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City and developers struggle to maintain adequate wastewater systems.   The banks of Flat Branch Creek are carpeted in the springy remains of chewed up trees. Along 4,500...

Architect Jennifer Hedrick does some of her best work with Post-its. A principal at Simon Oswald Architecture, Hedrick led the year-long design and documentation phase of the South...

In eastern Boone County, at the intersection of two quiet roads, sits a white warehouse. It’s austere for the most part, an outbuilding of sheet metal next to...

It’s been nearly a decade since the city first announced the need for electrical transmission lines in south Columbia. The fight keeps heating up.   Eighty feet high,...

Doctor Kristin Oliver has taken sports medicine to a new level. Oliver completed her residency at University Hospital, followed by a sports medicine fellowship with the Columbia Orthopaedic...

Without Columbia firm Environmental Dynamics International, something wouldn’t smell right in China. That’s because their products are used in what happens to be the world’s largest wastewater treatment...

  Wash. Dry. Fold. Doing laundry is a regular part of our lives. Whether separating that bright red shirt from our white tees or throwing jeans in the...

Owner Jessie Yankee never planned to open an IT business. While working with her husband, Jim, at Flat Branch Home Loans, Yankee became frustrated with the high price...

Bert Hughes recently started referring to his team as “The Protectables.” A senior vice president at Boone-Central Title, Hughes considers his company the protective shield for Missouri’s property...

Meet three companies from three different industrial parks in Columbia that fly under the radar.   OTSCON: No Stopping Them Automobile brake manufacturer OTSCON partners with some of...