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According to a statement made on social media, Kenwood Cove Aquatic Park will open for the first public swim on Memorial Day, May 27, 2024, at 12:30 p.m. The Public swim hours will be Mondays through Saturdays, 12:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., and Sundays, 12:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Aquatic...

The mall is hosting a new playground in its northwest corner. The Joyful Noise Playhouse is a new establishment founded by Melissa Burrows who also runs the new music school located in the mall. Just across from Carlos O’Kellys, the new playground offers both mall goers and parents looking to find a place for children to play as they rest nearby or catch up on some needed work.

After years of fundraising and months of renovations, the Salina Art Center celebrated its grand reopening Wednesday. The art center was joined by dozens of community members at 11 a.m. Wednesday for a ribbon cutting hosted by the Salina Area Chamber of Commerce for this official reopening of its main 242 S. Santa Fe Ave. location in downtown Salina.

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The Harvest Farmers Market will continue to offer the Double Up Food Bucks program, a healthy food incentive program that helps low-income families eat more healthy food and supports local farmers. The Harvest Farmers Market is every Tuesday from 4-7 p.m. at 1325 E. Cloud Street in the Emmanuel Church...

There is no better way to kick off summer than enjoying and learning from a beautiful garden. Come join us on the 2024 CKD Extension Master Gardener Garden Tour in the Salina area on Saturday, June 8th from 9am to 4pm. The 2024 Garden Tour consists of five wonderful private...

Red Fern Booksellers announced earlier this week that the award-winning author of We Move the World, the Butt or Face? Series and the upcoming Ode to Grapefruit: How James Earl Jones Found His Voice, Kari Lavelle will visit the downtown book store in June. According to event organizers Lavelle has...

The Temple in Salina will take a look back in time for one night this week as it shows a 1920s-era silent film Friday. Released just two years after construction was completed on the historic Masonic Temple, "Man with a Movie Camera" is a 1929 Soviet silent film by Dziga Vertov that will be shown at 7 p.m. May 24 in the historic third floor theater at the Temple, 336 S. Santa Fe Ave.

Good morning! Grab your favorite cup, fill it up & let’s start this day right… TOGETHER!!!. Hey friends, thank you for all of the feedback since the first part of my article ran two weeks ago. I’m going to pick up right where I left off so feel free to go back and read that if you haven’t already done so. Click here to see “A father with his own hurts often wounded his own son.”

A new face is joining the music department at Bethany College. According to the school, Troy Robertson is a new Assistant Professor of Music and Director of Choral Activities. Robertson, originally from Springfield, Missouri, and an Angeleno for the past four years, brings a wealth of experience and talent to the Bethany College Music Department.

A Salina teacher has been named a quarterfinalists for the 2025 Music Educator Award. According to USD 305, Matt Gerry was named one of 215 quarterfinalists for the award. The prestigious award is given to current educators who have made a significant and lasting contribution to the field of music education and who advocate for the ongoing inclusion of music education in schools.

Join King in the Community podcast host Nate King as he sits down with Crystal Hammerschmidt, the Visual Arts Coordinator for the upcoming Smoky Hill River Festival in Salina. Crystal shares her insights on the festival's visual arts, highlighting the talented artists and diverse artwork that will be showcased. From...

Persistence paid off for Salinan Mandy Copp and her team of Smoky Hill River Festival Medallion Hunters including her husband Sean Copp, her son Jacob Copp, and her friend Jon Loader. It took them just five clues and a couple of days to find the coveted treasure, this year a railroad spike, in a railroad tie, just outside the Friendship Center in Centennial Park. A colorful note with directions for the winner were also hidden inside the spike.

A renowned visiting artist will teach classes via the Salina Art Center this summer. According to the organization, visiting interdisciplinary artist Hugo Zelada-Romero is teaching classes for SummerART 2024. Zelada-Romero, an artist of Guatemalan heritage and a 2020 graduate of Wichita State University with a BFA in photo media, will...

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - Furniture, fixtures and equipment will be up for grabs on Thursday at Red Lobster restaurants nationwide. It comes as the seafood chain, facing financial struggles, liquidates its inventory and closes dozens of locations, including three in Kansas. According to its website, restaurants in Kansas City, Olathe...

Salina Post proudly presents Flashback Friday in partnership with the Smoky Hill Museum. Enjoy a weekly tidbit of local history from the staff at Salina Post and the Smoky Hill Museum as we present "Salina-Flashback Fridays." "I consider myself a feminist, very much so. I just feel like women should...

The search is on. The Smoky Hill River Festival Medallion Quest is underway. The first clue was unveiled Wednesday afternoon at 4:00 on the steps of the Smoky Hill Museum. It is:. “A timely institution”. Now, beginning Thursday, two different Festival Medallion Quest clues will be provided each day, at...

The Salina Symphony is tuning up for an unforgettable Symphony at Sunset D-Day 80th Anniversary Commemoration Concert on Saturday, June 1, on the grounds of the Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum in Abilene. Activities begin at 1 p.m. with hands-on history carts in the museum, food vendors, Mounted Color Guard...