Buchanan County
Posted March 11, 2025 Chancellor Mauli Agrawal of the University of Missouri-Kansas City announced a new academic expansion in the school of dentistry during the 2025 State of the University meeting. UMKC seeks $12 million in funding from state, federal,…
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Posted July 22, 2024 St Joseph-based TransPort 360, LLC has appointed Aaron Khouri as the new CEO, succeeding Bill Becker, who announced his retirement. Khouri began his new role effective July 18, according to a release. He joined TransPort 360…
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Posted April 10, 2024 A co-founder of the Christian health care sharing ministry in St. Joseph pleaded guilty in federal court Monday for his role in an $8 million wire fraud conspiracy that cheated hundreds of members and to making…
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About 17 percent of the 2,700-strong workforce at Triumph Foods pork plant in St. Joseph have tested positive for COVID-19. Of those that tested positive, about 90 percent of the workers were asymptomatic, said Triumph CEO Mark Campbell. "Those with…
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Jackson County is getting $122.7 million of Missouri's $2.4 billion in federal CARES Act funding, the second-highest amount of any county in the state. “COVID-19 has had an overwhelming impact on our economy, and many local governments, health care providers,…
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Kansas City, Mo.-based National Beef Packing Co. announced this week that it will undertake an $8 million expansion of its facility in Liberal, Kan. The news follows an announcement in July that National Beef is undertaking a similar expansion at its…
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Two area accounting firms--St. Joseph-based CliftonLarsonAllen and Gottlieb, Flekier & Co. of Overland Park--announced today that they had joined forces, effective Dec. 1. The deal gives CliftonLarsonAllen an office in Kansas, where Jerry Gottlieb, Steve Flekier, and Danielle Bordman will…
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KPIs aren't just for big businesses; using them can improve profitability anywhere. Key Performance Indicators are measurements that can help you monitor the financial health of your business. When tracked consistently, KPIs help you make important decisions that affect your…
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After a month of near-record rainfall, the St. Joseph area enjoyed a comparatively dry spell over the weekend, allowing a number of key highways and roads in Northwest Missouri to reopen, the Missouri Department of Transportation says. As of Monday…
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Not many cities in the U.S. can beat St. Joseph when it comes to economic strength as center for agribusiness might—in fact, only three meet that test, according to Forbes magazine, which ranks St. Joseph No. 4 among American cities…
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