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Losing a job is disappointing, frustrating, and isolating. In a community like Columbia, which has been consistently below state and national averages in the unemployment rate, navigating the...

As Columbia has gotten to be a bigger city — now the fourth largest in Missouri — we’ve had to answer more big-city questions. How do we make...

When asked about her first job, Stephens College president Dianne Lynch was in a quandary as to which job to talk about. “Do you mean my very first...

At 2.7 percent, as of the last Bureau of Labor Statistics report, the unemployment rate in Columbia is low — the lowest of any metropolitan area in Missouri,...

In alternative medicine, it can be difficult to navigate what’s available and what actually works. But as insurance premiums rise, more people are opening up to methods outside...

Harry S Truman Memorial Veterans’ Hospital completes major construction projects in a changing political climate. In his 39 1/2 years at Truman Memorial Veterans’ Hospital, Stephen Gaither has...