Saturday was Fall Apple Day Festival at Fort Riley, the largest annual public event on post. The event is named Apple Day because of a featured and special apple pie. The pie in question is renowned in the area, and draws a large crowd every year. KMAN spoke with one of the 2023 Pie Queens, [...]
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Geary County Schools USD 475 cut the ribbon Friday on its new state-of-the-art Morris Hill Elementary, located on Fort Riley. The new school combines the former Jefferson and Morris Hill Elementary schools and will eventually accommodate 590 students and be 99,000 square feet. Principal Melisa Burgess, who had a hand in the school’s design, says [...]
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The Fall Apple Festival is Fort Riley’s annual open house. It is free and open to the public, with a number of family-friendly activities. Event Coordinator Ron Stewart gives an overview of some of the attractions that visitors will see at the event. The event will take place on the historic main post of Fort [...]
Fort Riley officials hosted the Secretary of the Army Wednesday for a tour of the installation, including the remodeled 4+2 barracks Wednesday afternoon. Army Secretary Christine E Wormuth visited one of the newly remodeled barracks and spoke about the state of the Army’s overall infrastructure. The 4+2 barracks include four rooms with two bathrooms shared between a [...]
The Department of the Army announced Friday the deployment of the 1st Infantry Division Combat Aviation Brigade to Europe in support of European Allies and partners. Officials at Fort Riley say the team deploying will replace the 3rd Infantry Division Combat Aviation Brigade, as part of a regular rotation of forces to support the United [...]
Senator Jerry Moran visited with KMAN this week about the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), recently passed by the Senate. The bipartisan bill authorizes a 5% pay raise for soldiers, as well as construction funds for a number of projects for the military. The bill also allows for supply chain alterations that would allow stockpiles [...]
A massive annual defense spending bill was passed by the Senate Thursday, that would give service members a better than 5% pay raise and investments into Fort Riley’s infrastructure. The vote was 86-11. Sen. Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) applauded the passage of the Senate’s bill, saying it includes “critical investments for the nation’s weapons stockpile and cutting-edge [...]
Fort Riley has postponed the planned installation wide power outage, the Black Start exercise, initially planned for Wednesday due to extreme high temperatures and heat indices. Black Start will be rescheduled to a later date. Fort Riley will hold its annual full-scale exercise Wednesday as planned but won’t include shutting off power to the installation. [...]
Fort Riley will conduct an energy resilience readiness exercise on July 26. Black Start is a mandated power outage designed to test the installation’s emergency response. The exercise will happen between 4 a.m. to 1 p.m. Directorate of Plans, Training, Mobilization and Security Clay Nauman says the exercise provides an opportunity to make sure all [...]
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 [...]