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Telecom Stocks Plummet After Report Shows Many Cables Lined With Lead

2 years 5 months ago
While the telecom industry did manage to successfully defang U.S. consumer protection regulators for the better part of the last decade, they’re still facing some notable headwinds. Broadband growth has dramatically slowed, their cable TV customers are leaving in droves, and while they are getting a ton of new subsidies via the infrastructure bill, a […]
Karl Bode

New Restaurant Opens at STL Regional Airport

2 years 5 months ago
EAST ALTON/BETHALTO - Cayden’s Café opened today, July 21, and the sky is literally the limit. Located at the St. Louis Regional Airport at 16 Terminal Drive, the new restaurant aims to serve great food with a family feel. Cayden’s Café will host their grand opening from 2–10 p.m. on July 21, complete with karaoke, drawings and a special limited menu. “We want this restaurant to be different than every other one that there is. We want everybody that comes in to feel like they’re at home,” owner Dawn Malone said. “Our philosophy here is when people come in, we want them to come in as a customer, leave like family.” Malone explained that it’s always been her dream to own a spot like this. Cayden’s Café had a soft opening earlier in the week, but this bigger event will mark the official beginning of the restaurant. They decided to serve a limited menu tonight; guests can choose between fried catfish,

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Missouri’s glades are trapped under trees. Botanists are freeing them by logging

2 years 5 months ago
Podcast Description: In 2018, writer Robert Langellier and botanist Neal Humke cut down every tree across 19 acres in the Ozarks in Pioneer Forest. Their aim was to restore one of the Ozarks' rarest ecosystems: a glade. While it may seem counterintuitive to cut down trees in a time of climate change, restoring glades helps ensure biodiversity. Langellier discusses his opinion piece in the New York Times about the conservation effort. Humke, Land Stewardship Coordinator for the L-A-D Foundation — which privately owns the land in the Pioneer Forest — discusses the non-profits’ work there and the importance of glades.

Film festival in St. Louis has a supernatural Western and a story of aliens in Forest Park

2 years 5 months ago
Cinema St. Louis has curated films with a local connection since 2000. Now in its twenty-third iteration, the showcase has grown to include documentary and narrative shorts as well as feature-length films, experimental film and animations, and master classes for anyone interested in filmmaking in the region. Chris Clark, Cinema St. Louis' artistic director, breaks down the upcoming showcase, and discusses what he’s most looking forward to.

Boeing plans $1.8 billion expansion project, adding 500 jobs

2 years 5 months ago
Dubbed Project Voyager, and described as supporting “new aerospace programs,” plans call for construction of multiple buildings totaling one million square feet with a capital investment of $1.8 billion, according to documents released Friday. The investment would surpass that of the new NGA West headquarters, which is estimated to cost $1.7 billion.
James Drew