John Read

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In Focus: Can I Help You?

Columbia is among the healthiest cities to own a business due to a varied network…

Online Resources

Lynda.com Find thousands of video tutorials for all skill levels on business strategies and technical…

EnCircle Technologies Merges With Woodhaven

EnCircle Technologies is celebrating their fifth anniversary and looking at plans for a merger.  *Editor’s…

SEED Success Fights Poverty One Student at a Time

Columbia Public Schools and a fledgling not-for-profit called SEED Success partnered up in May to…

Local restaurateur gains fame on MasterChef

Jina Yoo, owner of Jina Yoo’s Asian Bistro, gained local fame as one of 100 finalists on the Korean television production of “MasterChef.”

District, merchants await half-cent tax impact

The U.S. Mint produced a half-cent coin from 1793 to 1857, finally discontinuing the coin…

Hotels hope tax plan doesn’t sleep over

What would improving the Columbia Regional Airport terminal do for tourism and economic development? And…

Safe and sound

Officials assess local infrastructures as satisfactory