For life’s bumps, bruises and injuries

Last fall, I was running around trying to get the house ready for a short…

Saluting Our Vets

This town supports its vets!  

Bang! Boom! Pow!

Year-round or not, fireworks stores are a Fourth of July business.

Ice Ice Baby

From Memorial Day to Labor Day, the ice business is booming, but the real success stories of the industry are those that keep product moving even when temperatures start to cool.

American Dreamers

Columbia business owners find their slice of the American Dream.

Columbia’s Founding Fathers

A retrospective of the forbearers who laid the foundations of the Columbia we know today

A Reason for Growth

It’s somewhat amazing that it’s taken more than 30 years to replace the parking lot…

House of Chow under new ownership

The 32-year-old Chinese food fixture gets new owner from the same family.

N.H. Scheppers, an American tradition

N.H. Scheppers Distributing Co.’s commitment to quality services remains unchanged after 60 years in business.

PYSK: Jay Curry

Name: Jay Curry Title and company/organization: Owner/partner, Spicewine Ironworks; owner/partner Columbia Welding & Machine Age:…

Chad Schatz, Troops to Teachers

Chad Schatz, director of Veterans Education and Training/Troops to Teachers, Department of Elementary and Secondary…

A Closer Look: July

CrossFit Audacity A new gym focused on personal training and fitness has arrived in Columbia.…