Fire heavily damaged a century-old hardware store and lumber yard that abuts a southern Indiana city’s historic downtown square, authorities said. Firefighters arrived at the scene in Scottsburg late Wednesday evening to find heavy flames coming from the roof of the Vail True Value Lumber Co. building.... Read More
The Anthem Foundation in Indianapolis and Virginia-based CHC: Creating Healthier Communities have announced a three-year $7 million grant partnership focused on reducing preterm births among Black women. The partners say the initiative will use racial and cultural measures of stress to screen thousands of expectant Black mothers in Indiana, Ohio and Georgia.... Read More
The U.S. Department of Defense has awarded a $222 million contract to ERAPSCO in Columbia City and Lockheed Martin Corp. (NYSE: LMT) in Virginia. The contract is a price modification to a previously-awarded contract which calls for the production of 18,000 sonobuoys for the U.S. Navy.... Read More
Indiana manufacturers say the pandemic is no longer threatening their businesses, but many report challenges in the supply chain and surging demand have increased in recent months, according to a new survey. The "2022 Indiana Manufacturing Survey: Back to Work," was conducted by Indianapolis-based Katz, Sapper & Miller in partnership with the Indiana University Kelley School of Business and the Indiana Manufacturers Association. The survey shows 45% of respondents have seen a surge in demand, while 81% are experiencing supply chain shortages.... Read More
The city of West Lafayette has joined a growing list of communities to offer incentives to encourage remote workers to relocate there. The Journal & Courier reports funding toward a city relocation project was approved at this week's West Lafayette Board of Public Works and Safety meeting.... Read More
Officials say a new $150 million addition to California-based Kaiser Aluminum Corp.'s (Nasdaq: KALU) facility in Warrick County will have a major impact on the community. Our partners at WEHT-TV report the project, which will add a new coating line, could generate an estimated $1.5 billion in indirect and induced economic output.... Read More
Paoli-based utility construction contractor ElectriCom LLChas opened a new regional office in Alpharetta, Georgia.... Read More
The Daviess County Economic Development Corp., Chamber of Commerce and Visitors Bureau have launched the first phase of a coordinated marketing and outreach campaign. The organizations have updated their websites under a unified brand, We Are Daviess County.... Read More
Mulch for playgrounds and gardens wins Student Soybean Innovation Competition at Purdue... Read More
The University of Notre Dame has signed a memorandum of understanding with St. Edmund’s College of the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. The agreement aims to encourage and support collaboration between faculty, students and administrators, as well as research and outreach.... Read More
Fishers-based life science consulting firm Verista has acquired Delta Project Management Inc. in California, a provider of regulatory compliance and project management services. While financial terms of the deal were not disclosed, Verista says the acquisition enhances its capabilities across the product lifecycle.... Read More
The president of a newly founded nonprofit that focuses on business relationships between Indiana and Germany says the current global supply chain disruption illustrates the need for the organization. ... Read More
An overseas economic development mission, led by Governor Eric Holcomb, to Central Europe and the Middle East --- a trip aimed at bringing new investments and jobs back to Indiana. We talk to the governor in Tel Aviv.... Read More
Officials have released new designs for a five-story, 116-room hotel in the Nickel Plate District in downtown Fishers. Crews are expected to break ground on Hotel Nickel Plate, which will be an upscale Tapestry Collection by Hilton property, this fall.... Read More
The board of trustees for the Indianapolis Public Library has selected Nichelle Hayes as the library's next interim chief executive officer. Hayes succeeds John Helling, who is leaving the interim position to become deputy director at Hamilton East Public Library in Noblesville.... Read More
The River Ridge Development Authority has given final approval to a revised agreement with the city of Jeffersonville to provide $12 million for an expansion of the city’s North Wastewater Treatment Plant. ... Read More
Three Indiana-based startups with connections to Purdue University have each received $25,000 as part of the Purdue Foundry's Boost accelerator program. The program helps accelerate the time-to-market of an early stage startup to promote long-term success.... Read More
Indiana health officials are dropping the state’s color-coded map that rated each county’s risk of COVID-19 spread in favor of relying on a different federal rating system.... Read More
The Indiana Chamber of Commerce’s Wellness Council of Indiana is launching a mental health resource for Hoosier employers. The chamber says the Mental Health First Aid series will teach employers how to identify the risk factors and warning signs of mental illnesses.... Read More
Tuesday night, members of Fort Wayne City Council took care of the formalities needed before the city can transition to a new trash collection company. Council members voted on a plan to begin transitioning away from the current trash company, Texas-based Red River Waste Solutions, to a new company.... Read More
