2026 – Page 32 – Joplin Business Outlook

Now You Can Get a Subway Sandwich With Your Walmart Delivery

June 4, 2026 Erin Slifka Comments Off

Walmart is using its driver network to go toe-to-toe with food-delivery companies such as Uber Technologies and DoorDash.

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The IPO Market Is So Hot a 140-Year-Old Silver Mine Just Went Public

June 4, 2026 Erin Slifka Comments Off

Billionaire Thomas Kaplan bought the bankrupt Idaho mine in 2010 and plans to restart production in 2028.

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Events

Watered Gardens to Host 14th Annual Empty Bowls Bowl-a-Thon with Skinner Studios and the Midwest Clay Artists on June 14

June 4, 2026 Erin Slifka 0

Join Watered Gardens Ministries for the 2026 Bowl-a-Thon on Sunday, June 14, hosted at Skinner Studios (19099 Aspen Road in Diamond, MO)! Regional clay artists will have a marathon bowl throwing event form 1:00 to […]

Five Ideas for Reducing Income Inequality

June 4, 2026 Erin Slifka Comments Off

We asked economists from across the political spectrum for their policy prescriptions. Their suggestions run the gamut.

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Zimmer Marketing to Host Zimmer Radiothon on June 25 and Red, White, Sip, & Shop Event on June 27 to Benefit Honor Flight of the Ozarks

June 4, 2026 Erin Slifka 0

Zimmer Marketing is excited to announce two special fundraising events that will benefit Honor Flight of the Ozarks, which allows local veterans to fly to Washington, D.C., where they can see the memorials honoring their […]

Government

Missouri Public Service Commission Sets Intervention Deadline from Missouri American Water Company CCN Requests

June 4, 2026 Erin Slifka 0

(Jefferson City, MO) – The Missouri Public Service Commission (PSC) has set an intervention deadline of June 29, 2026, in an application from Missouri-American Water Company (Missouri-American) requesting Certificates of Convenience and Necessity (CCNs) to […]

Freeman Health System Completes Acquisition of Northwest Health, Expands Regional Care

June 4, 2026 Erin Slifka 0

(Joplin, Mo.) – Freeman Health System today announced it has completed its acquisition of Northwest Health in Northwest Arkansas following the close of its purchase agreement with a subsidiary of Community Health Systems, Inc. (NYSE: […]

Entertainment

Visit Joplin Invites the Public to Watch Live 3D Painting and Public Reveal of the World Street Painting Festival June 3-6

June 4, 2026 Erin Slifka 0

Fourteen world-class artists, representing nine countries, have started transforming a parking lot along West 7th Street into a mind-blowing open-air gallery of 3D street paintings, all to honor the Route 66 Centennial. In total, 16 new […]