General News

City Commissioners unanimously approved the 2022 annual budget during Tuesday’s meeting, keeping the Mill Levy steady from 2021 and setting the blueprint for city services for the next year. The [...]

Two houses in the core of Atchison are now available for rehabilitation and will be open for viewing from 3-6 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 23. The properties at 923 Santa Fe St. and 1107 Santa Fe St. [...]

In just over four years of operation the Atchison E-Community Program has now closed 27 loans totaling just over $1,250,000 for local small businesses. Since January of 2017, the Atchison [...]

I am honored to have recently been named Atchison’s Interim City Manager and I want to thank the City Commission for their trust and support. Being the City Manager, even on an interim basis, [...]

Resolution No. 3264 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF ATCHISON, KANSAS REGARDING THE GOVERNING BODY’S INTENT TO LEVY A PROPERTY TAX EXCEEDING THE REVENUE NEUTRAL RATE; WHEREAS, the Revenue Neutral Rate [...]

The City’s Economic Development Advisory Group (EDAG) recently approved nine additional grants totaling $36,465 to go toward building façade improvements in the 500-600 blocks of Commercial [...]

Recently the Atchison Fire Department was awarded 2 separate grants for equipment. The Kansas Pipeline Association awarded the department  $3,000 for the purchase of equipment related to the [...]

City Commissioners unanimously approved a contract with Assistant City Manager Justin Pregont to serve as City Manager on an interim basis effective immediately. The contract was approved [...]

Atchison City Manager Becky Berger is resigning from her position. Berger, who has worked for the City since 2012, started as the Assistant City Manager/Finance Director until 2017, when she was [...]