LMH Health and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas met Friday afternoon but came up with no breakthrough on a plan to keep Lawrence’s lone hospital as part of the state’s largest health insurance network in 2022.
Early Friday evening, LMH provided a statement to stakeholders saying that it has rejected BCBS of Kansas’ offer for a 2022 contract, but that the Topeka-based insurance company — the largest in ...
A plan to make KU’s West Campus a business park with several thousand jobs is advancing and now includes proposals for a grocery store, 300 units of high-end housing, restaurants and other pieces of development.
A “national security innovation center” that would work on everything from cybersecurity to military projects also is envisioned at the site, and KU leaders confirmed they recently applied for a ...
Story updated at 5:49 p.m. Wednesday:
The state’s largest health insurance company and Lawrence’s only hospital are in contentious contract negotiations that may result in LMH Health no longer accepting Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas as a preferred provider.
Leaders of LMH Health on Wednesday warned area residents that there is a real possibility in 2022 that the hospital and its doctor's offices ...
Douglas County’s top election official has begun notifying about 1,200 county voters that they may have incorrectly received an extra ballot in the mail for the upcoming city and school board elections.
But Douglas County Clerk Jamie Shew said Wednesday that he’s confident the ballot mistake — caused by a third-party printing and mailing company — would not affect the operation of November’s local ...
Members of the public will have a chance later this month to tour one of Douglas County’s most pristine woodland areas as part of a University of Kansas open house.
The Kansas Biological Survey & Center for Ecological Research at KU will host a public tour of the Baldwin Woods Forest Preserve from 10 a.m. to noon on Oct. 30. The Baldwin Woods Forest Preserve, which is between Baldwin City and Lawrence ...
Some news and notes from around town:
— I’ve had many dancing partners who I am sure would have enthusiastically endorsed the idea of a “virtual dance.” While their feet may love the idea, it is not an ideal arrangement for a dance studio, yet many studios found themselves in such a situation during the height of the pandemic.
“It was very rough,” Rachel Weitekamp, owner and director of Sunflower ...
