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By Megan Moser A path to economic growth for Manhattan could include proactively approaching investors, opening a regional business research center hiring a development director. Matt Tarleton, an Atlanta-based consultant specializing in community development spoke Friday at the Regional Growth Summit, which is the new name for the Regional Leaders’ Retreat. The event is organized [...]

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An Ogden man is behind bars on a large bond after his arrest by RCPD on Thursday. Horashio Pritchett, 45 was arrested just prior to 4 p.m. at the Riley County Jail. He has been charged with probable cause offenses of perjury, five counts of violating a protection order, and violation of the Offender Registration [...]

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An Ogden man is behind bars on a large bond after his arrest by RCPD on Thursday. Horashio Pritchett, 45 was arrested just prior to 4 p.m. at the Riley County Jail. He has been charged with probable cause offenses of perjury, five counts of violating a protection order, and violation of the Offender Registration [...]

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Officers filed a report of an injury accident at the corner of S. 10th Street and Fort Riley Blvd. on Thursday afternoon in Manhattan. The accident occurred just prior to 2 p.m. Officers report Eugene Fells, 85, of Herrington, failed to yield at a red light. Subsequently, his Lincoln MKZ struck a Mazda Tribute riven [...]

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By Rose Gruenbacher Scorpius BioManufacturing officials on Thursday told The Mercury the original deal they made with the state to construct a $650-million, 500,000-square-foot vaccine and biologic medicine plant is off after they failed to meet an end-of-year timeline, though they said the door is open to renegotiate a new agreement. “I think there’s a [...]

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By Emma Loura/Manhattan Mercury Riley County and the city of Manhattan will enter an official agreement to split costs for aerial surveys. Riley County commissioners on Thursday signed their part to formalize the deal, which in the past had only been a verbal agreement that the city would reimburse the county for its portion of [...]

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  Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kan., on Thursday advocated for Kansas and for his home base of Manhattan during the confirmation hearings for U.S. secretary of agriculture nominee Brooke Rollins. Moran was one of several senators on the Senate Agriculture Committee asking questions of Rollins, who is Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Agriculture. Moran [...]

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By Megan Moser According to a report earlier this year by the Manhattan Area Chamber of Commerce, Manhattan under-performed in several metrics that indicate economic health. Manhattan posted 0% job growth, according to a 2024 report, which was well below that of the four peer cities the report used for comparison. For instance, Ames, Iowa, [...]

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The USD 383 school board on Wednesday unanimously voted to outsource mowing and upkeep services to two outside companies, making up for staff shortages and saving the district some cash. Previously, USD 383 employed three full-time groundskeepers to take care of nearly 310 acres across 24 district locations, but all three have shifted to other [...]

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The 1st Infantry Division from Fort Riley has returned to the National Training Center in Fort Irwin, California, for a division-level training rotation. It’s the third time an entire division has undergone training at the NTC and the 1st Infantry Division’s first time back since 2021. Traditionally, NTC rotations have been the domain of individual [...]

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