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12-31-02 = State Issues Emergency Suspension of Child Care Provider 12-31-02
12-31-02 = Kansas Safe Kids Coalition Presents Awards
12-30-02 = KDHE Updates Health Data Query System
12-19-02 = Stay Safe in Your Winter Wonderland
12-18-02 = State Lifts Admissions Prohibition at Ottawa Retirement Plaza
12-18-02 = Alterra Clare Bridge of Wichita Fined $2,500 - KDHE Lifts Ban on Admissions
12-17-02 = Kids in the Kitchen: A Recipe for Safety
12-17-02 = Toy Story: Safety Sells
12-17-02 = Decorate with Care for "The Most - Wonderful Time of the Year"
12-13-02 = KDHE Ready To Carry Out Federal Smallpox Vaccination Plan - Program Will Be Voluntary
12-12-02 = KDHE Requests Public Comment on Landfill Modification in Lincoln Co.
12-12-02 = Kansans Rewarded For Recycling Efforts
12-12-02 = State Lifts Admissions Prohibition at Ashford Place
12-10-02 = Teen Pregnancy Rates Decreasing
12-09-02 = Ottawa Retirement Plaza Fined $10,000
12-06-02 = KDHE To Conduct Public Hearings on Kansas Water Quality Standards
12-05-02 = State Prohibits Alterra Clare Bridge of Wichita from Admitting New Residents
12-05-02 = Four Additional Cases of Human West Nile Virus - Two Cases Test Negative for West Nile Virus
12-05-02 = MEDIA ADVISORY: KDHE Issues Fines for Kansas Food Code Violations
11-27-02 = Six Additional Cases of Human West Nile in Kansas
11-27-02 = Ancient Dragon in Fort Scott Remains Closed Under Court Order - Violations Remain After KDHE Re-Inspection
11-27-02 = MEDIA ADVISORY: KDHE Issues Fines for Kansas Food Code Violations 11-27-02
11-25-02 = State Prohibits Ashford Place from Admitting New Residents - $2000 Fine Imposed on the Overland Park Facility
11-25-02 = KDHE Recommends Getting Flu Shot Before Peak Flu Season - CDC Lowers Age of High Risk Category from 65 to 50
11-25-02 = State Prohibits Ottawa Retirement Plaza from Admitting New Residents
11-25-02 = State Lifts Admissions Prohibition at Country Club Estates
11-22-02 = KDHE Responds to Accusations Against Child Care Specialist
11-21-02 = Thanksgiving Meal Safety Tips
11-21-02 = MEDIA ADVISORY: KDHE Issues Fines for Kansas Food Code Violations 11-21-02
11-18-02 = Two Illegal Dumps Cleaned Up In Rice County
11-15-02 = KDHE Allows King Buffet in Salina to Reopen
11-15-02 = State Lifts Admissions Prohibition at Alterra Sterling House of Abilene
11-15-02 = State Prohibits Shadowlands from Admitting New Residents
11-14-02 = KDHE Recommends Waivers for Two Physicians to Practice in Kansas - PRESIDENT SIGNS ACT ALLOWING EXPANSION OF STATE J-1 WAIVER PROGRAM
11-13-02 = MEDIA ADVISORY: KDHE Issues Fines for Kansas Food Code Violations 11-13-02
11-13-02 = KDHE Orders Salina Restaurant to Close
11-13-02 = Additional Case of Human West Nile Virus in Kansas - Patient lives in Johnson County
11-12-02 = State Lifts Admissions Prohibition at Wellsville Manor
11-08-02 = Kansas Seeks Clean Sweep of Agricultural Pesticides - Farmers and Ranchers Can Dispose of Pesticides in Free Program
11-08-02 = KDHE Requests Public Comment for Source-Separated Organic Waste Compost Facility in Dodge City
11-07-02 = MEDIA ADVISORY: KDHE Issues Fines for Kansas Food Code Violations 11-07-02
11-07-02 = Two New Cases of Human West Nile Virus - Three other cases are negative for West Nile Virus
11-06-02 = KDHE Requests Public Comment Period for Proposed Landfill near Parsons
11-06-02 = KDHE Requests Public Comment for Proposed Landfill in Pittsburg
11-06-02 = KDHE Partnership To Bring Meth Awareness Program Statewide
11-04-02 = State Issues Emergency Suspension of Child Care Provider 11-04-02
11-01-02 = State Prohibits Alterra Sterling House of Abilene from Admitting New Residents
11-01-02 = State Prohibits Country Club Estates from Admitting New Residents
