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Boeing closure a security issue? Moran, Pompeo ask for Air Force review

By Molly McMillin, The Wichita Eagle | Feb. 1 at 10:11 a.m.

Sen. Jerry Moran and U.S. Rep. Mike Pompeo are asking the Secretary of the Air Force to study whether Boeing’s closure in Wichita will create a national security issue.

Wichita company can turn biomass waste into fuel

By Dan Voorhis, The Wichita Eagle | Jan. 31 at 7:20 a.m.

Ever wonder how to take advantage of that enormous pile of wood chips?

Boeing completes Air Force contract

Molly McMillin The Wichita Eagle | Jan. 31 at 8:33 a.m.

Boeing Wichita has finished an 18-month modification on the fourth and final E-4B Advanced Airborne Command Post for the Air Force.

NIAR’s reverse engineering lab works to help planes fly longer

By Molly McMillin, The Wichita Eagle | Jan. 29 at 8:54 a.m.

The National Institute for Aviation Research is turning to futuristic virtual reality and reverse engineering to help keep aging aircraft flying, re-creating replacement parts for old aircraft where none are available.

A conversation with Bill Warren

By Bill Wilson, The Wichita Eagle | Jan. 29 at 8:47 a.m.

In an economy where businesses are pulling back, cutting employees and reducing operations, Bill Warren believes in spending money and working harder as he approaches traditional retirement age.

Wichita pet treat company TreatCo working to restart production

By Dan Voorhis, The Wichita Eagle | Jan. 30 at 8:21 a.m.

Scores of large bins containing scorched animal bones and parts still fill the burned-out, pitch-dark second and third floors of TreatCo’s central building at 21st and Broadway.

New plans for former Henry's building in Wichita

By Bill Wilson, The Wichita Eagle | Jan. 28 at 6:58 a.m.

It won’t be long until activity resumes at one of Wichita’s iconic downtown retail buildings: the Henry’s building at Broadway and William.

Wheelhouse Sports to open in Park City

By Carrie Rengers, The Wichita Eagle | Jan. 28 at 6:55 a.m.

The Balls-n-Strikes franchise opening in Derby isn’t going to be the only new indoor baseball and softball practice facility in the area.

Wichita Cabela’s to open March 14

By Bill Wilson, The Wichita Eagle | Jan. 28 at 6:46 a.m.

The Wichita Cabela’s store, in Regency Lakes Shopping Center at 21st and Greenwich, will open March 14, with a 10:45 a.m. ribbon-cutting ceremony before doors open at 11 a.m.

Dondlingers expand hardware business

By Carrie Rengers, The Wichita Eagle | Jan. 27 at 7:07 a.m.

The Dondlinger family may best be known for its construction company, but now it’s expanding its hardware store business, too.

Grant Thornton CEO predicts consolidation in accounting industry

By JERRY SIEBENMARK, The Wichita Eagle | Jan. 27 at 7:12 a.m.

Grant Thornton LLP chief executive Stephen Chipman expects to see more consolidation in the accounting industry in 2012, and he hopes to drive his firm’s growth in the next year by focusing on serving private equity firms and smaller, entrepreneurial companies.

Aerospace recruiters are watching Wichita

By Molly McMillin, The Wichita Eagle | Jan. 27 at 7:09 a.m.

Recruiters who want to hire engineers and other aerospace employees have their eye on Wichita, where Boeing plans to close its facility by the end of 2013.

Kansas accounting firms are adding interns

By Jerry Siebenmark, The Wichita Eagle | Jan. 30 at 11:57 a.m.

When the economy was contracting a few years ago and a crisis struck the nation’s largest financial services companies, some public accounting firms responded by cutting jobs while many others pulled back on hiring interns, typically their largest pool of new accountants.