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My HealtheVet is changing the way veterans sign in. More than 7,500 veterans in the VA Eastern Kansas HealthCare System (VA EKHCS), who regularly use My HealtheVet, may be impacted.

Have you ever wished that you could become a history maker? Leavenworth is rich in history of all kinds. When you visit any of the seven museums in Leavenworth, Lansing or Fort Leavenworth, you will find that each is unique in its focus on the past.

Local residents may be contacted for a survey that is being conducted on behalf of the Leavenworth County Port Authority.

Leavenworth County has a new representative on the governing board for the Kansas City Area Transportation Authority. When they met this week, county commissioners voted to remove former County Commissioner Vicky Kaaz as the county's representative on the KCATA board.

Unintended consequences of a proposed Kansas law ending observance of daylight saving time appeared likely to undermine an effort in the Legislature to permanently place the state on standard time starting in November.Under Senate Bill 1, if approved by the House and Senate and signed into law by Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly, the state would cling to standard time year-round starting 2 a.m.

The Leavenworth County Port Authority recently sold two lots in the Urban Hess Business Center in Tonganoxie to Croucher and Associates for Wind Electrical Construction Supply. The company plans to build a 25,000 square foot storage and distribution facility to supply large cable reels to companies like Black and Veatch and Kiewit Corporation, both of which do business nationally and have a large presence in the Kansas City area, according to a news release from the Leavenworth County Development Corporation.

Leavenworth County commissioners may expand the amount of time they allow for public comment at the beginning of their meetings.