The Poplar Bluff Technical Career Center will receive a campus-wide HVAC overhaul with $154,000 through the Area Career Center construction fund, bringing the total of state and federal grants acquired in less than a year to more than $1.3 million.

The Poplar Bluff Technical Career Center has received reaffirmation of accreditation, ensuring complete compliance with government standards so that qualifying adult students can continue to receive federal loans, grants and financial aid.

The Poplar Bluff Technical Career Center will receive over half a million dollars in facility improvements through a 75 percent state, 25 percent local matching grant awarded recently by the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.