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Library Seeks Volunteers to Adopt-A-Shelf
The Salina Public Library is looking for volunteers to help keep its youth and teen materials neat, organized and easy for patrons to find through its Adopt-a-Shelf program. Volunteers spend approximately two to three hours each month caring for their adopted section of the library. Scheduling is flexible, allowing volunteers to work around their other commitments.
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Pumpkinaries returns Monday with free family fun at Eagle Media
One of Hutchinson’s favorite fall traditions returns Monday as Pumpkinaries celebrates its 17th year of bringing families together for an evening of games, music, and community fun. The event, hosted by Rise Up Reno Prevention Network and My 93.1, will take place Monday, Oct. 26, from 5 to 7...
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Hesston Girls Cross Country Team Captures First Place at Class 3A Norton Regional
Hesston High School won the Kansas Class 3A girls regional team title at Norton’s Prairie Dog Golf Course Saturday by placing five runners in the top 12 and seven in the top 40. The Swathers scored 32 points for first place, followed by Ellsworth with 66, Lakin 82, Nemaha...
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Salina design board approves updated exterior for former gas station at Fourth and Iron
Salina's Downtown Design Review Board on Thursday approved changes to the exterior design of the building at 134 S. Fourth St., at the southwest corner of Iron Avenue and Fourth Street. The application, CC26-017, was submitted by Charles Renz of Jones Gillam Renz Architects on behalf of Salina Educational Automotive...
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Nickerson’s Aiden Brinkley Qualifies for Class 3A State Country Meet
Nickerson High School’s Aiden Brinkley placed 11th in the Kansas 3A boys Race A sub-state cross country meet at the Prairie Dog Golf Course Saturday in Norton. Brinkley, who posted a personal record 5K time of 17 minutes, 30.72 seconds, qualified for the Kansas Class 3A state cross country meet next Saturday (Oct. 31, Halloween Day) at Rim Rock Farm in Lawrence.
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C-SPAN to Feature Salina Event
A national public affairs network is coming to Salina to cover an event. Robert Jensen will discuss his new book, This I Don’t Believe: A Fulfilling Life without Meaning, November 1, at 2 pm at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship in Salina. The event will be recorded for C-SPAN’s Book TV.
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Halloween falls on a Saturday this year; early list of Salina trick-or-treat events
SALINA, Kan. — Halloween lands on a Saturday this year, and Salina families have several organized trick-or-treat events to choose from, starting this weekend. Salina Parks and Recreation's free Community Halloween Party runs from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 24, at the Salina Fieldhouse, 140 N. Fifth St. It includes trick-or-treating with local businesses, carnival games, bounce houses, face painting, a photo booth and crafts, according to the city.
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105,000 square feet of real spaceflight history is sitting quietly in Kansas
You don’t expect to find one of America’s great space museums in the flat farmland of central Kansas. But the Cosmosphere in Hutchinson holds more than 13,000 spaceflight artifacts across 105,000 square feet of galleries, theaters, and classrooms. It’s the only Smithsonian-affiliated museum in the state. The...
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Salina to Relocate Sculpture at Jerry Ivey Park After Repairs
Pokey Park's bronze sculpture "Poco a Poco Se Va Lejos," previously displayed at Jerry Ivey Park, will be reinstalled in a new location along a walking trail after repairs, according to discussion at the October 20 Community Art and Design Committee meeting. A staff member said the sculpture's metal base...
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Strings, Sushi and a Night Out: Barolo Grille Brings Live Guitar Downtown Oct. 28–30
Looking for a reason to skip the midweek leftovers? Barolo Grille in downtown Salina is serving up live music alongside dinner for three nights, Wednesday, Oct. 28, through Friday, Oct. 30. Classical guitarist Howard Glanton will provide the soundtrack, so expect nylon strings and a relaxed vibe with your evening.
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Salina Fire Station Art Integration Complete as Mosaic Tile Project Continues
Salina's Community Art and Design Committee provided updates on two public art projects during its October 20 meeting. Crystal Hammerschmidt, Art Services Coordinator, reported that the artwork and sign for a city fire station has been installed and is complete. The piece includes back lighting that runs behind a central number four, with three set lights above it. The center light had reportedly been turned off because it was drowning out the back lighting. Hammerschmidt encouraged the public to view the piece after dark and sought volunteers with night photography experience to document it for the public art archive.
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A lifetime of golf with Dad leads to perfect ending for Newton state champion
For a few precious seconds Tuesday afternoon, Matt Koontz wasn’t thinking about golf. Not the scorecard. Not the state championship. Not even the final round of 68 his daughter had just played, one of the finest performances he had ever witnessed from her. All he could think about was the little girl he used to bring to Hesston Golf Course, where she first learned to swing a golf club with her dad by her side. Now, all these years later, they were back on that same course. Only this time, Naomi Koontz was wrapping her arms around her father as a Kansas high school state golf champion. And Matt, who had spent so many years teaching, driving, encouraging and believing in his daughter, was having a difficult time keeping his emotions in check. “When we hugged, I could see some tears,” Naomi said. “It was really sweet.” Those tears carried the weight of a journey years in the making, one filled with countless hours on the golf course, championships won and the lingering disappointment of a title that had always remained just out of reach. Three previous trips to the state tournament had ended with Naomi agonizingly close to the
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Class 3-2-1A Girls State Golf Results: Hutch High’s Darbie Wells Makes Day Two Cut
Hutchinson High School’s Darbie Wells placed 49th at the Kansas Class 5A girls state golf tournament with a 205 score. Wells followed her first-day 95 score with a 110 on Tuesday. The two-day 5A girls state tournament took place Monday and Tuesday at the par-142, 5.279-yard Hesston Golf Course.
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Mya Niehues Finishes Second at State for Second Straight Season
Concordia Senior Mya Niehues, for the 4th straight season, advanced to the second round of the State Championship Golf Tournament at the Turkey Creek Golf Course in McPherson. For the 4th straight season, she finished in the top 10, and for the 2nd straight season, Niehues finished in 2nd place.
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Kansas zoo mourns loss of bison matriarch Sioux
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — The Hutchinson Zoo is mourning the loss of Sioux, the oldest member of its bison herd and a longtime fixture at the zoo. Sioux arrived at the Hutchinson Zoo in 1999 and spent 27 years helping shape the zoo’s bison program. She was the mother of six and grandmother of one of the bison that have lived at the zoo during that time.
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Ad Astra Radio Earns Top Website Award at KAB Convention
Kansas radio and television professionals gathered in Wichita Monday for the 2026 Kansas Association of Broadcasters convention and awards ceremony. The day was filled with breakout sessions focused on programming, management, sales and engineering. The awards ceremony capped off the evening meal with a celebration of the work on the radio, on screen and in the digital space.