The Barton Music Department will host its annual Endowment Concert to raise funds for music student scholarships at 7:30 p.m. May 9 in the Fine Arts Auditorium.

The drought monitor report as of April 9 is showing conditions moving from no dryness to abnormally dry for much of Southwest Kansas and we are still mostly abnormally dry. Moderate drought is expanding in the central part of the state. 

Barton Community College’s Agriculture department invites interested students to learn about career opportunities at the Career Expo from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. on April 10 in the new Ag and Transportation Complex.

Compared to the last several years, we do have some soil moisture.  Some of our area is out of drought, Barton is abnormally dry, and east of Barton county we find moderate drought and a few small areas of severe drought.