Al Germond

Poor little old West Boulevard; it’s appellation as a boulevard conjures up thoughts of anticipated grandness, harkening to the time when it was Columbia’s western boundary. Now West...

The GetAbout Columbia schemes seem to come in waves. The latest “experiment” in the otherwise laudable and ambitious $22 million project is destined to become an object...

Several hundred million analog television transmitters are now little more than scrap material. Television station engineers hit the “plate off” button last Friday, severing high voltage for the...

With revenues from sales taxes trickling into the city’s coffers at a slower pace – down by 3 percent this year – the balance between guns and butter...

Participants in the recent Chamber of Commerce retreat in Kansas City heard that economic conditions in the Columbia area now are essentially flat, with city and county sales...

Something we are increasingly proud of at the Columbia Business Times is our Power Lunch programs conducted periodically in that “room with a view” on the ninth floor...

The Broadway narrative is well known. The street that runs through the center of Columbia dates from the antebellum era when it was the Old Trails Road, is...

On June 28, 1967, I walked into Capen’s, a relatively small photography store at 1009 East Broadway, and found a business that was clearly in transition. I bought...

The Tiger Hotel has been a downtown landmark since it opened in November 1928. Six years ago, John Ott, David Baugher, Renea Sapp and I bought this historic...

One of the things Denver-area native Ken Burton says he’s looking forward to is returning to a locale that has a real winter. Preparing for the April 1...