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For a downtown surrounded by a state university and two colleges, it’s puzzling that Columbia’s centrally located bookstores keep going under again and again. Get Lost! Bookshop has...

The Columbia Chamber of Commerce’s Business Showcase on March 5 will be all about innovation, bringing back some of the old, adding some of the new and eagerly...

For Brynne and Bailye Stansberry, business is in their blood. Now they’re betting their futures on an idea they’ve held since high school. When Moberly residents Brynne and...

Subchondroplasty gets patients moving again. Imagine your worst toothache, but instead the pain is deep inside your knee and pulses to the surface each time you take a...

Once the norm, fewer doctors are going solo As long as he can remember, Erin Meyer has wanted to be a doctor. “I explored other options but always...

Although most people are familiar with spas, chances are when it comes to medical spas, there is a bit of a learning curve. Wikipedia defines a medical spa...

The Columbia businessman is a character caught somewhere between new-world innovation and old-world values. He emails from his phone while marching down Ninth Street on his way to...

With three months to go until the event, the Chamber of Commerce Business Showcase on March 5 is filling up fast. Of the 130 spaces available in the...

Local bankers fear the Dodd-Frank law passed in 2010 will hasten the demise of small banks and lead to the “Walmartization” of consumer banking. “In mid-Missouri, generally, I...