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During the past decade, Columbia has realized economic success. Payroll employment increased by 16 percent, total establishments increased by 21 percent, and payrolls increased by 46 percent. These...

Then most dramatic swings in the local economy during the past eight years might be the housing construction market and, inversely, air transportation. The charts developed from CBT’s...

Things and people are changing at the city of Columbia. Although the wave of recent and pending departures by the city manager, finance director, fire chief, cultural affairs...

For the past two years, Corey Rimmel has juggled classes at the University of Missouri and the day-to-day operations of his business, Hot Box Cookies. Rimmel, along with...

Three weeks ago, Elly’s Couture went international. The boutique clothing store on Broadway had already shipped designer clothes and jewelry as far away as California, but the sale...

The Environmental Protection Agency today issued final regulations that mandate steep reductions in stormwater flowing into Hinkson Creek. Columbia, Boone County and MU vigorously opposed the proposed regulations...

The passage of the year reminds me of taking a turn at the playground slide. Climbing to the top provides the perch to review the year just left...

After three months of hearings with little public opposition, the Columbia Tax Increment Financing Commission lent its support to the proposal to redevelop the Regency Hotel on Broadway...

Presiding Boone County Commissioner Ken Pearson published comments on early childhood education in this venue in December. He stated: “Data show that every dollar spent on at-risk children...

A UM Board of Curators search committee meets Thursday at the Columbia campus to begin discussing the process for finding Gary Forsee’s replacement. Forsee stepped down Jan. 7;...