If you’ve ever had a nosebleed, you know that people will offer lots of advice about how to make it stop. If you ask Wichita entrepreneur Merrie East, she’d probably tell you to try NozePax - a product she developed and hopes to make as common as Band-Aids.
Plus, more on these stories:
- KMUW hosted a mayoral debate on Monday night in partnership with the Wichita Eagle, the Community Voice and the Wichita Journalism Collaborative. Candidates Brandon Whipple and Lily Wu answered questions selected from a community panel, as well as from listeners and readers. The debate was broadcast live on KMUW 89.1-FM. If you missed it, the debate can be heard in its entirety here.
- A potential government shutdown could have wide-reaching ramifications for Kansans who work for the federal government or who rely on federal assistance programs.
- Wichita will host open houses this week for its first 13 public housing units available for sale.
- The public will no longer be able to comment virtually at Metropolitan Area Planning Commission meetings, starting next month.
- Wichita is developing a plan to protect the city’s existing tree canopy and to plant more trees.
- The Sedgwick County Treasurer will open a Tag and Tax office in Derby next week.
- Kansas State men’s basketball coach Jerome Tang has signed a new long-term contract with the school.
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