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The Colby Free Press is Colby's local newspaper, published four days a week. [34] In addition, Colby Community College publishes a bi-weekly student newspaper, the Trojan Express. [35] 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. [36]
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 ...
Colby Community College (CCC) is a public community college in Colby, Kansas.It was established in 1964 and has a 57-acre main campus in Colby with an additional 64-acre (26 ha) agricultural center east of the city.
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. It was named for George Thomas , a Union general during the Civil War and hero of the Battle of Chickamauga.
The Thomas County Courthouse, located at 300 N. Court in Colby, is the seat of government of Thomas County, Kansas. The courthouse was built from 1906 to 1907 and replaced the county's original courthouse. Architect James C. Holland designed the courthouse in the Richardsonian Romanesque style.
Colby High School was founded in 1890. As the community grew, so did the school, and eventually surrounding smaller schools in Levant, Kansas, and Gem, Kansas, were closed so students could attend classes at Colby. Until 1995, Colby High School was located on Third Street, but the need for a larger building was recognized, and thus emerged the ...
Colby Municipal Airport or Shalz Field (IATA: CBK, ICAO: KCBK, FAA LID: CBK) is on Kansas Highway 25, two miles (3 km) north of Colby, in Thomas County, Kansas. [1] [2]The airport's page at the Kansas Department of Transportation Airport Directory lists the name as Shaltz Field, [3] but that spelling is incorrect as per the Federal Register dated March 8, 2004.
Colby USD 315 is a public unified school district headquartered in Colby, Kansas, United States. [1] The district includes the communities of Colby , Gem , Levant , Mingo , and nearby rural areas.