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Kansas State University's Wildcat Wind Power team repeated as the winner of the 2023 Collegiate Wind Competition, a U.S. Department of Energy event in Boulder, Colorado, May 15-19. The K-State group entered the competition as the defending champion after winning for the first time in club history in 2022. The team members battled 11 other schools ...

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AN alliance has been formed to help the the most vulnerable in Kansas with health care. Organizers say the CareSource HealthAlliance uniquely combines CareSource with three prominent and well-respected statewide organizations with deep Kansas roots. InterHab, the Children’s Alliance, the Association of Community Mental Health Centers of Kansas and CareSource Kansas will collaborate to offer KanCare 3.0 ...

1 year ago
Kansas State University's Technology Development Institute has acquired a NavVis VLX scanning system that will help the institute support manufacturers and other partners by creating 3D renderings of indoor facilities through the creation of point cloud scans and panoramic images. The Technology Development Institute, or TDI, in K-State's Carl R. Ice College of Engineering obtained the ...

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Seven members of Altrusa International of Salina attended the District Eight Altrusa International conference in Tulsa, Oklahoma, this spring and brought home awards recognizing the club’s literacy and other service projects. Altrusa Salina won: First Place, Membership Growth in Clubs with 25+ members, with a 37% increase 2022-23 First Place, Letha H. Brown Literacy Award, for ...

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Michael Knutson, a 2-D Art Instructor at Garden City Community College in Southeast Kansas, is the current artist-in-residence at the Red Barn Studio Museum in Lindsborg. According to the organization, Knutson grew up in the Black Hills of South Dakota, where his parents were both art educators. He drew inspiration from the natural environment around him ...

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The 2023 Smoky Hill River Festival is underway and adorned with music, muse and merriment for every taste. Angelica the "Sunflower Fairy" from Flint Hills Fairies was roving the park on Friday, reaching out to children to tell stories and share the wonderment of nature. The group hails from Wichita. Near the tennis courts in Oakdale ...

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It was a successful first full day of the 47th Smoky Hill River Festival. About 3/4 of an inch of rain drenched the area, but not until about an hour after the final act of the day, Paramount,  wrapped up on the Eric Stein Stage. There was a mix of clouds and sun throughout the day, ...

1 year ago
A U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration official has been nominated to serve as superintendent of the Kansas Highway Patrol. Erik Smith, who is expected to begin KHP duties on an acting basis in July, serves as the DEA’s assistant administrator and chief of the inspection division within the U.S. Department of Justice. He would be the third ...

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Tips are being sought in connection with damage to a rural property. The crime is the latest Salina Crime Stoppers crime of the week. According to the Saline County Sheriff's Office, on June 6th deputies responded to the 1800 Blk of S Cunningham Road for the report of criminal damage to property. Upon arrival, it was ...

1 year ago
A woman from Smolan suffered minor injuries after being hit by a truck while she was searching for her cat. Undersheriff Brent Melander with the Saline County Sheriff's Office tells KSAL News that 75-year-old Linda Sutor was transported to Salina Regional Health Center by EMS Thursday night around 10pm after being knocked down by a pickup. Deputies ...

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Two juveniles allegedly linked to Monday morning's fire at a western Kansas high school are facing charges. Prosecutors say the suspects - age 12 and 13 - were indicted on 15 felony charges - chief among them terrorism, arson, burglary and battery - during yesterday's court appearance in Wichita. Ten firefighters reportedly were injured while battling the ...