Progress 2007
- Proposal leaves farmers in limbo
- April 21, 2007
- Farmers across the nation are watching as Congress wrangles over the Bush administration’s new proposal on how to award farm subsidies.
- Hybrid car sales gaining in Lawrence as gasoline prices continue climb
- April 21, 2007
- Forecasting the rise and fall of gasoline prices is an intricate science, but anticipating the consequences of another increase is not. Automobile dealers report a spike in hybrid car sales whenever consumers are fed up with pump prices.
- Berry Plastics delivering jobs, site upgrade
- April 21, 2007
- Berry Plastics Group Inc. is making progress on a $118 million upgrade of its Lawrence production plant.
- Nurseries among those with boost from daylight saving time change
- April 21, 2007
- Douglas County nurseries and greenhouses are catering to a deluge of customers this year, thanks to a change on the calendar.
- Couple honored for farming success
- April 21, 2007
- Roger and Sue Pine, of rural Douglas County, were named a Kansas Master Farmer and Master Farm Homemaker for 2006 last month.
- Lawrence leaders plan ‘hub’ for bioscience growth
- April 21, 2007
- Lawrence is looking to bolster its bioscience future by turning a temporary warehouse into a permanent hub for nurturing promising companies and their emerging products and technologies.
- Kansas Bioscience Authority praised in tech sector
- April 21, 2007
- Amid a growth of the bioscience industry in Kansas, area businesses hope to tap into state money to fund research, equipment and other operating costs.
- Waterline project to resume Monday
- April 21, 2007
- Commissioners unanimously agreed last month with a recommendation from staff members to begin the third phase of the downtown waterline project starting Monday and to try to have it completed by Sept. 7.
- Farm Service Agency extends DCP deadline
- April 21, 2007
- Farmers have a few more months to sign up for the agency’s Direct and Counter-cyclical Program, or DCP.
- New boss for Hallmark plant
- Incoming general manager returning to Lawrence
- April 21, 2007
- Sixteen years after she started work for Hallmark Cards Inc. at its plant in Lawrence, Shannon Frost is set to return as the operation’s top boss.
- Military contracts creating new jobs at brisk pace
- April 21, 2007
- GPW & Associates Inc., a design and construction firm, has to find a bigger office.
- Protection One boosts revenue
- Fourth-quarter figures rise for Lawrence firm
- April 21, 2007
- Protection One Inc., a Lawrence-based company that provides monitored-security services, reported last month that it had recorded an increase in revenues for the fourth quarter, including a boost in its recurring monthly revenues.
- Physician to take leadership position
- April 21, 2007
- Dr. Donald Hatton, a Lawrence physician, will take office as chairman-elect of the American College of Physicians’ Board of Governors at the college’s annual Internal Medicine scientific meeting this month in San Diego.
- Produce grower alliance considering expansion
- Rolling Prairie entering 14th year
- April 21, 2007
- Vicki Douglas has a hard time choosing a favorite type of fruit or vegetable from the Rolling Prairie Farmers Alliance.
- University licenses RFID tags
- April 21, 2007
- A California company that makes containers for storing and dispensing liquids ranging from fuels to medicines is getting some help tracking its products by using technology developed at Kansas University.
- Resident appointed to state commission
- April 21, 2007
- Lawrence resident John Selk has been appointed to the Electronic Recording Commission in Kansas.
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- U.S. military sees new appreciation May 28, 2012 · 16 comments
- Body of Overland Park soldier returns home May 28, 2012 · 4 comments
- Parents have electronic tether to campus May 28, 2012 · 12 comments
- Sound Off: How much does the city’s transit system collect in fares compared with how much it costs May 27, 2012 · 126 comments
- Poll: Do you support Gov. Sam Brownback's income tax cuts? May 23, 2012 · 83 comments
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- Friends mourn Lynn Bretz, former voice of KU May 28, 2012
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- Experts: Remedial college classes need fixing May 28, 2012
- KU’s Elijah Johnson cautious at camp May 29, 2012
- Hilltop executive director Pat Pisani stepping down May 28, 2012
- Kansas football scouring country May 29, 2012
- City, county mull upgrade to emergency radio system May 28, 2012
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