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Temperatures to surge above 100 degrees next week
Jul. 26—It's about to get really hot around here. Temperatures next week are set to surge above 100 degrees after hovering in the mid-90s this week. Forecasts call for a high of 96 degrees Sunday with a 20% chance of storms in the evening, but Monday could get up to 100 degrees with similar odds of storms before 1 a.m. It may not be much better after that. The high on Tuesday is 102 degrees, ...
City commission to look at next steps in ongoing levee project
Jul. 26—Manhattan city commissioners on Tuesday will discuss next steps with the ongoing levee improvement project as Phase 1 nears completion. The project reduces the risk of flooding from the Big Blue and Kansas Rivers for an estimated 10,000 Manhattan residents and more than $1 billion of commercial and residential development by bolstering the reliability and structural integrity of the ...
OPINION: Thoughts on the anointing
Jul. 26—I can understand the Democrats' move to anoint Kamala Harris as the successor. There's a clock ticking, and uniting against a common opponent is tactically important for them. And I guess a party's decision-making process is not necessarily democratic, small d — it's just the way to come up with a candidate who will be put before the voters in an honest-to-God election, the one that ...
Riley County Commission approves special use authorization for a new water tower
Jul. 25—Rural Riley County is getting a new water tower. County commissioners on Thursday approved a special-use authorization to allow for the construction, operation and maintenance of a 300,000-gallon water tower in the rural water district. The water tower will go up on a half-acre plot of land west of the intersection of the intersection of Tuttle Creek Boulevard and Thomas Wiard Road, on ...
Fort Riley's Trooper gate to remain closed
Jul. 25—One of Fort Riley's main access gates from Junction City will remain closed indefinitely. Fort Riley officials on Thursday announced that Trooper Access Control Point, which enters the southwest part of Fort Riley from Washington Street in Junction City, will not reopen for now after it shut down for road reconstruction. The Grant Access Control Point still is open to ingoing and ...
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