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🌱 How a new FHSU scholarship could help Colby students transfer
Hello Colby! Stay connected with the latest updates from around town. Let's dive in! ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- How a new FHSU scholarship could help Colby students transfer
Also on today's calendar: Toddler Stay & Play Storytime and 4 more events.
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Today's riddle: Can February March? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Tuesday: Breezy in the afternoon, with a high of 61 and low of 30 degrees.
- Wednesday: Increasingly windy, temps: high: 60, low: 31.
- Thursday: Very windy; cooler, with a high of 44 and low of 28 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• FHSU partners with Kansas' 19 community colleges on new scholarship program (hayspost.com) — Colby Community College students planning to transfer to Fort Hays State could benefit from a new scholarship fund that local president Seth Carter can award directly to those with the greatest financial need. FHSU is extending this opportunity to all 19 Kansas community colleges, aiming to smooth transfer pathways and boost retention starting with awards for the 2026–27 academic year. 
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Upcoming Events in
Colby
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★ Featured events ★
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City Council
585 N Franklin Ave, Colby
11:30 pm
Tuesday December 16
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Other local events
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Thomas County Economic Development Board
Colby Calendar , 350 S Range Ave # 12 , Colby
8:00 am -
Toddler Stay & Play Storytime
Pioneer Memorial Library , 375 W 4th St , Colby
10:15 am -
HS JV Boys/Girls Basketball Tournament
Colby Event Center , 1200 S Franklin Ave , Colby
5:30 pm -
HS Basketball v. Cimarron
Colby Event Center , 1200 S Franklin Ave , Colby
4:30 pm -
City Offices Closes Early
Colby Calendar Colby, KS 67701
12:00 pm -
City of Colby Offices Closed
Colby Calendar Colby, KS 67701
Wednesday December 17
Thursday December 18
Friday December 19
Wednesday December 24
Thursday December 25
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Library Board Meeting
375 W 4th St , Colby
1:00 pm -
HS Basketball v. Holcomb
Colby Event Center , 1200 S Franklin Ave , Colby
4:30 pm -
HS BB @ Tribune (Greeley Co)
Brewster Public Schools Brewster, KS 67732
6:00 pm -
HS JV Boys/Girls Basketball Tournament
Colby Event Center , 1200 S Franklin Ave , Colby
5:30 pm -
HS Wrestling v. Goodland
CHS Gymnasium
6:00 pm
Tuesday December 16
Thursday December 18
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
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🗞 Nearby News
Garden City
- Kansas tribal leader 'heartbroken' over ICE detention center contract. He wants to cancel it (kcur.org)
- 20th ranked Cougars outgunned 111-95 by Garden City (greatbendpost.com)
Hays
- 🤼♀️ Markwardt and Johns victorious at Avila Open, Tigers place nine (hayspost.com)
- Hays Area Planning Commission to review zoning requests in east Hays (hayspost.com)
- Fatal Interstate 70 Collision Claims WaKeeney Man Near Hays (sunflowerstateradio.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
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