Manhattan’s Airport Advisory Board heard some good news at Monday’s meeting. Envoy General Manager Brennan Walter says that the airport expected a few months of recovery time after the summer closure. However, recovery has been more immediate than expected. The airport reopened commercial air service in September after a four month closure for runway reconstruction. [...]

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USD 383 has had a concurrent agreement in place with Manhattan Area Technical College for dual credit classes, but renegotiation of the agreement has proven difficult. At Wednesday’s school board meeting, the board was presented an agreement with Kansas State University to offer two courses previously offered through MATC. Superintendent Eric Reid says it’s the [...]

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Deputy Riley County Counselor Shelly Woodard presented a resolution Monday for Riley County to seek property by means of eminent domain for a non-discharging wastewater lagoon project in the Keats Sewer District. Deadlines for USDA funding are approaching, and Woodard says tests on the site are needed. The court will determine if the county has [...]

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Manhattan Emergency Shelter is celebrating the holidays with a long-running program to serve their residents Volunteer and Donations Coordinator Adrina Beltran visited with the Greater Manhattan Community Foundation on Monday and explains their annual Adopt an Ornament program. The staff then takes the lists made by the shelter residents, wraps the presents, and distribute them [...]

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Riley County Deputy Attorney Bethany Fields recently received the 2022-23 Prosecutor of the Year, presented by the Kansas County and District Attorney’s Association. Fields was recognized Monday by the Riley County Commission. Riley County Attorney Barry Wilkerson spoke about some of her accomplishments. Wilkerson says Fields was recognized for her other duties as well. The award [...]

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The Flint Hills Breadbasket distributed Thanksgiving dinner baskets on Saturday morning. Community Connections Manager Jennie Jordan explains that the process had a bit of a change from last year. Some 400 baskets were distributed on Saturday. The annual event is aided by a number of volunteer groups, including the Knights of Columbus. Kansas State University students, [...]

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The 14th annual Kevin Coffey Memorial Blood Drive wrapped up Friday at St. Thomas More Church. Kevin was a 2009 Manhattan High graduate who died in a bus accident in 2010. His parents, Ray and Maxine Coffey, have hosted this drive in Manhattan annually in November since his untimely passing. Red Cross Kansas District spokesperson [...]

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At a joint meeting Thursday night between City of Manhattan and Pottawatomie County officials, Stantec Consulting Group presented its plans to formulate the East Manhattan Gateway Plan. The meeting served as an unofficial kickoff to the study that will mostly look at future land use in the growing Green Valley area. Specifically discussed was the [...]

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The annual parade and Ceremony of Honor recognized “Veterans of the Cold War.” Retired Brigadier General and Director of the Kansas Commission of Veteran Affairs Bill Turner was the featured speaker and recalled serving in Nuremburg Germany in 1987 Turner says in those days his team understood well what was expected of them and what [...]

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