Wyandotte County
Posted February 5, 2025 The Kansas City Health Department on Friday said the city continues to maintain low tuberculosis case numbers with no signs of an active outbreak following the Wyandotte County outbreak. Since 2015, the annual average number of…
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Posted January 28, 2025 Updated 11:06 a.m., January 29, 2025 Kansas is experiencing an outbreak of tuberculosis, the largest documented outbreak in U.S. history, according to Kansas health officials. As of Jan. 24, Kansas Department of Health and Environment officials…
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Posted December 2, 2024 Over the past 12 months, the Kansas City metro has gained 14,500 jobs and has ranked 11th among 10 other comparable U.S. cities, according to the Mid-America Regional Council nonprofit. The Mid-America Regional Council posted a…
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Posted November 12, 2024 Kansas City, Kansas-based developer, Eastside Innovation, has been selected to redevelop the former Indian Springs Mall near Interstate 635. During a planning commission meeting last week, the Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas…
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Posted November 12, 2024 The Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas has approved a development agreement for a Buc-ee’s Travel Center near the Kansas Speedway. The UG approved a zoning request and development agreement for the gas…
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Posted November 5, 2024 Buc-ee’s could soon see a future 74,000-square-foot travel center near the Kansas Speedway if approved by the Unified Government of Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kansas this week. The request would change a 25.80-acre site, located at 601…
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Posted September 3, 2024 Iowa-based Marshalltown Co., a tool supplier for brands such as Lowe’s and Home Depot, is investing $27 million in a distribution center in Wyandotte County. The investment would create a 200,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in the Scannell…
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Posted August 6, 2024 A study from SmartAsset ranked the metro areas where Gen Z is buying homes at the fastest rates, with Kansas City among the highest in the nation. Kansas City ranked No. 6 on the top ten…
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Posted July 3, 2024 Shawnee-based PBI-Gordon Cos. announced Dr. Jackie Applegate joined the company as chief operating officer, assuming her later this month. Applegate will begin her role effective, July 8. [caption id="attachment_44785" align="alignnone" width="246"] Dr. Jackie Applegate is the…
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Posted June 5, 2024 HCA Midwest Health has named Dr. Eric Benink, a 25-year physician leader veteran, as chief medical officer. Benink began his new role effective June 1, according to a release Tuesday. He now oversees clinical quality and…
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