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EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – The Excelsior Springs School District plans to transition students in grades 6-12 from virtual and hybrid instruction to classroom-oriented instruction, Deputy Superintendent Jaret Tomlinson told district leaders March 8.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – The school district added another construction project to its to-do list. On March 8, the Board of Education approved bids to renovate Westview Elementary, to be known as the District Early Childhood Center.

LIBERTY – The new Clay County commissioners are not sold on replacing the annex at 1901 N.E. 48th St., Kansas City, but they might have no choice.

LIBERTY – The Clay County Commission added a building, with plans for use undecided because county financial service employees have moved out of leased space in that building to work in other county offices.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – The exhibit “Struggle for Statehood” will come to the Excelsior Springs Museum and Archives in April, operations chief Kathy Duncan said. “This is a traveling exhibit that’s coming from the Missouri Humanities Council,” Duncan said.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – The city has received “really good results” regarding the safe streets survey, City Manager Molly McGovern said March 1. The online SurveyMonkey.com survey received 246 responses about whether the city should seek a sidewalk and street work grant for the city’ west side.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – Fiscal year 2020 was big for building permit revenue, Economic Development Director Melinda Mehaffy told the City Council. Mehaffy presented the Planning & Zoning Department’s annual report when the City Council convened March 1 in a hybrid meeting.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – Elation collapsed into disappointment for Valley Manor Rehabilitation Center residents and staff after the yearlong virus lockdown ended Friday, only to resume Monday. When the doors opened last week, families got together for the first time in a long time.

JEFFERSON CITY – Most Americans want to mail in ballots at their convenience, rather than stand in sometimes long election lines on a day that could be inconvenient or a place that could be dangerous, with the coronavirus continuing in Missouri.

WASHINGTON – The first stimulus checks are being sent by direct deposit and in some cases began arriving this week, the Internal Revenue Service announced. In this area, U.S.