HUMBOLDT — A concrete slab has been poured as construction continues on a multi-purpose health center and daycare facility in Humboldt. The Humboldt school district, in conjunction with the Southeast Kansas Mental Health Center, announced…

MANHATTAN — After more than a decade of innovation labs that have helped feed the world and improve global food systems in partnership with the U.S. federal government, Kansas State University will suspend the operation…

PEABODY — The Kansas Department of Commerce made a deal with officials in Peabody to allow completion of a $1.5 million infrastructure improvement project designed to spark economic renewal in the central Kansas town. The…

Last August, Thrive Allen County was awarded an $11.9 million grant to fund a statewide Navigator program over the next five years, designed to enroll otherwise uninsured residents into the Affordable Care Act health insurance…

HUMBOLDT — Things are moving right along at The Growing Place. The daycare and preschool center located in Humboldt continues to work on facility expansion thanks to a pair of grant funding mechanisms. Lately, uncertainty…

TOPEKA — The Kansas Department of Commerce announced Thursday significant changes to its Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) – Community Facilities program to allow a rolling application process, lower local match requirements and an expanded…

The parameters of a matching grant for emergency medical equipment have changed, noted EMS Director Michael Burnett during Tuesday morning’s Allen County commission meeting. At their Nov. 19 meeting, commissioners had approved pursuing a 50%…

Allen County Commissioners have tentatively agreed to sign off on letters of support for two area broadband companies. Representatives from Cox Communications and Pinnacle Broadband spoke with the commission Tuesday morning about a promising federal…

Despite the recent failure of an additional sales tax to help fund emergency medical services (EMS), Allen County commissioners said the success of a $164,000 grant application and the hope of another one on the…

Rutgers University’s Institute for Translational Medicine and Science has received a $47.5 million federal grant to develop practical applications for scientific discoveries, the university announced last week. The funding will support the institute’s work to…