2024 budget discussions begin for Manhattan City Commission

The Manhattan City Commission held their first budget work session Tuesday to discuss the estimated 2024 revenue neutral rate and possible changes to the mill levy. Deputy City Manager Jason Hilgers presented the commission with the city’s year-to-date financials and the impact of property valuation increases on the revenue neutral rate (RNR). Hilgers said overall [...]

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Manhattan City Commission to start 2024 budget discussion tonight

The Manhattan City Commission has one item on the work session agenda tonight, discussing the city’s 2023 year to date analysis and the 2024 budget. Commissioners will also receive an overview of the Capital Improvement Program. The board will review the city’s financials and provide feedback on items such as the city’s seven major revenue [...]

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Winners of this year´s Cowboy Poetry Contest share thoughts on the experience

The Flint Hills Discovery Center hosted the 13th annual Kansas Cowboy Poetry Contest on Friday.    The finals were divided into serious and humorous categories, and poets ranged in age and experience.  Winner of the serious category, Kye Rieff has only competed three times but says Cowboy Poetry contests are a space that he feels [...]

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U.S. Cavalry Museum reopens at Fort Riley

Fort Riley reopened the U.S. Cavalry Museum Tuesday after nearly seven years of planning and reconstruction of the famous building, first constructed in 1855 as a hospital. The project was funded by the U.S. Army and the Center for Military History. In recent years, the Army has pushed to renovate its 43 museums both across [...]

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RCPD: Three hospitalized following car fire, secondary crash near north of Manhattan

Three people were hospitalized Tuesday morning following a car fire and separate crash north of Manhattan. The Riley County Police Department says it happened shortly before 9:30 a.m. in the 6200 block of Tuttle Creek Blvd. near the Public Works Shops. The incident shut down both north and southbound lanes for close to 40 minutes. [...]

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