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The Mid-Continent Public Library has selected a site for an additional library in Independence, which would be known as the East Independence branch. The East Independence branch, one of the last projects funded by the Prop L sales tax approved by voters in 2016, would be built in the next of couple years on five acres at Little Blue Parkway and Heartland Drive in southeast Independence.

From The Examiner during the week of Feb. 21- 26, 1972: • “NO CITY, COUNTY CONSOLIDATION” – Consolidation of county and city services under the new county charter has neither been considered nor recommended by the Jackson County Charter Transition Commission because there is “no sentiment for it,” Richard H.

Winter sports enthusiasts have found a new normal in COVID-19 times at Breckenridge, Colorado, one of North America’s most popular destinations for skiers and riders from around the world. We visited the first week in February when a snowstorm left fresh powder across the five-peak resort in Colorado’s Rocky Mountains, and shopkeepers breathed easier with the expiration of Summit County’s mask mandate. The masking requirement for entry into shops and restaurants expired in late January, though you still need to cover your mouth and nose and show proof of vaccination up on the mountain to enter slopeside restaurants.

The world lost a hero this week, one of the greatest men in his generation, and I doubt most of you even know who he is. I first discovered Dr.

Stacy Manning and Anthony Locke have been chosen as the Rotary Students of the Month for Truman High School. Anthony has played baseball and participated in the Tru Crew and the Relay for Life committee while in high school.

Kim Meneses is accustomed to excellence in her Fort Osage High School art class. Works by her students hang in homes and galleries across the country, and one painting hangs in the Governor's Mansion in Jefferson City.