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Impact COMO 2024: The Winners Are …

Recognizing the people, nonprofits, and events serving as change agents in Columbia.  Columbia is built…

Shelf Of Ceramics Students Creations From Access Arts

Creating Something From Nothing

A journey with clay wheel throwing at Access Arts.   There’s a moment when you sit…

A Group On Scaffolding At The Show Me Central Habitat For Humanity Women Build Event

Girl Power

Show-Me Central Habitat’s Women Build event is a real (em)power trip. Drive by most construction…

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Keeping Pace With the Arcade District

In the heart of Columbia, there’s a place where progress meets community and creativity merges…

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Tipping Point

Gratuities are a custom, but they can also cause a conundrum.

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Mixed Opinions

Seniors praise Boone County’s property tax freeze, but taxing entities are concerned.

Turkey vulture showing wingspan from Raptor Rehabilitation Project at the University of Missouri’s College of Veterinary Medicine.

Under Their Wing

The golden eagle Myria was a rare and magnificent sight in Missouri. According to the…

A montage of images illustrates the fun of the 15th annual Harvest Hootenanny.

Kick up your heels for the 15th annual Harvest Hootenanny

Morphing from something resembling a small street fair a decade and a half ago to…

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Samanda Dillard Burgers

Samantha’s Bazaar

COMO foodie and author invokes wonder with cookbooks, new and old.

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Off the (Smart)phone

New Columbia Public Schools policy seeks to mitigate distractions.

Students dressed as astronauts looking through telescope at Atlas Charter School

Charter Schools in Boone County?

The legislature’s massive education bill authorized expanding the alternative school model.

Lucky and Bean Baby the Guinea Pigs

Adventures in Science

An inside look at the Jefferson Middle School Zoo.