Blue Cross Blue Shield plans consider consolidation amid tightening managed-care market (News-Medical-Net)
Some Blue Cross Blue Shield not-for-profit organizations are considering either merging or converting to for-profit status to help them compete with larger insurers in an "increasingly concentrated managed-care industry," the Wall Street Journal reports.

Cajun Sting tops Blue Stream in finals (The Daily Iberian)
PLAQUEMINE -- Left out of the Junior American Legion State Tournament just over a month ago by a second-place finish in district, the Cajun Sting made the most of a second chance by coming back from a two run deficit to beat cross-town rival Blue Stream Services 3-2 Monday in the finals of the state tournament held at Plaquemine High School.

Kalamazoo Red Cross chapter is aiding seven families displaced by fire at Big Bend Apartments on Gull Road (The Kalamazoo Gazette)
KALAMAZOO -- The Greater Kalamazoo Area Chapter of the American Red Cross has assigned caseworkers to assist seven families who were displaced in Monday's fire at Big Bend Apartments on Gull Road.

Airport, BCBS moving forward (Helena Independent Record)
Preparations continue for Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Montana to construct a new office building for its 550 local employees on 9 acres at the Helena Regional Airport, while a subcommittee of the airport authority s board of directors studies the laws governing the airport and whether they were followed in the deal.