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Business counseling available on May 29
Representatives from the Kansas Small Business Development Center (KSBDC) at Pittsburg State University will be in Chanute, on Thursday, May 29 for free individual counseling sessions from 9 a
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KSBDC offers free online courses for current, potential small business owners
TOPEKA, Kan. -- Potential and existing small business owners can now access virtual training courses for free at a Web site -- www
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Walnut Council Field Day to feature historic Emporia camp
Kansas State Extension MANHATTAN -- When consulting forester Gary Naughton completed a timber sale this year for Camp Alexander — the site of the June 5 Walnut Council Field Day — he had just one c...
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A year later, survivors of storm offer tips
Kansas State Extension GREENSBURG - While much has been written about the May 4, 2007 tornado that claimed 11 lives and destroyed nearly 95 percent of Greensburg, a year later, the small city remai...
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FCE event recognizes years of service
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Stu Butcher Tribune Executive Editor Five Neosho County women who were honored at the Southeast Area FCE Recognition Day have been members of FCE units for a total of 216 years. The event, with ...
Royster Middle School Honor Roll
by Melissa Smith
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Royster Middle School A-B 3rd Qtr Honor Roll Sixth — Ashley Adkins, Haley Akridge, Dylan Allen, Regan Aylward, Drey Barkman, Megan Barnow, Katherine Batten, Audrey Bolt, Alec Brill, Piper Brooks, L
Online degree programs a growing trend
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HUTCHINSON (AP) — Amy Jones has a goal: finish a college degree she started nearly 10 years ago. The dilemma? She has a family — a husband and two children — and a full-time job that keeps her
$1,000 Built Ford Tough Trucks/FFA Scholarship awarded
by Stu Butcher
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Garrett LaRue, a member of Erie High School FFA, has been awarded a $1,000 scholarship by Merle Kelly Ford Inc and Ford Motor Company. LaRue’s parents are Rhonda LaRue and Ron LaRue of Chanute. LaR
Student news
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Former A-M student earns PSU scholarship Kay Green, a freshman at Pittsburg State University, earned the Spencer Hays Scholarship. A nursing major, she is the daughter of Alan and Rhonda Green, rural
Delivering smiles successful business
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A Chanute native’s business, Smiles Delivered, at 1144 Camelot Drive, Liberty, Mo., was featured in Outlook 2008, a publication of Sun Tribune, Sun Gazette and Liberty Tribune earlier this year. Na...
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The Morgan Stanley headquarters is seen in New York January 30, 2008. (Shannon Stapleton/Reuters)Reuters - Morgan Stanley cut 1,500 jobs this week across its investment banking, trading and asset management businesses, a person familiar with the situation said Friday, a 5 percent reduction of non-broker employees.


Fri May 16 15:47:04 -0700 2008

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, April 29, 2008. (Brendan McDermid/Reuters)Reuters - Stocks finished little changed on Friday as surging oil prices lifted energy shares and offset data that showed consumer confidence sank to its lowest in 28 years.


Fri May 16 13:49:15 -0700 2008

Consumer sentiment plunged in May to the lowest since June 1980 thanks largely to soaring food and fuel prices, according to the latest (University of Michigan survey of consumers. REUTERS/Graphics/Reuters)Reuters - U.S. consumer confidence tumbled to a 28-year low this month as rising prices strained household finances, while another drop in single-family housing starts underscored problems still plaguing the economy.


Fri May 16 13:59:31 -0700 2008