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Odd Jobs: On the move with a First Tier real estate agent

With the new year upon us, it’s time to set goals, make plans and expand…

MU leaders: Floyd a tough act to follow

Typically when a high-profile community leader announces his/her departure, there are factions of the population…

Odd Jobs: Behind the plow: Experiencing chilly work of the city’s night shift snow crews

Remember when snow day meant sledding down big hills, pelting friends with snowballs and building…

Mizzou Flagship Council begins

The grass-roots organization formed to protect and promote the flagship status of the Columbia campus…

Snow removal vastly improves over time

The largest snowstorm since 1995 has made snow removal a hot topic in the past…

With lagging wage growth, local economy’s ranking plummets

The Columbia metropolitan area has dropped significantly since 1999 in a ranking of economic strength,…

Economic Outlook: Panelists bullish on construction market

News of national declines in real estate sales and new construction appears to be mirrored…

Downtown transition: Newly designated historic district undergoing facelift, tenant shifts

The Pen Point co-owner Holly Burgess has been part of the downtown scene for four…

Silencing the echo to conquer the generational divide

Do you sometimes feel that being a manager is like being a lone soul in…

Go ahead and indulge! Chocolate may help you get work done more quickly

According to some reports, each year Americans spend about 7.65 billion hours filling out government-requested…

WALT DISNEY: The Triumph of the American Imagination

By Neal Gabler, Knopf, 851 pages, $35 Neal Gabler’s biography of Walt Disney is not…

Builders, buyers adjust to slide in Jefferson City home sales

John Kleindienst of Capital City Construction Co. didn’t know he was walking a high wire…