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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 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 ...
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.
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.
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]
Colby College overlooks the Kennebec River valley and city of Waterville.. In 2013 Colby became the fourth college in the country to achieve carbon neutrality.Colby uses 100-percent renewable electricity, has 12 LEED-certified buildings (other certifications pending), has geothermal heating and cooling in two buildings, and has a biomass plant that burns sustainably harvested wood to heat most ...
People who were born in, or strongly associated with, Colby, Kansas Pages in category "People from Colby, Kansas" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total.
The building is located at 1901 Olathe Bouelevard and was established in the mid-1890s by Horatio W. and Mary Gates. [2] That Gates family was among the first licensed embalmers in the state, and they built this Neoclassical-style funeral home in 1922 to house their growing business.