Barton Community College’s 56th commencement is set for 7 p.m. Friday, May 15 in the Barton Gymnasium. The ceremony will also ...

Not everyone can donate blood. Currently, only three out of every 100 people in America do. And those who can donate a unit (pint) of blood can do so only every 56 days. But as every 2 seconds someone ...

Road construction is going on west of Ellinwood on U.S. 56. Construction runs from the Y in Ellinwood to just east of ...

Twenty-seven students earning high school diplomas were honored Tuesday at the Barton County Academy graduation ceremony.

The Barton County Sheriff’s Office reported that a traffic stop resulted in a suspect’s arrest on drug charges on Saturday, ...

Great Bend Alive, the downtown arm of Great Bend Economic Development (GBED), is to hold the Fridays on Forest season opener this Friday from 5-10 p.m. The kickoff event will take place on Forest ...

Lieutenant Governor and Secretary of Commerce David Toland announced the return of the popular Sunflower Summer program for ...

Standing at left is Jordan Keil, a new officer with the Great Bend Police Department. He was introduced to the City Council Monday night by Police Chief Steve Haulmark, standing at right. Keil is a ...

Lynda Schadel, St. Rose Health Center admissions supervisor, displays the new patient portal application form. My St. Rose Patient Portal allows patients and caregivers convenient online access to ...

WICHITA – Charges were filed Friday against Dr. Mark Fesen and the Hutchinson Clinic for illegally billing Medicare and the insurance company Tricare for more than $30 million in unnecessary cancer, ...

I was saddened and disheartened to read the “bad apples” editorial in the Saturday edition of the Great Bend Tribune penned by the paper’s special assignment reporter Andrew Murphy. It appears Murphy, ...

This photo shows the power plant building for Midwest Energy during the summer of 2025. The decommissioned plant at 1025 Patton Road was torn down last week Great Bend saw a wave of construction and ...