Jacob Barker

An ambitious plan to enlist farmers to grow grass for fuel on thousands of acres of their land depends in the short term on federal funding that’s uncertain...

Ornamental grass increasingly targeted as biofuel source Professor Stephen Long has been studying Miscanthus Giganteus for the better part of three decades. The University of Illinois crop scientist...

The Columbia Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors gave its formal support today to Glen Ehrhardt in the race for the 5th Ward City Council seat and decided...

The City Council’s vote establishing the downtown Community Improvement District was the culmination of three years of work and might lead to a half-cent sales tax next year...

In the depths of the global recession, emerging markets in Asia, the Middle East and Eastern Europe snagged the dollars of investors attracted by their swift growth and...

Media, Council inquiries lead to voluntary disclosure Late last year, 1st Ward Councilman Paul Sturtz publicly complained that the City Council was being left out of the loop...

The Environmental Protection Agency’s final regulations meant to clean up Hinkson Creek retained a mandate that stormwater flows be reduced by about 40 percent, but the agency added...