April 3, 2009

The Columbia Farmers Market opened its 29th season on March 21 to new vendors and an eager crowd, but not all the buzz was about the produce. Sustainable Farms and Communities, the non-profit that operates the market, hopes to secure $2.6 million in economic stimulus funding to build the Columbia Farmers Market Pavilion.  The structure

Kurt Schaefer has been in the state Senate for only three months, but the attorney from Columbia has become the man in the middle in the fight over financing for a second nuclear reactor in Callaway County. Schaefer talked about the high-stakes debate during a CBT Power Lunch

Tucked away in the economic stimulus bill is a section providing a 30 percent tax credit for household energy efficiency improvements, one of many examples of how businesses can tap into the massive money supply. About a month ago, Eclipse Technologies began to get more inquiries from people interested in weatherizing their home or adding

His classmates call him Gramps or Grandpa. Dorie Clark, at age 65, is the oldest trainee enrolled at the University of Missouri Extension Law Enforcement Training Institute since it opened 50 years ago, the oldest of 8,100 trainees in that time span. Completing the LETI’s 600-hour  program provides a student with the minimum training requirements