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When the story of the local counterculture movement of the last three decades is told, Kevin Walsh speculates, it will emerge not in written form but through oral...

Do we need a centralized municipal government center? Some say “yes;” others are skeptical. Does our municipal government ever have enough office space? I am a fan of...

People pay attention to rankings. Although not always the best indicators of success, they provide a snapshot to compare and contrast sports teams, political issues or even universities....

Some folks call them “bean counters,” but the days of the pocket-pro-tected number crunchers in the back room are over. The role of professionals in the accounting field...

Long gone are the days of accountants tediously tallying row upon row of ledger entries. Today, most accounting firms offer more than bookkeeping and tax services—and use tools...

Last of a three-part series As debate continues over use of the tract of land next to Columbia’s Activity and Recreation Center, proponents of two plans, for an...

In the competition to develop city-owned land next to the Activity and Recreation Center, better known as the ARC, the Columbia Youth Basketball Association and a partner group...

You don’t have to wait for the Oct. 5 pub crawl to get your fix of the “We Always Swing” Jazz Series. Though the fund-raising Annual Downtown Columbia...

If you’re like most people, in the last 24 hours, you’ve used more than half of the top 20 engineering achievements of this century – in just one...

The fast pace of building projects in Columbia, along with the expansion of city government building projects, is straining the Department of Public Works staff, and the director...