Plans are in motion to construct a new shelter on Bluemont Hill near the scenic overlook. The Manhattan Parks and Recreation Advisory Board moved Monday to recommend the city partner with the Manhattan Kiwanis Club on the project. It’s now up to the city commission to decide the shelter’s fate. “We felt that a shelter [...]

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Plans are in motion to construct a new shelter on Bluemont Hill near the scenic overlook. The Manhattan Parks and Recreation Advisory Board moved Monday to recommend the city partner with the Manhattan Kiwanis Club on the project. It’s now up to the city commission to decide the shelter’s fate. “We felt that a shelter [...]

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Plans are in motion to construct a new shelter on Bluemont Hill near the scenic overlook. The Manhattan Parks and Recreation Advisory Board moved Monday to recommend the city partner with the Manhattan Kiwanis Club on the project. It’s now up to the city commission to decide the shelter’s fate. “We felt that a shelter [...]

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Plans are in motion to construct a new shelter on Bluemont Hill near the scenic overlook. The Manhattan Parks and Recreation Advisory Board moved Monday to recommend the city partner with the Manhattan Kiwanis Club on the project. It’s now up to the city commission to decide the shelter’s fate. “We felt that a shelter [...]

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It’s been a summer of swift changes at Manhattan Regional Airport. Travel ticked up during the month of July, with 7,835 passengers boarding flights at MHK. Envoy Air general manager Brennan Walter told Manhattan’s Airport Advisory Board on Monday it represents an 82% load factor, the metric used to calculate the percentage of occupied seats [...]

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Pottawatomie County commissioners on Monday took a step toward bringing a new fire station to Blue Township. The board unanimously approved a resolution, declaring the need for the facility in Fire District Number 5, which serves the southwestern area of the county, east of Manhattan. The resolution authorizes the county to issue up to $2 [...]

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Manhattan Public Works is quickly finishing summer road projects and looking ahead to more long term projects across the city. Two projects have had crews working diligently to finish in time for the school year. A concrete maintenance project along Browning Avenue, in front of Marlatt Elementary, was recently finished. Public works director Brian Johnson [...]

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A thorough discussion of revenues and expenditures is planned Tuesday night as the Manhattan City Commission meets for a budget work session. The meeting will take place at 6 p.m. in City Hall. City manager Danielle Dulin will present an updated look at the 2026 budget preparation with elected officials. To view the full article [...]

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A thorough discussion of revenues and expenditures is planned Tuesday night as the Manhattan City Commission meets for a budget work session. The meeting will take place at 6 p.m. in City Hall. City manager Danielle Dulin will present an updated look at the 2026 budget preparation with elected officials. To view the full article [...]

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