Kingman County News

Attendance: Present: Mayor Winsor, Vice Mayor Kaufman, Commissioners Wollen, McFarland, and Arensdorf are all present. City Staff consisted of Clerk Bieghler, Captain Ontiveros, Director Schrag, and Inspector Hendrixson. Call to Order: Mayor Winsor called the meeting...

Kingman Healthcare Center has announced that it has been named a 2025 Human Experience (HX) Guardian of Excellence Award winner by Press Ganey, the global leader in healthcare experience solutions and services. This award is part...

A 70-year-old woman who was arrested in September 2025 in connection with the death of her mother entered a guilty to plea on two charges against her during a hearing at Kingman County District Court Friday...

John Deardoff has started his duties as interim city manager for Kingman. He will be working with the city while the Kansas League of Municipalities conducts a search for a permanent city manager. Deardoff was hired...

The USD 331 Board of Education Monday night accepted a bid from AP Roofing to do roof replacement on multiple school buildings. The vote was 6-0 with board member Errica Parsons removing herself from discussion of...

The Kingman Middle-High School track needs to be replaced and, while USD 331 has the money to cover the cost, it will make it difficult for the district to address other capital outlay projects. During Monday’s...

County resident Alan Albers, a member of the Red Hills Water District Advisory Board, spoke to Kingman County commissioners Monday about nitrate levels in water and changes that might be coming about safety levels. The Red...

Kingman Fire Chief Shae Brooks visited with the Kingman County commissioners Monday about Active 911, a notification system that allows fire department members to receive dispatch calls through their cellphones. She said that county departments currently...

Vice Mayor Travis Kaufman expressed his concerns about the reserve funds being depleted during Thursday’s Kingman city commission meeting. Kaufman said, in looking at what was budgeted for 2026, the city projected to spend $1.6 million...

The city of Kingman will have to raise water and sewer fees to ensure it can properly meet its expenditures and ensure it doesn’t have to dip too much into reserves. That was the result of...