fort riley kansas – 101.5 K-Rock Manhattan's Real Rock https://1015krock.com The Flint Hills Real Rock Tue, 29 Jul 2025 12:22:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/1015krock.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/krock-fb-logo.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 fort riley kansas – 101.5 K-Rock Manhattan's Real Rock https://1015krock.com 32 32 43031150 Fort Riley museums expected to close by 2027 https://1015krock.com/fort-riley-museums-expected-to-close-by-2027/ Tue, 29 Jul 2025 12:22:22 +0000 https://1350kman.com/?p=437615

By Libby Zuck

The 1st Infantry Museum, the Cavalry Museum and General Custer’s House remain open — for now.

In March President Trump signed an executive order to close military museums across the country, potentially including three Fort Riley museums.

The three museums are projected to close before September 2027 but do not have specific dates.

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]]> 249589 A Chinese-owned company owns farmland near Fort Riley. Federal officials think that’s bad https://1015krock.com/a-chinese-owned-company-owns-farmland-near-fort-riley-federal-officials-think-thats-bad/ Fri, 11 Jul 2025 17:08:47 +0000 https://1350kman.com/?p=437198

A Chinese company owns 160 acres of farmland just a mile and a half from Fort Riley as the crow flies.

Is that a problem? President Donald Trump thinks so.

The land is three parcels near I-70 in Geary County, according to records obtained by The Mercury. The plots are unassuming — some fields, greenhouses, outbuildings and a small house.

But the company that owned the land since 2002, Syngenta Seeds, is part of a corporation with a net worth of $30 billion and was involved in a number of lawsuits, including a class-action claim over genetically modified corn seeds which tanked the corn market and resulted in Syngenta making a $1.5 billion settlement.

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