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Salina Police have activated their “Emergency Accident Reporting Plan”. The agency says due to hazardous driving conditions the number of motor vehicle accidents exceeds the department’s ability to respond in a timely manner. Eligible accidents: Any non-hit and run, non-personal injury motor vehicle accident that does not require towing, and does not involve alcohol or drugs. Driver requirements: ...

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Deputy Salina City Manager Jacob Wood will become the new interim Salina City Manager. Salina City Commissioners in a special meeting made the appointment Wednesday evening. Wood has been the deputy city manager since April of 2019. Prior to that he served as Assistant City Manager for the City of Hays since 2015. Prior to Hays, ...

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Later this month a super effort to collect soup for the hungry in Salina kicks off. The Project Salina board invites the citizens of Salina to participate in the "Souper Bowl of Hope". The event is organized by those who organize Project Salina.  The Project Salina board invites everyone to join in the effort of gathering 59,000 ...

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 Fort Hays State University students Lincoln Myers and Tyler Preisser wake up each day inspired to create something new and exciting. As residents of the on-campus Dane G. Hansen Scholarship Hall, the pair have embraced new opportunities to grow, learn, and connect. Hansen Hall offers entrepreneurial-minded students like Lincoln and Tyler a community designed to ...

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AARP Kansas invites local eligible non-profit organizations and governments across the country to apply for the 2025 AARP Community Challenge grant program, now through March 5, 2025, at 4:00 p.m. AARP Community Challenge grants fund quick-action projects that help communities become more livable by improving public places, transportation, housing, digital connections, and more. Now in its ninth year, the ...

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From coast to coast, including in Kansas, more than 68,000 people spent the first day of 2025 enjoying the outdoors on a First Day Hike in America’s State Parks. The annual New Year’s Day tradition included guided hikes, bike rides, 5K races, history tours, horseback rides, polar plunges, in more than 1,100 state parks across ...

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City of Salina crews continue working at getting roads cleared. Crews are still working on plowing paths in residential areas, and clearing snow out of the downtown area. Crews are operating 11 plow trucks, two motor graders, one wheel loader, and a tractor with box plow to the make City’s approximately 750 miles of roadway passable. They ...

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A Kansas legislator renewed attempts to rid the state of daylight saving time under a bill filed ahead of the state’s 2025 legislative session, which begins later this month. Senate Bill 1, which was prefiled Friday, seeks to exempt Kansas from participating in the national practice of switching clocks back an hour every November and forward ...

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Theater lovers and art lovers unite! A beautiful collection of artwork by the talented Art is Ageless artists from Salina Presbyterian Manor is now on exhibit at Theatre Salina. The exhibit accompanies the theatre’s main stage production of “Birthday Candles,” a play that runs January 3 – 19. According to Presbyterian Manor, the exhibit is the ...

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Bethany College is welcoming a new member to its leadership team.  Christina Highsmith is the new Director of Marketing and Communications at the college in Lindsborg.  According to the school, Highsmith brings a wealth of experience in nonprofit marketing, media, and creative collaborations, making her an exceptional fit for Bethany's mission to foster academic and personal ...

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Kansas Highway Patrol Staff from Troop C in Salina have been hard at work responding to over 300 hundred calls for service dealing with continuing impacts of the winter storm, along with the agency's air support staff who rescued 5 stranded motorists in North Central Kansas. According to the agency, from 6 AM on January 4 ...