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.…

It took a few years longer than anticipated, but the owner of Sharky’s restaurants in Fort Scott and Nevada, Mo., soon will open a third bar and grill in Iola. David Lipe, who owns the…

COLONY — Crest High School students learned a bit about kickstarting a business this week. Several business graphics students took part Tuesday in the first ever Anderson County Entrepreneurship Challenge. The students were tasked with…

Margaret Bennett is trading in her fabric softener for a paint brush. “It’s not gonna be very exciting,” Bennett promised of her retirement, which became official Tuesday after she and daughter Susie signed over Bennett’s…

B & B Country Cafe at 324 W. Garfield was abruptly shuttered Tuesday morning by the State of Kansas. A sign on the door said the property was seized by the Department of Revenue for nonpayment…

HUMBOLDT — Between the COVID-19 pandemic, running a business and adopting a child, Stacy Mueller felt herself stretched pretty thin over the past couple of years. Something had to give.  So Stacy closed her downtown…