7 years ago
A couple of Central Kansas co-ops are merging. After a Farmway membership vote of approval of 91% on June 8, Farmway Co-op, Inc. (Farmway) and Central Valley Ag (CVA) officially unite into one cooperative September 1st. The new Central Valley Ag will consist of 90 locations across Iowa, Nebraska and Kansas with more than 800 employees dedicated ...

7 years ago
Metropolitan Energy Center and Kansas City Regional Clean Cities have been selected by the U.S. Department of Energy for federal funding to move the adoption of clean, domestic fuels even further into the transportation mainstream.  The Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy announced this week that Kansas City Clean Cities was one of five ...

7 years ago
"America's most dangerous woman" is coming to Salina. Chicago Actress Betsey Means will perform a one woman Labor Day show featuring Mother Jones and the "March of the Mill Children" at 7 pm. at Ad Astra books and Coffee House on Monday, September 4th.  Doors open at 6 pm. Mother Jones was one of the leading advocates ...

7 years ago
On Tuesday, August 15, 2017, the Salina Police Department received a report of a residential burglary at 859 Sheridan. The burglary occurred sometime between Monday, August 7, 2017, and Tuesday, August 15, 2017. A door to the residence was forced open to gain entry. Taken from the residence an approximately 6’x4’x3’ gun safe which contained the ...

7 years ago
Hurricane Harvey and the Labor Day holiday weekend are causing a big spike in gas prices across Kansas. Tamra Johnson with AAA says the tropical storm is having a significant impact on refineries, ports and transportation, resulting in increased costs at the pump. She says drivers across the country will likely see a ten-to 15-cent per-gallon ...

7 years ago
A couple of earthquakes shook parts of Kansas on Thursday. The U.S. Geological Survey says the first one was a magnitude 3.4, centered about two miles southeast of Cheney. The second one about ten hours later was a magnitude 2.6, centered about 14 miles northwest of Concordia. They were the second and third quakes felt in Kansas ...

7 years ago
A number of emergency response professionals from Kansas have departed for the Gulf Coast to assist local authorities with search and rescue operations. Among them are five Salina Firefighters and two Saline County Sheriff Deputies. The deployments were coordinated by the Office of the State Fire Marshal, which is the administrative agency for the Kansas Search ...

7 years ago
Salina Downtown, Inc. is preparing  to host its first ever wine walk. The SaWINEa Downtown Wine Walk will feature local Kansas wineries and a local brewer. You will be able to explore the many flavors of six Kansas wineries and one local brewery as you experience the friendly ambience that our downtown boutiques have to offer. ​Participants ...

7 years ago
Kansas Wesleyan University has finalized its 2017-18 visit day schedule, which includes a special day for Saline County high school students and Experience Wesleyan Days for future teachers and future science and math professionals. “Saline County students account for about 15 percent of our enrollment,” said Mark Bandré, Ed.D., vice president of enrollment management. “For example, ...

7 years ago
There are several ways for people in Salina to help the hurricane recovery effort in Texas over the next several days. Heartland Dermatology in cooperation with the Salina Area United Way and the United Way of Texas are collecting items, in an effort to fill a 20' UHaul van that will be driven to Texas on ...

7 years ago
Saline County has been awarded Federal Funds made available through the Department of Homeland Security /Federal Emergency Management Agency under the Emergency Food and Shelter National Board Program.  Saline County has been chosen to receive $20,531.00 to supplement emergency food and shelter programs in the county. The selection was made by a National Board that is ...