Columbia Business Times Archive

This time, it’s personal. Well, sort of. I thought I’d share some reflections of a recent working trip to Washington, D.C. It afforded me a rare and interesting...

2025? 2025! I predict that 2025 will be the year when the new, improved version of Columbia Regional Airport will finally be up and running. The improved version...

You don’t feel well. You aren’t sure what is going on, so you schedule an appointment with a doctor. Your health care provider makes a potentially debilitating diagnosis,...

On Tuesday, August 7, Columbia voters will have the opportunity to go to the polls and exercise the important right to vote. This year, more than 60 candidates...

There is an old joke in law enforcement that is, sadly, true. It goes, “There are two things cops hate: The way things are and change.” Policing in...

1. What’s your background? My wife and I were both hospital corpsmen in the U.S. Navy for six years, which is where we met. Following my time in...

I recently had the opportunity to travel to our nation’s capital with the Columbia Chamber of Commerce on its inaugural D.C. Fly-in. The two-day advocacy and relationship-building tour...

As someone who does not have children, I was somewhat oblivious to the fact that some school districts were not teaching cursive writing as part of their curriculum....

During the past 18 months, the City of Columbia has experienced an unprecedented level of interest from homeowners who want to “downzone” residential properties. Some say reclassifying properties...

The call for a municipal performance audit costing upwards of a million dollars won’t go away. Proponents believe there’s a geyser of cash squirreled away that could be...