HUMBOLDT — Korenne Wolken remembers the time when it all clicked for one of her students. It clicked for her, too. That’s when she realized she wanted to become a special education teacher. “I was…

Today is a deadline many thought they would never come.  The recycling program managed by Iola Rotary Club for more than 25 years in one form or another is ending.  That means that tons of…

The Humboldt school district has canceled classes for students for the rest of the week because of a rise in COVID-19 cases. That will take students into the winter break. Classes will resume Jan. 4;…

HUMBOLDT — Two people are in custody following a 34-minute car chase Wednesday that started in Yates Center and ended in Humboldt. Kansas Highway Patrol spokesman Rick Wingate said James Waggoner, Erie, was driving a…

CHANUTE — Crews are reopening a five-mile stretch of U.S. 169 today, from Chanute to near Earlton, the Kansas Department of Transportation announced Tuesday. The highway reopening marks the end of the first phase of…

HUMBOLDT —  A construction project turned into a unique history lesson this week when Humboldt High students hit upon some Civil War artifacts. Olivia Black, a building trades student, was helping with the group’s next…

HUMBOLDT — The recent discovery of a Civil War-era belt plate, likely worn by the Union Army officer, coincides with a bit of troubling news regarding the Humboldt Historical Society Museum. A HHS Board member…

Humboldt celebrated Christmas with a downtown event Friday that included bicycling around the square, an open fire to make s’mores, and visits with Santa.

HUMBOLDT — Humboldt will ring in the holiday season on two wheels Friday. The community’s annual Bike Night celebration is set for dusk Friday, in which bicycle riders of all ages are welcome to adorn…

Humboldt photographer and astronomer Mike Myer was out in the cold November predawn hours Friday to snap photos of the full moon as it was nearly encompassed by the Earth’s shadow for a partial lunar…