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Director of the Riley County Health Department Julie Gibbs gives important updates on the COVID-19 outbreak in Riley county. Gibbs gives an update on the status of COVID-19 in Manhattan.   https://1350kman.com/update-manhattan-man-diagnosed-with-first-case-of-covid-19-in-riley-county/ Gibbs notes that certain factors can put some people at a higher risk from  the virus. Gibbs has issued an order to combat [...]

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Visitation to Ascension Via Christi in Manhattan and the Wamego Health Center is now restricted to labor and delivery and in end-of-life situations, where only one visitor per patient will be allowed. The hospital enacted the restrictions late Friday in an effort to protect patients and staff now that COVID-19 has reached Riley County. All [...]

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Manhattan — Pawnee Mental Health Services is dedicated to providing the mental health safety net for the counties of Cloud, Clay, Geary, Jewell, Marshall, Mitchell, Pottawatomie, Republic, Riley, and Washington. We will continue to provide services to new and existing clients during the COVID-19 situation, with adjustment to how some of these services are provided. [...]

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Release from the Riley County Health Department. RILEY COUNTY LOCAL HEALTH OFFICER ISSUES AN ORDER PROHIBITING PUBLIC GATHERINGS OF MORE THAN 10 PEOPLE (RILEY COUNTY, KS – March 20, 2020. There is now one confirmed case of the Coronavirus commonly known as COVID-19 inRiley County. Per her authority through Kansas State Statute 65-119, the Local [...]

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The Riley County Health Department has announced the first confirmed case of COVID-19 in Riley County. With this confirmation, RCHD Director Julie Gibbs has issued an order banning all public gatherings of more than 10 people that will go into effect at 12:01 a.m. on Saturday, March 21, 2020. This order will be in place [...]

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The Riley County Health Department has announced the first confirmed case of COVID-19 in Riley County. With this confirmation, RCHD Director Julie Gibbs has issued an order banning all public gatherings of more than 10 people that will go into effect at 12:01 a.m. on Saturday, March 21, 2020. This order will be in place [...]

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Manhattan State Senator Tom Hawk has announced his bid for a third term in the Kansas Legislature. Hawk, who serves the 22nd District, which includes Riley, Clay and a portion of Geary County is the ranking minority member of the Senate Committee on Ways & Means, which funds key priorities for the state. “As the [...]

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Despite many things shutting down amid the coronavirus pandemic, there is still a need to give blood. The American Red Cross says there are severe shortages, to the point that more than 4,500 blood drives have been cancelled across the country, resulting in about 150,000 fewer donations. Two opportunties exist Monday and Tuesday at CiCo [...]

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