ExBEERiment beer in a glass.

Tap List | ExBEERiment Celebrates First Anniversary

Here are all the big new beer releases and events in Kansas City this week.

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One of the existing buildings at Kansas City PBS will be demolished to make way for this open courtyard space.

Major Renovation Project Part of Kansas City PBS ‘Picture This’ Initiative

By Kevin Collison Kansas City PBS has begun the public phase of its “Picture This” campaign, a $16.5 million initiative that will renovate its office and news production facility near 31st and Main, and strengthen its multi-platform journalism work. The bulk of the funds, $12.5 million, will be used to renovate and re-envision the complex…

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Eric Greitens is directed to a press conference with the media after filing to run in the Missouri Senate primary on Feb. 22, 2022, at the James C Kirkpatrick State Information Center in Jefferson City.

Sheena Greitens Says She has Photos, Records to Document Abuse by Former Missouri Governor

Former Missouri First Lady Sheena Greitens says in a new court filing that she has photos and other evidence to back up her claims that former Gov. Eric Greitens physically abused her and their children as his political career unraveled.

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The main entry for the renovated Kansas City PBS headquarters will feature ample landscaping.

Kansas City PBS Announces $16.5M ‘Picture This’ Capital Campaign

Kansas City PBS has begun the public phase of its “Picture This” campaign, a $16.5 million initiative that will renovate its office and news production facility near 31st and Main streets, and strengthen its multi-platform journalism work.

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A view of Trans World Airlines' L-049A Constellation Navajo Skychief parked at Kansas City Downtown Municipal Airport.

curiousKC | ‘Up, Up and Away’

The curiousKC team covers the history of Kansas City Charles B. Wheeler Downtown Airport, and its role in the city’s development.

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Dillard’s Said to be in Talks for Plaza Nordstrom Site

(Editor’s note, updated April 12: Nordstrom is no longer listing a plan to open a Plaza location on its website. The Plaza owners have released a statement: “Taubman and Macerich, the owners of Country Club Plaza, and Nordstrom have mutually agreed not to move forward with the new Nordstrom store slated for the district. Taubman…

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Nick Haines

Nick’s Picks | Jayhawks, Royals and Election Day

Kansas City’s week ahead in news includes a championship game for the KU Jayhawks, opening day for the Kansas City Royals, local Election Day and groundbreaking for the KC Streetcar extension.

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The Dillard's at Zona Rosa

Dillard’s Said to be in Talks for Plaza Nordstrom Site

Dillard’s is negotiating with the owners of the Country Club Plaza to replace the Nordstrom project that has been stalled for two years, according to independent sources with direct knowledge of the matter.

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Dubliner Bids Farewell after 10 Years in P&L District

By Kevin Collison The Dubliner, one of the Power & Light District’s most prominent, locally-based tenants, closed Thursday after operating 10 years as, its co-owner lamented, the most “beautiful Irish pub in the Midwest. “I hope it remains an Irish pub,” Ryan Haverty said. “We all felt very lucky and honored to be able to…

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Center pivot irrigation systems like this one in Finney County pump water up from the Ogallala aquifer to spray on crops. This part of southwest Kansas experienced some of the state's worst aquifer declines last year as drought pushed farmers to pump more water from underground.

How Kansas Could Lose Billions in Land Values as its Underground Water Runs Dry

The water in the Ogallala aquifer is worth billions of dollars to western Kansas, but it’s rapidly disappearing. And it’s been a challenge to find ways to slow the depletion.

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