News Radio KMAN · In Focus 4/1/22: Riley County Extension, MHK CVB, Riley City, Community Health Improvement Plan 00:00 – Segment 1 13:01 – Segment 2 25:39 – Segment 3 38:26 – Segment 4 Friday’s In Focus featured a full slate of guests, including Riley County Extension Horticulture Agent Gregg Eyestone, Manhattan Convention and Visitors Bureau Director Karen Hibbard, City of Riley Mayor Tim Sharp as well as Riley County Health Department Director Julie Gibbs and Flint Hills Wellness Coalition Chair Deb Nuss. Eyestone talked upcoming Extension activities around the region and Spring yard maintenance. Hibbard joined the program to…
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News Radio KMAN · Legislative Update 4/1/22 with Sydney Carlin
Kansas River Cleanup day is just a few weeks away. Ben Jedlicka, Riley County Game Warden, says April 16th marks the cleanup day for the river, otherwise known as battery case cleanup day. This event is a kayak event, which Jedlicka shares more about. “That is supported by Manhattan Parks and Rec. They get a dumpster there and a skid-loader and we shuttle stuff that comes off the sandbars, between that boat ramp and St.George and then we bring it all back up to the boat ramp.” That garbage then gets shuttle up to the dumpsters. With the help of…
While some just see photographs, others, like Doug Barrett, see stories. The Riley County Historical Society sponsored Doug Barrett, an internationally recognized documentary photographer, videographer, and photojournalist at their quarterly meeting Thursday evening at the Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art. Barrett, who lives in Manhattan, owns 400 North Creative and now has an exhibit at the Beach Museum. Barrett is a Georgia native, but following his time in the military, he decided to stay in Manhattan. Since leaving the military, Barrett said he felt like he had so many stories to tell. As someone who always has a camera…
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McCain Auditorium is hosting two events next week in conjunction with the Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art. These events are related to the Gordon Parks exhibit titled Homeward to the Prairie I Come, on display through May 28 at the museum. Beach Museum Director Linda Duke says McCain Auditorium Director Todd Holmberg wanted to include community events to incorporate with this exhibit. “Todd has for a long time wanted an opportunity to bring jazz great Terrance Blanchard to perform at McCain. He will be performing a free live concert with his band, the E-Collective,” Duke said. Blanchard is a…
Gov. Laura Kelly and the Kansas Department of Health and Environment have announced the state is shifting its COVID-19 emergency pandemic response to an endemic phase, which some are dubbing the “new normal.” Starting Friday, the governor says the state will use lessons learned over the past two years to ensure the state is prepared for potential surges or other needs that might arise in the future. The decision comes as current COVID-19 metrics continue both locally and at the state level to trend the right direction. State data shows over 7 million tests have been given, with over 4…
TOPEKA, Kan. — Republican lawmakers have passed a measure to overturn three communities’ policies that could help immigrants stay in Kansas illegally. Their action Wednesday highlighted an issue the GOP is likely to push in the governor’s race. The bill is a response to an ordinance enacted last month by Wyandotte County, a Democratic stronghold. The ordinance provides local identification cards for immigrants and other residents and declares that the county won’t help federal officials enforce immigration laws absent a threat to public safety. Lawrence and Roeland Park in northeast Kansas also have such immigration policies. Attorney General Derek Schmidt…
News Radio KMAN · In Focus 3/31/22: Tuttle Creek Outdoors & Army Corps of Engineers 00:00 – Segment 1 11:20 – Segment 2 24:04 – Segment 3 36:53 – Segment 4 Thursday’s edition of the In Focus Podcast featured an hour of discussion with Riley County Game Warden Ben Jedlicka from the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks, Army Corps of Engineers Operations Project Manager Brian McNulty and Tuttle Creek Park Manager Caleb Snider. The trio discussed construction at the spillway marina boat ramp, recreation offerings and events coming up around Tuttle as well as water safety as Spring starts…
TOPEKA, Kan. — Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly says Kansas won’t enforce a federal mandate that nursing home workers get vaccinated against COVID-19. She acknowledged Wednesday that the mandate conflicts with a state law she signed four months ago. Kelly’s move won’t allow nursing home employees to avoid the vaccination mandate. The federal government informed the state last week that it will charge Kansas nearly $349,000 for the year to have federal teams survey nursing homes for compliance. The law enacted in November makes it easy for workers to claim a religious exemption from vaccine mandates. Meanwhile, Republican legislators want to…