Voices

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...

It happened sooner than I thought it would: the advent of portable high-speed Internet connectivity to a computer near you. Verizon Wireless should take a bow for making...

Some uneasiness is beginning to develop about several economically unsettling events we should all be paying attention to. Real estate agents have been grumbling for months about their...

On occasion we should all take time out to review what education on all levels means to our state and how we need to support these enterprises. Several...

Late one Sunday evening 40 years ago I walked into Studio A in the old KFRU Building on Business Loop 70 and went on the air for the...

One measure of any great city is the depth and the quality of the telecommunications services available to its residents. In this regard, Columbia has had a mixed...