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Colby Alan Cravens, 32, of Richland, died Dec. 27 in Kennewick. He was born in Richland and lived in the Tri-Cities area for 21 years. Einan’s at Sunset, Richland, is in charge of arrangements.
KXXX (790 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a farm and classic country radio format.Licensed to Colby, Kansas, United States, the station serves the tri-state region of Northwest Kansas, Northeast Colorado and Southwest Nebraska. [3]
The Colby Free Press is Colby's local newspaper, published four days a week. [33] In addition, Colby Community College publishes a bi-weekly student newspaper, the Trojan Express. [34] Colby is a center of broadcast media for northwestern Kansas. One AM and four FM stations are licensed to and/or broadcast from the city. [35]
The continued growth made way for a 3,050-seat sanctuary, an educational wing and prayer chapel in 2004. Live web streaming of worship services began in late 2008 for those unable to worship at a physical location. Since the launch of live streaming, groups around the city and country gather to watch the services online.
The Colby City Hall, in Colby, Kansas at 585 N. Franklin Ave., was built in 1936. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003. [1] It was designed by architects Suite and Blanchard of Garden City, Kansas. [2] Its design is Art Deco architecture. It has functioned as a City Hall; Meeting Hall; Library; Correctional Facility ...
It is the official newspaper for Thomas County, Kansas. It publishes four days a week, Monday and Wednesday through Friday. [2] U.S. Representative John R. Connelly was its owner and editor from 1897 until 1919. [3] In 2022, the Haynes family sold the Colby Free Press to brothers Jesse Mullen and Lloyd Mullen of Mullen Newspaper Company. [4]
At its peak in the mid-1980s, KKOW was known in the Pittsburg, Kansas/Joplin, Missouri-area for gimmicks such as 30/30 news and 20/20 weather, the daily Grand Lake fishing report with elderly Oklahoma fisherman/storyteller Lee Jeffries, the giant fiberglass cow on a trailer for remote broadcasts (Burford the Hereford), and the K-Cowboy of the Day.
In 1803, most of the land for modern day Kansas was acquired by the United States from France as part of the 828,000 square mile Louisiana Purchase for 2.83 cents per acre. In 1854, the Kansas Territory was organized, then in 1861 Kansas became the 34th U.S. state. Thomas County was founded on October 8, 1885.