Manhattan Public Library and Susan B. Anthony Middle School are teaming up to increase students’ access to digital reading materials. According to the library, they have formed a partnership that provides access to thousands of age-appropriate books for students’ use inside the classroom, at home, or anywhere 24/7. Middle school students can now use Sora [...]

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The Riley County Health Department continues to see active COVID cases drop as testing demand also continues to decline. The latest weekly update Wednesday showed 145 active cases in the county. It includes 230 new cases along with 374 additional recoveries since Feb. 9. The two-week rolling percent positivity rate fell to 16.6 percent, from [...]

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An Oklahoma-based employee-owned horse and livestock trailer manufacturer has announced expansion into Kansas and the subsequent acquisition of Manhattan’s TravAlum, a local aluminum trailer manufacturer in the Green Valley Business Park. Cimarron Trailers announced Wednesday it has acquired the assets of TravAlum and will convert the existing space into its first expansion outside of its [...]

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The Flint Hills Regional Leadership Program has announced it will expand to include members living in Wabaunsee County. The board chose Wabaunsee County due to its geographic and economic ties to its other member counties which include Riley, Pottawatomie and Geary. Wabaunsee County Commission Chairman Joel Fager said in a Monday release that expansion represents [...]

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 Kansas State University’s new president wasted no time getting to work Tuesday, providing testimony to the Kansas House Committee on Higher Education Budget. Dr. Richard Linton spoke to committee members about the university’s support for Gov. Laura Kelly’s proposal to hold tuition flat by increasing nearly $50 million worth of public-private scholarship funds to [...]

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 Kansas State University’s new president wasted no time getting to work Tuesday, providing testimony to the Kansas House Committee on Higher Education Budget. Dr. Richard Linton spoke to committee members about the university’s support for Gov. Laura Kelly’s proposal to hold tuition flat by increasing nearly $50 million worth of public-private scholarship funds to [...]

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