11-01-02 = State Prohibits Wellsville Manor Care Center from Admitting New Residents
11-01-02 = Harvest Inn Ordered to Close in Larned
11-01-02 = MEDIA ADVISORY: KDHE Issues Fines for Kansas Food Code Violations 11-01-02
10-31-02 = Kansas Safe Kids Coalition Receives National Awards
10-30-02 = Take Safety to the Street this Halloween
10-24-02 = KDHE Warns of Undetected Dangers of Radon in Kansas Homes - Governor Graves Proclaims Radon Action Week Oct. 20-26
10-24-02 = KDHE Requests Public Comments on Proposed Landfill in Olathe
10-23-02 = Boil Water Advisory Lifted for City of Toronto
10-23-02 = De Dee's I-70 Public Water Supply Fined
10-23-02 = Bar & Grill Ordered to Close in Moscow, KS
10-22-02 = State Issues Emergency Suspension of Child Care Provider 10-22-02
10-22-02 = KDHE Issues Boil Water Advisory for City of Toronto Customers
10-21-02 = MEDIA ADVISORY: KDHE Issues Fines for Kansas Food Code Violations 10-21-02
10-19-02 = Boil Water Advisory Lifted for City of Elgin
10-18-02 = Country Kitchen In Hays Ordered To Close
10-17-02 = Boil Water Advisory Issued for the City of Elgin
10-17-02 = MEDIA ADVISORY: KDHE Issues Fines for Kansas Food Code Violations 10-17-02
10-16-02 = KDHE Recognizes EffortsTo Keep Kansas Water Clean - Media Briefing October 17th, 2:30pm in Topeka
10-14-02 = Mediterranean Concessions Fined
10-14-02 = MEDIA ADVISORY: KDHE Issues Fines for Kansas Food Code Violations 10-14-02
10-11-02 = Sixth Human Case of West Nile Virus in Kansas - Patient lives in Johnson County
10-10-02 = Five Human Cases of West Nile Virus in Kansas - 1PM News Conference In Topeka
10-04-02 = KDHE Releases 25 Most Popular Baby Names
10-03-02 = West Nile Virus Update and Summary
09-30-02 = MEDIA ADVISORY: KDHE Issues Fines for Kansas Food Code Violations 09-30-02
09-27-02 = West Nile Virus Update and Summary - No confirmed Kansas human cases, but Colorado border county victim works in Kansas
09-27-02 = MEDIA ADVISORY: KDHE Issues Fines for Kansas Food Code Violations 09-27-02
09-26-02 = Kansas Seeks Clean Sweep of Agricultural Pesticides - Farmers and Ranchers Can Dispose of Pesticides in Free Program 09-26-02
09-25-02 = West Nile Virus Update and Summary - More Cases of West Nile Virus in Kansas Horses and Birds
09-18-02 = MEDIA ADVISORY: KDHE Issues Fines for Kansas Food Code Violations 09-18-02
09-13-02 = ONEOK to Plug Wells in Hutchinson
09-12-02 = West Nile Update and Summary - 64 New Cases of West Nile Virus in Kansas Horses and Birds
09-12-02 = KDHE Receives $150,000 Grant to Continue Minority Health Work
09-11-02 = State Recognizes Parkway Care Home, Edwardsville, for Exemplary Care
09-11-02 = State Recognizes Bethel Home, Montezuma, for Exemplary Care
09-10-02 = MEDIA ADVISORY: KDHE Issues Fines for Kansas Food Code Violations 09-10-02
09-09-02 = KDHE Encourages Public Comment on Investigation at Hodgdon Powder - Public Meeting Scheduled for September 18 at the Herington Community Building
09-09-02 = KDHE Requests Public Comment for Asbestos Landfill at Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant in DeSoto
09-06-02 = Human West Nile Virus Samples In Kansas All Negative
09-05-02 = West Nile Virus Update and Summary - 23 New Cases of West Nile Virus in Kansas Horses and Birds
09-05-02 = West Nile Virus Update and Summary - 54 New Cases of West Nile Virus in Kansas Horses and Birds
09-03-02 = Meth Watch Program Reduces Theft of Ephedrine Related Products
08-30-02 = West Nile Virus Update and Summary - 13 New Cases of West Nile Virus in Kansas Horses and Birds
08-30-02 = Boil Water Advisory Lifted for Linn County Rural Water District # 1 and the City of La Cygne
08-29-02 = West Nile Virus Update and Summary - 16 New Cases of West Nile Virus in Kansas Horses and Birds
08-29-02 = KDHE Issues Boil Water Advisory for Linn County Rural Water District # 1and # 3, and City of La Cygne Customers
