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4:30 pm
Wed February 29, 2012

NBAF opponents gaining strength

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Some worry that the proposed NBAF site at Kansas State University puts students at risk.
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Opponents of a controversial Kansas lab designed to study and combat biological diseases have recently found new momentum, as work on the Department of Homeland Security project stalled.

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Business
6:13 pm
Wed February 22, 2012

NBAF no longer part of 2013 Budget

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An architectural rendering of the proposed NBAF lab in Manhattan, Kan.
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The White House budget for 2013 provides no construction funding for a planned livestock disease lab in Kansas and calls for a “comprehensive assessment of the project in 2012” to consider “the cost, safety, and any alternatives to the current plan.”

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Business Beat
5:32 pm
Wed February 8, 2012

Business Beat: February 8, 2012

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Iowa farmer Larry Stolte can store about 60 percent of his crop harvest, and is adding another 75,000 bushel grain bin this summer.
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This week: Farmers buying up grain bins to help play the market. Plus, how refineries in Kansas and Iowa could help find another source of bio fuel.

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Shots - Health Blog
3:29 pm
Thu February 2, 2012

How One Hospital Entices Doctors To Work In Rural America

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Dr. Dan Shuman (right), who was recruited to the Ashland Health Clinic as part of its mission-focused medicine program, consults with a patient about smoking cessation.
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Benjamin Anderson (right), Ashland Health Clinic's CEO, poses with Tony Kargbo (left), who was just hired as the director of nursing for the clinic's long-term care facility.
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Originally published on Thu February 2, 2012 8:04 pm

Recruiting doctors to live and work in rural America is a chronic problem. Most health centers try to attract workers with big salaries and expensive homes.

Shots previously reported that one center in Maine was trying to lure medical students to the countryside for their final two years with the hope that they stick around.

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Business Beat
2:36 pm
Wed February 1, 2012

Missouri farmers try to protect themselves from agritourism

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Every summer tourists descend on the farm Art Gelder and his wife operate near Columbia, Mo.
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This week:  KBIA talks with William Barrett of Forbes on how the city of Columbia is in the top twenty places in the U.S. to come for a working retirement.  Plus, Missouri farmers are trying to protect themselves from "agritourism."

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