Tag: business
Greg Shields, who has been cutting hair in Iola for half his life, is headed to Grove, Okla., at the end of the month. Shields, 44, will take over a shop there from a barber…
The timing may be a coincidence, with several Iola businesses opening (or reopening) within weeks of each other. But that activity also brings a palpable sense of enthusiasm, notes Jonathan Goering of Thrive Allen County.…
TOPEKA — Gov. Laura Kelly prevailed in a whirlwind economic development competition Wednesday by landing a commitment from Panasonic Corp. to build the largest electric vehicle battery plant in the world at an industrial park…
Crews with H2 Painting of Fort Scott sprayed a disinfectant and cleaning solution on the outside of Gary McIntosh’s MDR Insurance building in the 200 block of South Street Friday morning. The cleaning is necessary…
HUMBOLDT — If you think “bruncherie” sounds like a made-up word, you’re only partly right. A bruncherie (also spelled brunchery) is becoming a sort of modern term for a restaurant that specializes in serving brunch,…
John Booth of Moran isn’t afraid to take a gamble. He’s done it before, when more than 13 years ago he served as a boat captain and lead fishing excursions in Alaska. He came home…
TOPEKA — Economic disruption in Kansas associated with COVID-19 contributed to demise of 115 family home child-care providers in the pandemic’s first year and left nearly one-fifth of the state’s counties without child care slots…
Several dozen job seekers braved Wednesday’s wintry weather — in the middle of April — to attend a job fair at the Recreation Community Building in Riverside Park. Representatives from 24 area businesses and industries…
When a bike store in Pittsburg recently closed, Iolan Ben Alexander took it as an opportunity to open a second Southwind Cycle & Outdoor store there. Alexander opened the Pittsburg store the first of March.…
