Nearly everyone at this point understands how a wind turbine or a solar panel can help make the electricity used in your home more environmentally friendly. But how the heck does a landfill, or even a dairy farm, make the natural gas used in your home greener?
Lawrence residents appear on the verge of finding out.
Lawrence is a part of a proposed pilot project announced Monday afternoon by Black Hills ...
It is like dirt bike racing without the dirt. And it is working on becoming an annual spectacle at Clinton Lake just outside of Lawrence.
It is jet ski racing, and upward of 30 professional racers from as far away as Australia are scheduled to be at Clinton Lake this weekend to compete. More than twice that many amateur racers also are expected to be competing.
“It is an extreme adrenaline rush,” said ...
About a century ago, Wichita began to learn what being in on the ground floor of the aviation industry could do for an economy. Now, there are predictions Douglas County and the surrounding area may soon experience a similar boom by being an early player in the electric vehicle industry.
“I don’t think the idea of how much potential there is for growth is really understood by the public yet,” Eudora ...
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A University of Kansas alumnus and former president of a private university has been selected as the next leader for KU Endowment, the university’s chief fundraising organization.
Dan Martin will take over as president of KU Endowment on Aug. 15, replacing longtime leader Dale Seuferling, who is retiring.
Martin is a fourth-generation Kansan who has three degrees from ...
LMH Health has received a $10 million pledge — the largest in the hospital’s 101-year history — from Lawrence businessman and philanthropist Dana Anderson.
The hospital may have a real estate downturn 60 years ago to thank for the gift, which is unrestricted and will allow the hospital to fund a variety of strategic needs as they arise.
“I started in real estate at 27 years old and essentially went ...
Updated at 6:41 p.m. Thursday
Kansas City, Kansas — It easily was a $30 million day for the University of Kansas on Thursday.
The university on Thursday announced that the KU Cancer Center has completed a multiyear project to win designation as a Comprehensive Cancer Center from the National Cancer Institute.
KU becomes one of just 53 comprehensive cancer centers in the country. That’s the same ...
