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The 15-year plan will guide future decisions on land use, economic development, housing, health, transportation and infrastructure. Planning and Development director Amanda Webb said staff worked on the plan since 2023, with input from several stakeholders throughout the process. “We did community engagement, a public survey, a lot of different workshops across the county … [...]

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A local nonprofit organization is exploring the possibility of tackling one of its largest-ever housing developments in Manhattan and asked Riley County for feedback on whether the project could qualify for Reinvestment Housing Incentive District financing. Executive director Josh Brewer presented an early concept to commissioners Thursday for nearly five acres in a Northview neighborhood [...]

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Manhattan’s emerging role in safeguarding America’s food system was on full display Wednesday as USDA Deputy Secretary Stephen Vaden and U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran toured the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility and Kansas State University’s Biosecurity Research Institute. Vaden’s first trip to Manhattan comes as NBAF, a Biosafety Level 4 laboratory designed to study and [...]

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Manhattan’s emerging role in safeguarding America’s food system was on full display Wednesday as USDA Deputy Secretary Stephen Vaden and U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran toured the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility and Kansas State University’s Biosecurity Research Institute. Vaden’s first trip to Manhattan comes as NBAF, a Biosafety Level 4 laboratory designed to study and [...]

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Director David Adams told Riley County commissioners on Monday EMS responded to 464 calls in August, a slight increase from the previous month. “The thing I noticed by the hours is really the late morning and then in the afternoons was busier, which tells us that there were more citizens out and about,” he said. [...]

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Riley County commissioners unanimously approved a $2.8 million contract Monday authorizing BHS Construction to begin work on the remodel of the old Riley County EMS Station at 2011 Claflin Road. The facility will become the headquarters for Emergency Management and Riley County Fire District No. 1. “They’d like to start as soon as we can [...]

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School officials say a threatening post made on Snapchat over the weekend against Anthony Middle School was not credible and the person who posted it has been identified. A message was sent out to parents Sunday afternoon via USD 383’s ParentSquare notification system that school administrators were notified Sunday morning by the Riley County Police [...]

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A gas leak reported Friday morning in the Northview area resulted in five homes being evacuated as a precaution. The Manhattan Fire Department was called out to the area of Casement Road between Hayes Drive and Judson Road shortly before 10 a.m. According to Deputy Fire Chief Ryan Almes, the gas leak developed in the [...]

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