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Halloween Events 2026

Halloween is just around the corner, and Columbia families have plenty of opportunities to celebrate with candy, costumes and community events. From trunk-or-treat gatherings and fall festivals to...

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The Smoked Chicken Epiphany: A Local Restaurant Helps Finish Dinner

Autumn in Columbia is an ending — of long days, warm weather, the peak gardening season, and summer break — but it’s also a season full of “firsts.”...

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The Last Word: Wealth

We asked our Facebook followers… Excluding a car or a house, what was your first BIG purchase? When I was 15 years old, I sold my first motorcycle...

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The Horse Whisperer

Tom Bass was Boone County’s ‘Michael Jordan’ of equestrians....
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In His Hands

One of my favorite weekly activities is doing Pilates. For me, it’s 45 minutes, three days a week, of peaceful refreshment. While I’m in class with six to...

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Coming up in COMO: 39 things to do

Chamber music festival, open mic night, concerts, jazz, karaoke, crafting, comedy, and a gospel sing. Welcome back to Coming Up In COMO, a brief peek at concerts, plays,...

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Housing Relief

An average of nearly $1 million a week is flowing from the State Assistance for Housing Relief Program to help Missouri renters and homeowners stave off eviction or...

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20 under 40

  Columbia Business Times congratulated this year’s class of the “20 Under 40” winners.

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2018 20 Under 20: Casey Hulshof

Age: 18 College Plans: I’ve decided on Baylor. As for a major, I’m going into English (specifically writing/editing) and/or math…a strange combination, but I love them both too...

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February: Did You Know?

D&H Drugstore has been locally owned in the Columbia community since 1956. Read more about D&H, Kilgore’s Pharmacy and Flow’s Pharmacy on page 62.   According to Dr....