SALINA, Kan. (KAKE) - Salina resident William Cookson recently started painting his house. But before he could finish the job orders came in for Cookson to deploy to Kuwait with his Kansas Army National Guard unit. The Military Affairs Council at the Salina Area Chamber of Commerce got word of the unfinished paint job. So folks with the [...]
Diesel technology students are learning a new set of skills and a Salina man serving in Kuwait is getting his house painted this week. “We are chipping off the old paint and putting on primer. We will possibly help paint it,” Chris Wiegand said Tuesday afternoon. He’s in his second year in the diesel technology program [...]
Salina Police Chief Brad Nelson hopes a new high school public safety pathway being implemented by the Salina School District and Salina Area Technical College will help remedy a shortage of officers in his department. Beginning in the fall of 2018, juniors at Salina Central and Salina South high schools will be able to enroll in [...]
For the fifth consecutive time, Salina Area Technical College has been named one of the top 150 two-year colleges in the United States by the Aspen Institute, and is now eligible to compete with those 149 other colleges for the $1 million 2019 Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence. “This recognition is the result of years [...]
