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Atwood

Partly Sunny
Temperature: 35.4 °F

Humidity: 58 %
Wind Speed: 9 mph NNW
Pressure: 30.1 "

Dew Point: 22 °F
Gusts: 52 mph N
Rain Today: 0.00 "

• So much for that foot of snow
  

  As the sun clears the horizon on Thursday morning, updated forecasts call for perhaps an inch or two of snow in the northwest corner of the state, bounded on the east by Colby and Atwood and on the south by ...

• More...
  

  Last week Melissa Memorial Hospital welcomed to the team its newest staff member, Claudia Powell.

• Fifth annual 'Smokin' on the Beaver' set
  

  Pieces of Eight Band, the driving country/rock band that electrified the 2007 "Smokin' on the Beaver" crowd, will be back for the 2008 event set for Saturday, Sept.

• Lottery to leave lawsuit to courts
  

  The Kansas Lottery Gaming Facility Review Board won't take part in a dispute between Harrah's Entertainment and the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation, the board's chairman said Tuesday.

• Osborne County looks at tax for health care needs
  

  When it was first approved, it was thought that the issue had been resolved. But three years later, a continuation of a 1 percent increase in a countywide sales tax for health care services for the Osborne ...

• Man dies after falling from skid loader
  

  A 38-year-old man was killed Wednesday evening after falling out of the skid loader he was driving.

• Lawrence Massacre film to premiere on Saturday in Atwood
  

  Lone Chimney Films will premiere its latest documentary, Bloody Dawn: The Lawrence Massacre at the Jayhawk Theatre in Atwoodat 3 p.m. and 8 p.m. Saturday.

• Lightning strikes gas rig workers
  

  Two natural gas drilling rig workers were admitted to the Rawlins County Health Center hospital in Atwood Sunday night after lightning struck their rig erected in the northwest corner of Rawlins County.

• Biking Across Kansas For Cancer
  

  You may have heard about Eric Nordgren's cancer fundraiser last year. He bicycled over 200 miles in a single day, raising over 15 thousand dollars for cancer research.

• Rescuers search for hours after Olathe man crashes plane
  

  An Olathe man piloting a single-engine experimental aircraft crashed into a field over the weekend in northwest Kansas. via KansasCity.com

• February 7, 2005: Hays Man Convicted of Securities Fraud in Rawlins County
  

  Kansas Securities Commissioner Chris Biggs announced today that Hays resident Patrick L. Schmidtberger was convicted in Rawlins County District Court today for a violation of the Kansas Securities Act. via Office of the Kansas Securities Commi...

• Preschool story time draws children at night
  

  "I get to be a part of the community"

  Haley Atwood burst through the door of Auburn Library carrying a big, white stuffed bear Thursday. via Topeka Capital-Journal

• A blanket of snow for northwest Kansas
  

  Old Man Winter let Goodland and the surrounding area know on Thursday that he hasn't lost his punch just yet. via The Wichita Eagle

City Description

Atwood is a city in Rawlins County, Kansas, United States. The population was 1,279 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Rawlins County. Atwood is located at 39°48′32″N, 101°2′29″W (39.808971, -101.041370). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.1 square miles (2.8 km²), of which, 1.0 square miles (2.7 km²) of it is land and 0.1 square miles (0.2 km²) of it (5.45%) is water. As of the census of 2000, there were 1,279 people, 577 households, and 347 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,229.7 people per square mile (474.8/km²). There were 708 housing units at an average density of 680.7/sq mi (262.8/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 98.67% White, 0.16% African American, 0.23% Native American, and 0.94% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.39% of the population. There were 577 households out of which 23.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.0% were married couples living together, 6.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 39.7% were non-families. 36.9% of all households were made up of individuals and 20.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of

City Contained By:

• Rawlins County
• Kansas

Timezones:

• Central Time zone

Size:

• 2.84898692137 km squared

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