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Solar film brightens 3M’s future locally: Plant expansion to create 120 jobs, revitalize factory

Finding parking at 3M’s manufacturing plant on Route B in Columbia is easy. Inside, the production space is more than half empty. On both sides of one hallway,...
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Housing market falters, sales revenue stabilizes

Columbia, like most of the country, is slogging out of the recession. However, the housing market in Boone County during the third quarter fared worse than the country...

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Web Wise: What to blog about?

The real question is: What sparks the interest of your viewers? Readers are “I” centric. Ideally, all posts will impact readers personally. When blogging, your goal is to...

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Hemingway's restaurant closes

Hemingway’s Wine and Bistro closed this week, an employee who answered the south Columbia restaurant’s phone confirmed. Respondingto inquiries about the restaurant’s status on his Facebook page, owner...

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3M adding solar product, expanding plant

The Columbia 3M plant manager confirmed Friday that the company is planning to expand its manufacturing facility here to produce a film used in the production of flexible...

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Coil celebrates 35th anniversary: Company relies on resilience, relationship-building

After graduating from MU with a psychology degree, Randy Coil shifted his career path to follow a passion for building that ran deep in his family. His father...
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The right to fire your customers

Have you ever had one of those customers? The client who after you sold them, you really wished you hadn’t. The customer who quickly earned the PITA designation...

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Wall failure delays bridge project: Maguire contractor, city disagree on liability

A summer thunderstorm that dumped more than three inches of rain on Columbia and caused pileups on Interstate 70 also came close to washing away the chances of...
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Tasti D-Lite

Low-calorie frozen dessert chain Tasti D-Lite will soon open its first franchise in Missouri. Franchisees Todd and Carissa Neimeyer plan to open the store by the end of...

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Boys & Girls Town

Boys & Girls Town of Missouri celebrated completing more than a year’s worth of renovations with an open house Wednesday. The $3.5 million project included the construction of...