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The amount of residential recycling that takes place in Columbia could be affected by the city’s new trash bag voucher system. Phoenix Recycling Inc. will produce, store and...

A group of about a dozen people had gathered around a picnic table in the small, fenced-in yard in North Central Columbia, smoking cigarettes, casually talking and waiting...

When Stephanie and Jason discovered they would not be able to have a child biologically, they turned to Lutheran Family and Children’s Services to explore adoption options. “A...

Give until it feels good. The activity, advertising and commercialism of the holiday season are already upon us. In between reports about how dire our economic situation is,...

The Columbia Missourian The trouble with news is that so much of it is true. If I’ve said that before, my excuse for repetition is the recent headlines....

Starting your own business in a recession offers opportunities Often times, the monotony of punching the clock as someone else’s employee leads to day dreams of starting a...

As Columbia’s building boom fades into memory, some speculative developers who entered the market too late – and the bankers who loaned them money – have had to...

It’s not a comfortable subject. No one likes to discuss crime or fraud, particularly when it’s perpetrated in our own community. But Officer Jessie Hayden Pitman, advanced crime...