Wyandotte County
Chateau Avalon, a 61-room hotel near the Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kan., with uniquely themed suites such as "Camelot" and "Tuscany," has entered into a partnership with Rockville, Md.-based Choice Hotels, in which the latter lists Avalon under its…
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Logistics Park Kansas City will be the home to Hostess Brands’ main distribution center as industrial vacancy rates in the area are tightening and strong leasing activity continues. Hostess is moving its distribution operations from Illinois to the Edgerton industrial…
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Less than two miles separate the main campuses of the University of Kansas Hospital and Saint Luke’s flagship medical center near the Country Club Plaza. Which means, according to the editors of U.S. News and World Report, that residents of…
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The "Kansas" in University of Kansas Health System was reinforced again with news this morning that the parent of Kansas City's largest hospital had acquired 33-bed Great Bend Regional Hospital in central Kansas, along with affiliated clinics. Terms of the…
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The Kansas City, Kansas Fire Department has a new chief: Mike Callahan. Unified Government County Administrator Doug Bach made the announcement this morning. Callahan comes to KCK from the Chicago Fire Department where he served as the Deputy Fire Commissioner. …
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After 44 years of business in Lawrence, The Merc, a community-owned food co-op, has revealed its plans to open a second location located in Downtown Kansas City, Kansas. The plan is to open the store at the corner of 5th…
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The University of Kansas Health System is expanding into downtown Kansas City, KS. Today the group announced the purchase of the former Environmental Protection Agency building at 901 N. Fifth Street in KCK. KU plans to turn the 220,000 square…
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The University of Kansas announced this morning that its Bioscience & Technology Business Center had earned a $50,000 grant from the Small Business Administration to support the center's mission as a business accelerator and economic engine for northeast Kansas. It's…
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Wyandotte County’s Unified Government has signed off on a request for state approval of STAR bonds for the American Royal Association, which is planning to turn a 112-acre site in Kansas City, Kan., into a national center for agribusiness. The…
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The board of trustees for Kansas City Kansas Community College has appointed Jacqueline Vietti as acting president of the college, the second person to hold that leadership role in the week since lPresident Doris Givens was placed on paid administrative…
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