Lane County KS / City Fire Department

09/22/2026

We would like to thank the following Lane County businesses for their donations given to Lane County Fire Department and the City of Dighton Fire Department to help purchase fire safety materials to give to local students during Fire Prevention Week 2026. Your gracious support allows us to continue teaching students the importance of fire safety each year!

🔥 Bretz Inc
🚒 Bumper to Bumper of Dighton
🔥 Farm Bureau Financial Service Dighton
🚒 Feedlot Magazine
🔥 First National Bank Dighton
🚒 Garden City Co-op
🔥 MJ’s Stitching & Screening
🚒 Ranger Feeding Corporation

09/14/2026

Strong to marginally severe thunderstorms will be possible late today with the main potential hazard being damaging winds in excess of 60 mph.

08/23/2026

The Lane County Republican Committee is accepting applications to fill the vacancy for the Lane County Clerk. Duties of the clerk include organizing and carrying out all Elections, Payroll, Human Resources, Transportation Director and taking minutes of all County Commissioner meetings. Benefits include Health Insurance and KPERS. The salary for the office will be between $42,000 and $48,000 based on experience. Please submit applications and resume along with three references to Debbie Hagans, Lane County Republican Committee Secretary
at [email protected]. Applications must be submitted by 5:00pm on September 4, 2026.

07/08/2026

Here is this mornings updated severe weather risk for southwest Kansas over the next few days. Strong to severe thunderstorms are expected to move across western Kansas tonight and again Thursday night. A few of the strongest storms both nights will be capable of producing strong gusty winds and heavy rainfall.

07/02/2026

The Storm Prediction Center believes there will be some strong to severe thunderstorms across the area outlined in blue through the early evening hours. Large hail and damaging winds will be possible with the strongest storms. These storms are then expected to weaken after sunset as they trek eastward out of the blue oval area.

07/01/2026

06/30/2026

06/30/2026

As a weak upper level disturbance and frontal zone approaches western Kansas, scattered strong to severe thunderstorms will become increasingly likely. There is a Slight Risk (Level 2 of 5) of severe storms this evening across mainly far southwest and west central Kansas. The same general region is also in a Marginal Risk (level 1) Wednesday evening.