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City Manager Bill Watkins selected Charles Witt as the new chief of the Columbia Fire Department. Witt is a 25-year veteran of the department and competed against three...

CoMo’s fine-arts community stretches its canvas The arts industry thrives in a city with a variety of easy-to-reach venues with high-quality work, and advocates believe Columbia is moving...

The sounds of circular saws and hammer guns and the sight of houses being framed and finished have been rare in Columbia during the housing market downturn. But...

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...

Self-marketing guru Jeff Beals will be the keynote speaker at the annual Columbia Chamber of Commerce Business Showcase on March 15 at the Holiday Inn Executive Center. Beals,...

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...

OK, you say there’s no such thing as a free lunch. But what if I told you there’s a lunch that is not only free, but it could...

The mantle of white, courtesy of a record-breaking snowfall, was certainly lovely to look at for a couple weeks. But the two-day blizzard has left behind a costly...

In July, Mayor Bob McDavid appointed a seven-member citizen Sewer Task Force to restructure the way Columbia bills sanitary sewer customers. More than six months later, the task...

Thursday is University of Missouri Legislative Day at the Capitol. Dianne Drainer, the Mizzou Alumni Association advocacy director, is rounding up supporters to help MU lobbyists and administrators...