In these days after Thanksgiving, it is leftover season in my house, which is not a profitable season. (My elastic waistband budget has to double just to keep up with demand.) But I’ve found one new Lawrence business where it is always leftover season, and it is betting it will be a profitable one too.
But here’s the thing: This business deals not in Thanksgiving leftovers but in eBay leftovers.
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There are all types of logistical problems in today’s world. Sometimes they revolve around a mass of cargo ships anchored off a California port. Other times they revolve around a question: What am I going to do with all this stuff that has piled up over the last 30 years?
A new landscape center slated for North Lawrence is coming into existence thanks to that type of problem.
The owners of Lawrence ...
Lawrence’s largest natural gas utility is now warning that winter heating bills will increase by about 57%, on average, as predicted cold weather and high gas prices team up to produce pain on pocketbooks.
Black Hills Energy said on Tuesday that an average home is likely to see a monthly natural gas bill of about $120 this winter, compared to about $78 last year.
If you are a natural gas customer, you may ...
State regulators on Tuesday expressed concerns about whether billions of dollars in planned energy projects by Evergy would ultimately produce unnecessary increases in electric rates.
The Kansas Corporation Commission issued an order requiring Evergy — the state’s largest electric utility — to better explain $10.4 billion worth of future capital expenditures the public utility has planned between now and ...
Maybe you have heard rumblings that the popular downtown bar and music venue The Bottleneck is expanding. I know I certainly have. Well, its owner tells me he’s looking at expansion options but doesn’t currently have any definitive plans to grow.
Yet, the mere rumblings of an expansion for The Bottleneck have produced a change that may shake up the downtown bar scene. How’s that? Three words: Revised ...
Many KU employees soon will be expected to take at least an hour’s worth of online training in diversity, equity and inclusion, according to a pair of recent memos from KU leaders.
University of Kansas Provost Barbara Bichelmeyer on Friday sent a memo to faculty and staff at the Lawrence and Edwards campuses inviting them to take a one-hour online course titled “Diversity and Inclusion.”
Upon further ...
