The Manhattan Housing Authority has a new program to help homeless veterans. The program, called HUD-VASH, combines vouchers from the Housing and Urban Development with the Veteran’s Affairs Supportive Housing organizations. Manhattan Housing Authority Executive Director Aaron Estabrook spoke about the program on KMAN’s In Focus Thursday. MHA Chief Operations Officer Alyssa Boley, elaborates on the effectiveness of the outreach program: The Manhattan Housing Authority emphasized that maintaining positive relationships with local landlords and community partners is vital for the protection and welfare of the veterans the HUD-VASH program is looking to support.
Author: Kolby Van Camp
This Monday, the Flint Hills Veteran’s Coalition has paired with the City of Manhattan to light up downtown Manhattan with the color green in observance of Veteran’s Day.
Manhattan has received a new technological addition to its bus service thanks to a grant from the Kansas Department of Transportation. The Flint Hills Area Transportation Agency has recently been able to begin adding digital signs, known as “way signs,” to help better assist bus riders with getting to their locations. Marketing and Communications Specialist Daphne McNelly details how the signs function. McNelly says that the KDOT grant has been helpful not only with the installation of the signs, but also for community engagement and disability inclusion. Further technical updates and improvements to the ATA Bus system are expected and…
Manhattan will be experiencing the first quarterly art walk this Saturday with exhibits featuring local artists. Downtown Manhattan, Inc. is partnering with Friends of the Konza Prairie, SNW Gallery and Custom Frames, and the K-State College of Architecture, Planning and Design for the exhibition. Arts and Culture Coordinator Heather Hnizdil explains that the art walk will be a regularly occurring event for the community. Hnizdil also shares information on how to navigate the exhibit. Downtown Manhattan, Inc. Executive Director Gina Snyder emphasizes that attendees can start wherever they want in the art walk and can tour at their own leisure.…
Dr. John Mather, Nobel Laureate in Physics and Senior Project Scientist for NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), gave a presentation to Kansas State University students on Tuesday. Dr. Mather discussed the historical background of telescopes and cosmology, and the work of JWST in studying distant objects to explore the origins of the universe. Mather explained that the farther away the object being studied is, the farther “back in time” scientists travel thanks to physics and the monumental distances between the deep-space points of study and the telescopes studying them. JWST has also recently been used to study exoplanets, planets…