Manhattan Chamber of Commerce launches new website to promote local amenities

The Manhattan Area Chamber of Commerce is launching a website to promote the city to working professionals. Talent strategies coordinator Amber Wilhelm describes what the website, madeformanhattan.org, will feature: According to Manhattan Area Chamber of Commerce president and CEO Jason Smith, the website is meant to create an online resource where people who are looking [...]

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$3.7 million NIH grant to support K-State researchers in development of COVID-19 treatment

Kansas State University has received a five-year, $3.7 million grant from the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to research a new treatment method for COVID-19. According to a release from the university Friday, the principal investigator for the project is Virologist with the K-State College of Veterinary Medicine Kyeon-OK [...]

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Kane Brown’s “One Mississippi” Is A Freewheeling, Summertime Love Affair

Embedded from www.youtube.com. If a fan of Kane Brown, the past three summers have been accompanied by the Tennessee-born superstar crooner releasing pop-aimed and lovestruck country anthems like “Be Like That” and “One Thing Right.&#...

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Ashley McBryde Discusses “Putting Her Big Girl Pants On” And Writing New Music

Though Ashley McBryde did release a “Live: From a Distance” version of her 2020 album Never Will to satisfy her fans’ urges for new music from the “One Night Standards” vocalist, the country singer recently revealed that t...

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Keith Urban Releases “Wild Hearts,” A Single For “Dreamers Ready To Fly”

Embedded from www.youtube.com. Keith Urban’s 2021 has seen the International country superstar release “Out the Cage,” a danceable, pop-country single featuring Breland and Nile Rodgers, from his latest album The Speed of Now, Part 1....

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Vaccine Incentives for Riley County Employees Approved

The Riley County Commission will incentivize employees to get COVID-19 vaccinations. Commissioners voted 2-1 Thursday morning to pay employees one hundred dollars upon proof of vaccination. Benefits eligible employees will also receive an additional scheduled annual day of leave time. Employees will have a two month period to get vaccines, allowing for the time necessary [...]

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Board of Regents approve K-State Presidential Profile

One of the first steps in the search for a new president at Kansas State University was completed this week by the Kansas Board of Regents. At a special meeting Wednesday, the board approved a presidential profile, developed by the 25-member Presidential Search Committee which was formed earlier this summer. Within the executive summary, obtained [...]

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USD 383 loses main food supplier

Loss of food vendor The Manhattan-Ogden school district has lost its largest food vendor. That’s according to assistant superintendent Eric Reid, who told the school board Wednesday that the vendor informed the district just last week that it would be canceling its contract. The vendor, Sysco, which is a wholesale food distributor, supplied about 80 percent [...]

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Riley County announces deputy fire chiefs following restructure of Fire District #1

Two new deputy fire chiefs have been named to fill vacancies with Riley County Fire District No. 1. John Martens and Doug Russell will fill an open deputy chief position and replace the position vacated earlier this summer by former Fire Chief Michael Regal, who resigned for a position in South Carolina. According to current [...]

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