News Flash

AARP Community Challenge Grant Round Tables

In June, Dodge City was chosen as one of 260 grantees for the 2022 Community Challenge Grant from AARP Livable Communities and AARP Kansas. This grant aims to create more livable communities through public art. Beginning September 23, the Dodge City Publi...

"Kansas Wheat Shock" Ribbon-Cutting & Storyboard Unveiling

More than 75 people were present on the morning of Wednesday, August 3, in the parking lot south of the Boot Hill Museum for a ribbon cutting and storyboard unveiling for the “Kansas Wheat Shock.”

Miss Kitty welcomed the crowd and intro...

Whisker Roundup Names Dodge City’s First Mr. Mustache

Nearly 100 people packed the Depot Theater on Saturday, July 23, when the Dodge City Convention and Visitors Bureau hosted the first Whisker Roundup Mustache Contest. Sponsored by the Rusty Edge Tonsorial Parlor, eight contestants took to the stage to fla...

Founder’s Weekend Concludes Successfully

As part of Dodge City’s 150^th Anniversary Celebration, Dodge City hosted Founder’s Weekend, a three-day commemoration honoring our city’s founders, from June 17 through June 19. The event included a concert in Wright Park, a five-mile run, an all-day cele...

Dodge City Named Most Charming Small Town in Kansas

Dodge City’s unique blend of historic charm and western aesthetic helped Trips to Discover to name the Most Charming Small Town in Kansas. In her article “The Most Charming Small Town in Every State,” Trips to Discover travel...

Dodge City Honored as Top True Western Town by True West Magazine

Dodge City is indelibly linked with the American west. Some of the greatest heroes and scoundrels in history walked and prowled the streets of what would be known as Queen of the Cowtowns. That remarkable history has been kept alive, giving visitors a gli...