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Wading into the Great Controversy over where Columbia’s fourth high school should be placed, I have to say that the tentative decision to build where corn now sprouts...

There was a fillip of good news the other day about some new business activity here, but the media shied away from the banner headlines that used to...

Figuring out how to fix West Broadway is like treating a festering sore that just won’t heal. We all know the patient needs attention. But the city seems...

Plenty of us have been having our “fun” now that the city of Columbia has begun talking about putting a roof of grass on the City Hall annex...

Considering the long lineup of funding requests that will be pitched to voters in the coming years, there is obvious concern among local government officials about the fate...

While a chill blows across Columbia’s thermometer of economic activity, perhaps there is some solace at hand from three virtually coincidental developments. How quickly we choose to forget,...

As city officials and airport advocates work behind the scenes to come up with a plan to ensure the airport’s survival, the public must get behind the idea...

You might call this a matter of putting the “pig in the parlor.” Greater Columbia is trying to persuade federal government officials to relocate the National Bio and...

Business community should monitor Planning and Zoning Commission The application window for three vacant seats on the Columbia Planning and Zoning Commission closed several weeks ago but not...

After 40 years, it’s time for the City of Columbia to relinquish control of its problematic airport and let a new regional operating authority controlled by the area’s...