successes during…

CARLYLE — Potholes are just upside-down speed bumps, Carlyle residents humorously noted.  The light-hearted banter helped bridge their complaints about the state of their roads at Tuesday night’s Community Conversation hosted by Thrive Allen County. …

This Tuesday’s conversation at Iola High School organized by Thrive Allen County’s high school interns brought around 300 students together to imagine what could be different and how things could improve in their hometown. It’s…

Among 30 Iola High School students, all but two said they plan to leave the area after graduation. “What would it take to bring you back?” Patrick Zirjacks, with Thrive Allen County, asked. Their answers…

“If it bleeds it leads,” is a time-tested, and unfortunate, truism in the news industry. Try as we might to cast the area in a positive light, the Register’s most-read stories for 2023 involved car…

The gift-giving spirit of the holidays visited three area non-profits, courtesy of the Health Forward Foundation. Thrive Allen County, the City of LaHarpe, and Hope Unlimited each received substantial grants to help enhance their outreach. …

State crews loaded with chainsaws and skid steers arrived at Lehigh Portland State Park this week to cull unwanted trees and vegetation.  “We’re removing some cedars and other invasive species to let the good stuff…

HUMBOLDT — In an effort to attract more employees, Humboldt council members agreed to give an across-the-board 83-cent per hour raise for 2024. The increase raises the city’s overall payroll by about 4%, said Cole…