08-28-02 = Water Supply Concerns in Linn County RWD # 1 and # 3 and the City of LaCygne
08-27-02 = West Nile Virus Update and Summary - 20 New Cases of West Nile Virus in Kansas Horses and Birds
08-26-02 = West Nile Update and Summary New Cases of West Nile Virus in Kansas Horses and Birds
08-23-02 = MEDIA ADVISORY: KDHE Issues Fines for Kansas Food Code Violations 08-23-02
08-23-02 = West Nile Surveillance Program Establishes Online Reporting for Dead Birds in Kansas
08-22-02 = KDHE Requests Public Comments in Wabaunsee County On Proposed Landfill and Municipal Solid Waste Transfer Station
08-22-02 = West Nile Update and Summary - Eleven New Cases of West Nile Virus in Kansas Horses
08-20-02 = West Nile Update and Summary - Five New Cases of West Nile Virus in Kansas Horses
08-19-02 = KDHE Lifts Boil Water Advisory for City of Reserve
08-19-02 = West Nile Update and Summary - First Cases Detected in Mules and Mosquitos in Kansas
08-16-02 = Kansas West Nile Virus Update and Summary - Disease Detected in Birds or Horses in 13 Kansas Counties
08-16-02 = Boil Water Advisory Issued for City of Reserve
08-15-02 = Kansas West Nile Virus Update and Summary - Disease Detected in Birds or Horses in Twelve Kansas Counties
08-14-02 = West Nile Virus Detected in Kansas Birds - Third Horse Also Tests Positive
08-13-02 = Soil Removed from Boat Ramp Area
08-13-02 = MEDIA ADVISORY: KDHE Issues Fines for Kansas Food Code Violations 08-13-02
08-13-02 = Atkinson Industries Agrees to Pay $7,000 Penalty
08-13-02 = Second Case of West Nile Virus Confirmed in Kansas - Horse in Southwest Kansas Tests Positive
08-12-02 = Gail Hansen Awarded Samuel J. Crumbine Medal
08-08-02 = State Issues Emergency Suspension of Child Care Provider 08-08-02
08-08-02 = KDHE Rescinds Suspension at Chang's Chinese Kitchen - Restaurant Authorized to Resume Operations
08-08-02 = State Issues Emergency Suspension of Child Care Provider
08-08-02 = First Case of West Nile Virus Confirmed in Kansas - Virus Detected in One Horse in Cowley County
08-07-02 = State Recognizes Hilltop Manor, Cunningham, for Exemplary Care
08-07-02 = State Recognizes Aberdeen Village, Olathe, for Exemplary Care
08-06-02 = Report on Public Water Supplies Published by KDHE
08-06-02 = Health Officials Encourage Responsible Approach to Mosquito Management
08-05-02 = BAE Systems Precision Aerostructures, Inc. Enters Consent Agreement with KDHE
08-05-02 = Increased Vaccine Supply Allows Resumption of Recommended Immunizations
08-02-02 = KDHE Plans to Revoke Food License for Fort Scott Country Club
08-02-02 = MEDIA ADVISORY: KDHE Issues Fines for Kansas Food Code Violations 08-02-02
08-01-02 = Allen County Enters Consent Agreement with KDHE Over Landfill
07-31-02 = Peerless Conveyor and Manufacturing Corporation Enters Consent Agreement with KDHE
07-30-02 = KDHE Secretary Announces Solid Waste Grants
07-30-02 = Anderson Services, Inc. Agrees to Properly Close Lagoons
07-30-02 = Dick Edwards Auto Plaza Fined $9,250 for Hazardous Waste Violations
07-29-02 = West Nile Virus Found in Neighboring States
07-25-02 = Health Officials Offer Advice on Ways to Prevent E-coli
07-22-02 = KDHE Suspends License for El Paralito Taqueria
07-22-02 = Boil Water Advisory Rescinded for Lyon Co. RWD #2
07-18-02 = Kansas LEAN-21 School Nutrition Workshop Offered July 31 in Chanute
07-17-02 = Boil Water Advisory Issued for the Lyon Co. RWD #2
07-17-02 = Kansas LEAN-21 School Nutrition Workshop Offered July 30 in Salina
07-16-02 = MEDIA ADVISORY: KDHE Issues Fines for Kansas Food Code Violations 07-16-02
07-11-02 = Kansas LEAN-21 School Nutrition Workshop Offered July 25 in Garden City
07-10-02 = KDHE Plans to Revoke Food License for El Torrero
07-10-02 = KAAP, Defense Dept. Fined for Hazardous Waste Violations
