Tag: Infrastructure

The Blue River is Kansas City’s River — Can Kansas Citians Access it?

By | March 19, 2025

A photo of the Blue River. The river is larger at the foreground of the image and thins to a point in the background of the image. The water is blue with small ripples. On the sides of the river are clean, grassy banks. Just beyond the river bend in the background of the photo is a treeline.

The Blue River is Kansas City’s river — but does everyone have equal access to it? There’s only one boat ramp on the entire 40-mile Blue River, and some community members say there could be more done to better connect them with the water flowing through their backyards. Flatland talked with the Heartland Conservation Alliance…

Blue Cross Blue Shield Moves Headquarters Downtown

By | September 16, 2022 |

Blue Cross Blue Shield is moving to the once would-be Waddell & Reed building downtown. (Contributed)

Announced today, Blue Cross Blue Shield is moving to the once would-be Waddell & Reed building downtown.

‘Time Bomb’ Lead Pipes Set to be Removed. But First Water Utilities Have to Find Them

By | June 20, 2022 |

An individual holds a lead pipe, a steel pipe and a lead pipe treated with protective orthophosphate.

Water utilities have never been required to thoroughly inventory lead pipes except in a crisis. Health experts warn problems with these ‘underground poisonous straws’ can arise out of the blue

Known to be Toxic for a Century, Lead Still Poisons Thousands of Midwestern Kids

By | April 11, 2022 |

Lisa Pascoe with her 2-year-old daughter on March 23, 2022, at their home Clarkson Valley, Mo.

Researchers say even a small amount of lead can harm kids’ development. One 2021 study found Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska and Missouri had some of the highest rates of elevated blood lead levels in children.