What’s New

Local economy shows signs of improvement

The sounds of circular saws and hammer guns and the sight of houses being framed…

Chamber endorses Ehrhardt, stays mum on 1st Ward

The Columbia Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors gave its formal support today to Glen…

Chamber Showcase features marketing expert

Self-marketing guru Jeff Beals will be the keynote speaker at the annual Columbia Chamber of…

Downtown leadership merges, sales tax on horizon

The City Council’s vote establishing the downtown Community Improvement District was the culmination of three…

Commerce investment guru: How did he do?

OK, you say there’s no such thing as a free lunch. But what if I…

What's Happened

MFA Oil announced a plan Feb. 15 in Jefferson City to form MFA Oil Biomass in a partnership…

The blizzard of the century’s legacy: Plenty of potholes

The mantle of white, courtesy of a record-breaking snowfall, was certainly lovely to look at…

Sewer rate changes in pipeline

In July, Mayor Bob McDavid appointed a seven-member citizen Sewer Task Force to restructure the…

Maintaining MU’s state funding is fair, sound investment

Thursday is University of Missouri Legislative Day at the Capitol. Dianne Drainer, the Mizzou Alumni…

Emerging markets look less inviting

In the depths of the global recession, emerging markets in Asia, the Middle East and…

Building an A-Team

We’ve recently become reacquainted with the quartet from the 1980s television show that spawned T-shirts,…

ALDI building larger grocery store

What: A new 18,000-square-foot ALDI grocery store to replace the existing location at 711 Business…