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Dissatisfied with traditional newspaper classified advertising and having experienced similarly disappointing results with eBay transactions, two Columbians decided to launch a Web site catering exclusively to local buyers...

Building Columbia’s early-stage investment infrastructure has been a top priority of the local business community since the 1980s. Today, as mid-Missouri moves toward a technology-led economic development strategy,...

Executive Vice President, Columbia Chamber of Commerce AGE: 41 JOB DESCRIPTION: I am responsible for working with the emerging needs of Columbia. First and foremost will be working...

Critics and advocates of Missouri’s system of selecting appellate judges squared off in a panel discussion at the Missouri Bar’s annual meeting in Springfield on Sept. 27. The...

A box full of phone cards sits under the counter at Alejandro Sánchez’s Columbia grocery store, Los Tres Hermanos. For the first time in seven years, he has...

The Roots ‘N Blues ‘N BBQ Festival generated an economic impact of nearly $6 million in Boone County, according to University of Missouri economist James Kaufman. The festival,...

The indistinguishable laughs and shouts of a large crowd swept down the hall in Columbia’s Upper Crust Bakery one bright Sunday morning, as patisserie customers, real-estate aficionados and...

As if the Roots ‘N Blues ‘N BBQ Festival earlier in the month didn’t do enough to endear Boone County National Bank to the community, last weekend BNCB...

High grain prices help corn farmers, hurt livestock farmers and consumers Terry Hilgedick, a farmer from Hartsburg, owns what appears to be one of the modern gold mines...

Organizers work toward encore of blowout birthday bash Organizers of the Roots ‘N Blues ‘N BBQ Festival predicted that about 35,000-40,000 people would attend Boone County National Bank’s...