Aerial view of Fair Share Farm in Kearney, Missouri.

Focus on Food Fermentation at Fair Share Farm

Instead of heat, farmers Tom Ruggieri and Rebecca Graff rely on fermentation to transform their organic vegetables into handcrafted jars of sauerkraut, jalapeños, kimchi, beet relish, pickles and hot sauce.

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A rendering of the Steamboat Arabia on the Missouri River.

Steamboat Arabia Museum Ponders Move from KC to St. Louis Suburb

The Steamboat Arabia Museum, one of Kansas City’s bigger tourism draws, has a tentative agreement to set sail from the City Market to St. Charles, Missouri.

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Tribe Owner Opening ‘Block 15’ Sports Bar in River Market

By Kevin Collison One of the founder’s of Tribe, the popular River Market international street food place, is opening a sports bar across the street at 311 Delaware and hopes to resolve a minor identity crisis at the same time. “I’ve always battled with Tribe in terms of is it a bar or a restaurant?”…

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The Kansas City Symphony's view of the Celebration at the Station.

Weekend Possibilities | Lawrence Busker Festival, Champions League Watch Party, Celebration at the Station

Celebrate the unofficial start to summer with food, festivals, soccer and fireworks.

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Chef Zaid Consuegra Sauza of Pirate’s Bone Burgers

Chasing the Dream: Survival Rates for New Businesses in Missouri and Kansas Lag National Average

A new analysis found that start-up businesses in Kansas and Missouri fail in the first year at a higher rate than the national average.

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The six-story historic ABC Storage building at 3244 Main St. and the adjoining former Anderson Electric Car building.

Plan to Redevelop Historic ABC Building on Main Clears First Hurdle

Exact Partners wants to renovate the six-story ABC Storage Building at 3244 Main and an adjoining three-story building at 3420 Main into a 50- to 60-unit apartment project with a rooftop café.

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Plan to Redevelop Historic ABC Building on Main Clears First Hurdle

By Kevin Collison A $13 million redevelopment proposal for two historic buildings near Linwood and Main on the planned streetcar route cleared its first hurdle Tuesday with a development agency approving a blight designation and preliminary plan. Exact Partners wants to renovate the six-story ABC Storage Building at 3244 Main and an adjoining three-story building…

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Atticus said he's grateful to his therapist, Sindhu Fedosyuk, for helping him embrace coming out. He said one emotional moment was when she helped wash and style his hair. (Vicky Diaz-Camacho | Flatland)

In Kansas City, Therapy Waitlists Leave Kids With Nowhere to Turn

Children have experienced higher rates of anxiety and depression in the past two years, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). They are struggling to find the help they need.

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Boulevardia's Taps & Tastes

Tap List | The Countdown To Boulevardia Begins

Boulevardia, one of the city’s biggest beer events, returns to Crown Center on June 17-18. Here are the details.

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Sam Rodgers Housing Project to Add 62 Mixed-Income Apartments

By Kevin Collison Sam Rodgers Place, a 62-unit mixed-income housing development, broke ground Monday on the campus of the Samuel U. Rodgers Health Center near downtown. The development is intended  to provide housing to households across the spectrum, from families coming from public housing to market-rate renters. It will include apartments with up to five-bedrooms as…

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