07-10-02 = G & M Restaurant Fined
07-10-02 = The Great Wall Fined
07-09-02 = Oriental Feast Fined
07-09-02 = Pony Express Café Fined
07-09-02 = Victory Junction Fined
07-09-02 = Hot Weather Means Parked Cars Are No Place for Children
07-08-02 = The Roost Fined
07-08-02 = Pollution Prevention Efforts to be Recognized at Environmental Conference
07-03-02 = City of Arma Fined $15,000 for Wastewater Violations
07-03-02 = Judy's Fined
07-03-02 = Howard Johnson Restaurant Fined
07-03-02 = Tom's Appletree Restaurant Fined
07-02-02 = Western Sizzlin' Fined
07-01-02 = State Certifies Treatment Operators
06-28-02 = KDHE Suspends Food License for Chang's Chinese Kitchen
06-28-02 = KDHE Performs Five-Year Review of Former Refinery Site
06-28-02 = Two Wichita Area Clinics Receive Groundbreaking Diabetes Care Grants
06-27-02 = Kansas SAFE KIDS Coalition Launches New Chevy Express Mobile Car Seat Check-Up Van
06-27-02 = National HIV Testing Day is June 27
06-26-02 = Dodge House Fined
06-26-02 = Death Certificate Fee to Increase July 1
06-25-02 = Perkins Fined
06-25-02 = Ottawa County Cattle Associates Fined $10,000 for Permit Violations
06-25-02 = Grants Awarded to Rural Health Networks
06-24-02 = Paolucci Restaurant Fined
06-24-02 = Inn Pancake House Fined
06-24-02 = The Kansas SAFE KIDS Coalition Reminds You to Spark Safely this Fourth of July
06-22-02 = The Kansas SAFE KIDS Coalition Takes Child Passenger Safety on the Road Statewide
06-21-02 = State Recognizes Garden Terrace at Overland Park for Exemplary Care
06-19-02 = Meth Watch Training Video Provided to Retailers
06-18-02 = Kansas Kids Learn Emergency Response with Interactive 9-1-1 Simulator
06-18-02 = Kansas LEAN-21 School Nutrition Workshop Offered July 2 in Hays
06-14-02 = Kansas LEAN-21 School Nutrition Workshop Offered June 18 in Lawrence
06-13-02 = Boil Water Advisory Lifted at Atchison Co. RWD #6
06-11-02 = Boil Water Advisory Issued for Atchison County RWD #6
06-11-02 = ABS Abatement, Inc. Enters Into Consent Agreement with KDHE
06-11-02 = Marietta Enterprises Fined $6,000 KDHE Order Calls for Waste Management Plan
06-05-02 = Fire Injury Prevention Grants Awarded to Kansas Communities
06-04-02 = KDHE Plans to Revoke License for The Huddle, Osborne
06-04-02 = Stephen Paige Retires from KDHE
05-31-02 = Spangles Fined
05-31-02 = Waffle House Fined
05-31-02 = Children's Services Public Meetings Scheduled
05-30-02 = IHOP Fined
05-30-02 = Super 8 Motel Fined
05-30-02 = Lorne A. Phillips, PhD., Earns National Recognition
05-29-02 = Product Recalls Issued
05-23-02 = Swim Safe this Summer
05-23-02 = Playing it Safe on the Playground This Summer
05-23-02 = Eureka Pizza Fined
05-23-02 = Showalter Auction Service Fined
05-22-02 = KDHE Awards $35,000 in Ethnic and Minority Youth Grants
05-22-02 = The Waterin' Hole Fined
05-21-02 = Long MacArthur, Inc. Enters Consent Agreement with KDHE to Address Alleged Hazardous Waste Violations
05-17-02 = KDHE Suspends License for Ray's Restaurant, Goodland
05-17-02 = Lazy Acres Mobile Home Park Fined $5,000 for Wastewater Violations
05-15-02 = King Environmental Management, Inc. Fined $44,000 for Asbestos Violations
05-15-02 = Susie Brand Imported Cantaloupe Recalled Due to Potential Health Risk
05-14-02 = Sirloin Stockade Fined
05-14-02 = Clean Air Environmental Fined $23,000 for Hazardous Waste Violations
05-14-02 = Taylor Forge Engineered Systems, Inc. Enters Consent Agreement with KDHE to Address Alleged Hazardous Waste Violations
05-13-02 = State Issues Emergency Suspension of Child Care Provider 05-13-02
05-13-02 = China Palace Fined
05-06-02 = Chang's Chinese Kitchen Fined
05-06-02 = Officials Watch for West Nile as Mosquito and Tick Season Approaches
05-03-02 = Kansas Kids Fitness & Safety Day 2002
05-03-02 = 12th Annual Kansas Kids Fitness & Safety Day Held May 3
