2+ week, 5+ day ago   (491+ words) By JOHN P TRETBARNews from the Oil Patch Loosening the rules for ships traveling port-to-port in the United States has led to a spike in petroleum shipments between those ports. Since March, the government has waived enforcement of the Jones…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (634+ words) The uncertain trading on Wall Street followed two days of big gains that gave the week and August a strong start. Several big technology companies slumped, though, ultimately weighing down the market. The S&P 500 fell 12.97 points, or 0.2%, to close…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (409+ words) By ALIN HETTHays Post Related Story: Ellis County to join ACCESS funding task force; public transport seeing budget shortfall. Ellis County commissioners discussed restoring a proposed $50,000 allocation for ACCESS Transportation during Tuesday's budget review, saying the funding could help the…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (744+ words) By BECKY KISERHays Post Hays city commissioners made no changes to the requested funds from outside agencies in the 2027 draft budget during their discussion at Thursday's work session. "As you know, we have one of the lowest mill levies (24.381 mills)…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago   (320+ words) By BECKY KISERHays Post Hays city commissioners will take a closer look at outside agency funding requests made for city funding next year. Thursday's work session will include the second overview of the proposed 2027 budget by Collin Bielser, deputy city…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago   (739+ words) The Hays USD 489 school board approved a notice of its intent to exceed the revenue-neutral rate for its FY27 budget at its meeting Monday night. Last fiscal year, the school district levied $22,555,824 in taxes with a mill rate of 53.618. This year,…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago   (710+ words) By JOHN P. TRETBAREagle Media The U.S. extends a streak started eight years ago when we became the world's leading crude oil producer. U.S. crude production tops 13.8 million barrels a day for the third week in a row, rising 50,000 barrels a day this…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (622+ words) By John P. Tretbar OPEC is on the horns of a dilemma: dramatically increase production and thus drop prices, or face the loss of more of its members. Now that crude-oil tanker traffic in the Strait of Hormuz is ramping up,…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (814+ words) By ALIN HETTHays Post Property values in Ellis County continued to increase in 2026, but declines in oil valuations and personal property assessments largely offset those gains, leaving the county's overall assessed valuation almost unchanged from a year ago. Eugene Rupp,…...

2+ mon, 4+ week ago   (646+ words) The S&P 500 rose 1.7% on hopes that this time, the announcement of an Iran-U.S. agreement will mean a long-term fix to a conflict that has worsened inflation around the world. The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 468 points, or 0.9%, to a…...