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The Salina Journal Kansas State University Polytechnic Campus has begun the spring semester and it is looking bright. The school said enrollment for spring 2021 is up 5% with student credit hours up 9%. This is the fourth year in a row that K-State Poly has seen enrollment trending higher. K-State Poly said this is impressive considering the pandemic is still ongoing. “It’s important during challenging times to focus on what we can control,” said Christopher Smith, executive director of enrollment management, marketing and financial aid. “I am proud of our team for never losing sight...

Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021 Kansas State Polytechnic and Salina USD 305 have signed a partnership to create the PolyCATS Academy for USD 305 high school students. From left are Curtis Stevens, USD 305 director of secondary education; Linn Exline, USD 305 superintendent; Alysia Starkey, CEO and dean of K-State Polytechnic; and Terri Gaeddert, associate dean for academics and student success, K-State Polytechnic. | Download this photo.     SALINA — Kansas State University's Polytechnic Campus and Salina USD 305 have partnered to create the new Polytechnic Center for Applied Technology Studies. T...

New Kansas COVID cluster list names 23 of 252 active outbreaks. Here are the locations. Jason Tidd, The Wichita Eagle Feb. 10—Kansas public health officials named more locations with active outbreaks of COVID-19. Sedgwick County had a school, a church and two nursing homes on the state's list. There could be additional outbreaks in the Wichita area, as the Kansas Department of Health and Environment's weekly cluster update on Wednesday identified only a fraction of all the locations with an active outbreak of COVID-19. The Sedgwick County Health Department's COVID-19 dashboa...

Growing a vegetable garden on one of the Salina Community Garden plots definitely has many benefits. For many people, one of the biggest benefits is simply more space. Many city backyards may have shade trees or other obstacles that make growing a nice garden difficult. In these situations, a community garden plot may offer the perfect solution.  Fortunately, here in Salina we have community garden plots available that offer great space and gardening opportunities for many residents. Each year, the city of Salina and K-State Research and Extension-Central Kansas District sponsor community...

K-State Poly launches fire and hazmat training course The Salina Journal Kansas State University Polytechnic announced it will offer a training course on unmanned aircraft systems for firefighters and hazardous materials personnel. The four-day course will use K-State’s UAS technology, with the first course being Oct. 5-8 at Crisis City Training Center southwest of Salina. "Working with Salina-area firefighters and our partners at Crisis City Training Center, we have created a course that offers a one-of-a-kind UAS training in which we can train students on fire, hazmat, and search and res...