05-03-02 = KDHE Responds to Post Audit Report on Food Safety Inspections
05-01-02 = Governor Proclaims May 5-11 Suicide Prevention Week
04-29-02 = SAFE KIDS Cycle Smart
04-25-02 = Boil Water Advisory Lifted at City of Reserve
04-23-02 = Boil Water Advisory Issued for City of Reserve Customers
04-23-02 = El Torero, Inc. Fined
04-19-02 = KDHE Offers Free Chemical Removal Program to Schools
04-18-02 = 'Round Up' of Previously Recalled Household Products Announced
04-18-02 = KDHE Encourages Public Comment on Remediation at the 4th & Carey Site
04-12-02 = Ness City Adopts Wellhead Protection Plan
04-12-02 = KDHE Announces Public Hearing on Proposed C&D Landfill in Sedgwick County
04-10-02 = A Tobacco Tax Increase is a Healthy Decision
04-08-02 = KDHE Offers Advice on Rabies Prevention
04-04-02 = Kansas Seeks Clean Sweep of Agricultural Pesticides
03-29-02 = State Lifts Admissions Prohibition at Wheat Ridge Acres
03-24-02 = Tuberculosis Not a Disease of the Past
03-22-02 = State Issues Emergency Suspension of Child Care Provider 03-22-02
03-21-02 = State Lifts Admissions Prohibition at Park View Assisted Living
03-19-02 = The Levee Café Fined
03-18-02 = Mineral Right, Inc. Fined $7,000 for Asbestos Violations
03-14-02 = The Huddle Fined
03-11-02 = State Planning to Revoke Food Service License for Schmale's Luau Inn
03-11-02 = State Planning to Revoke Food Service License for The Mandarin
03-11-02 = El Cazador Fined
03-08-02 = Harcos Chemicals, Inc. Fined $2,000
03-08-02 = Coastal Field Services Fined $2,000
03-08-02 = SE-KAN Asphalt Services, Inc., Fined $1,000
03-08-02 = Peerless Conveyor Fined $6,000
03-04-02 = State Recognizes Citizens Medical Center, Colby, for Exemplary Care
02-27-02 = Most HIV-Positive Kansans Get Tested Too Late
02-27-02 = State Lifts Admissions Prohibition at Angel Arms
02-25-02 = State Prohibits Wheat Ridge Acres from Admitting New Residents
02-22-02 = Dominos Fined
02-21-02 = Pollution Prevention Awards Applications Encouraged
02-20-02 = City and State Form Partnership to Protect Children from Lead Poisoning
02-15-02 = KDHE to Seek Comments on Proposed Municipal Solid Waste Disposal Area at Johnson County Landfill
02-15-02 = State Prohibits Angel Arms from Admitting New Residents
02-14-02 = Shawnee Heartland Assisted Living Fined $2,000
02-14-02 = State Fines Mineral Springs Trailer Court, Carbondale, for Violations
02-13-02 = Taylor Food Mart Fined
02-13-02 = Ramada Inn Fined
02-13-02 = Asbestos Handlers, Inc. Fined $3,000
02-12-02 = "Edgar the Elephant" Educates Kansas Kids About Lead Poisoning
02-11-02 = February 10-16 is Child Passenger Safety Week
02-08-02 = State Recognizes Cumbernauld Village for Exemplary Care
02-06-02 = February 7 is Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
02-06-02 = Kansas Safe Kids Coalition to Host Child Safety Seat Checkup and Seat Distribution for Child Passenger Safety Week
02-06-02 = Dawson Brothers, Inc. Fined $27,700 for Hazardous Waste Violations
02-05-02 = Loretta's Café Fined
02-01-02 = State Lifts Admissions Prohibition at Heart to Heart Home Plus #2
02-01-02 = KDHE to Seek Comments on Proposed Landfill Volume Increase and Construction/Demolition Waste Disposal Area
01-22-02 = State Certifies Treatment Operators 01-22-02
01-18-02 = State Issues Emergency Suspension of Child Care Provider 01-18-02
01-17-02 = Collins Bus Corporation Fined $29,900 for Hazardous Waste Violations
01-15-02 = Burger King Fined
01-11-02 = Venting System to be Installed at Monitoring Well in East Hutchinson
01-09-02 = R Bar Fined
01-07-02 = State Lifts Admissions Prohibition at Alterra Sterling House of Abilene II
01-03-02 = Schmale's Luau Inn Fined
01-03-02 = Harvest Meat Company, Inc. Fined $4,000
01-02-02 = State Prohibits Wellington Place, Inc. from Admitting New Residents