LARNED — The Santa Fe Trail Rodeo Committee of Larned was honored recently by the Kansas Professional Rodeo Association for its added money and other factors that make the annual event a hit with card-carrying cowboys and cowgirls. The committee was named the 2026 KPRA Region 1 Tier A Committee of the Year. Chairman Rocke Foster accepted the award at the KPRA Finals, which took place Sept. 25-27 in Dodge City.