curiousKC | Any Questions About a Big Renewable Energy Project Coming to the Midwest?
This month, the Flatland Show and curiousKC focus on renewable energy and how new plans will affect the region.
New Visit KC Visitor Center Embraces Travelers
By Kevin Collison Stacey Smith, the manager of the new Visit KC welcome center at 1241 Main, embraces people wanting to know what there is to do in Kansas City–literally. The advocate of all things KC welcomes you with a hug and makes you feel like she’s hosting you in her living room, which is…
Nick’s Picks | The Madness of March in Sports, Politics and Entertainment
The NCAA Basketball Tournament, the Oscars and various political dramas will play out during the coming week in Kansas City.
A Missouri Radio Station Still Broadcasts Kremlin Programming, Even as Russia Invades Ukraine
As the Russian invasion of Ukraine continues, so do broadcasts of what critics decry as Kremlin-funded propaganda on KCXL, a radio station in Liberty, Missouri. Pressure is mounting for KXCL to end broadcasts that have kept the station in business.
Fighting for Ukraine’s Independence Here in the Heartland
The Ukrainian Club of Kansas City moves away from cultural activities as members search for ways to support the war effort in their home country.
Hospital Infrastructure
This month on Flatland we’re hearing from healthcare professionals about the toll recurring Covid-19 surges are taking on our healthcare system. While our most recent surge of Omicron was often described as mild, the number of hospitalizations still packed beds and spread an already exhausted workforce thin. We’ll discuss how our response to the pandemic…
The KC Star Relocating Offices to Crown Center
By Kevin Collison The Kansas City Star is leasing 8,500 square-feet for its new offices in the 2405 Grand building at Crown Center, a steep decline from its peak when the paper owned 659,000 square feet of downtown real estate. The relocation to about a half floor in an upper level of the office tower…
Weekend Possibilities | Dim Sum Brewery Pop-Up, NCAA Basketball Watch Party, Brookside’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade
Weekend options range from leftover St. Patrick’s Day parties to World of Wheels at Kansas City Convention Center.
The Post-Pandemic Health Care (Staffing) Crisis
KC health care workers tell all about the toll recurring COVID-19 surges took on them. And what they need.
‘Womyn’s Land’: A Rural Version of ‘Womontown’
Like Womontown, Womyn’s Land was created as a place for lesbians who wanted to withdraw from an oppressive “mainstream world” to feel safe and empowered.
Pennway Point Proposal Would Add Ferris Wheel to Downtown
By Kevin Collison An entertainment district at the south end of the Broadway viaduct that would include a 170-foot Ferris wheel, neon sign museum and food is the latest downtown proposal from developer Vince Bryant. The “Pennway Point” proposal is in the early stage of planning and would include the renovation of the former Carter…
Pennway Point Proposal Would Add Ferris Wheel to Downtown
An entertainment district at the south end of the Broadway viaduct that would include a 170-foot Ferris wheel, neon sign museum and food is the latest downtown proposal from developer Vince Bryant.
Sláinte! Browne’s Irish Marketplace Turns 135
A longtime landmark in Kansas City’s Irish community is set to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with even more joy than usual this year.
Samuel Rodgers Planning $15M Pediatric Wing at Health Campus
By Kevin Collison Samuel U. Rodgers Health Center is planning to build a four-story pediatrics wing at Seventh and Euclid, the latest project in the works for its campus near downtown. The health center’s plan for a what’s described as a two-level, 32,000 square-foot medical office building atop a 382-space, two-level garage is scheduled to…
Tap List | J. Rieger and KU Collaborate On New Rye
J. Rieger & Co. has teamed up with the University of Kansas for a new collaboration, Rock Chalk Straight Rye Whiskey.