Couples You Should Know: Brent Beshore & Erica Beshore

*Couples You Should Know*Brent Beshore, Pure CEO; and Erica Beshore, Immunophotonics director of scientific communications

From the Roundtable: MU, and local economy, dodges realignment bullet

The college athletic conference realignment scenario that almost cascaded this month proved to be a…

Landmark, BCNB develop social networking sites

Two local banks have moved beyond their websites to serve Columbia’s virtual community. Landmark Bank…

Guest Column: First step in Gulf oil crisis: Stop the leak, not advance legislation

The BP oil spill is an ongoing tragedy for the Gulf Coast region, its economy…

County picks Wagner for hospital board

The Boone County Commission intends to appoint Bob Wagner, President and CEO of Columbia Insurance…

Deal-making resumes at car lots

Fueled by newly acquired Nissan and a rebounding Ford, Joe Machens is in the driver’s seat of Columbia’s resurgent auto market. Car and truck sales at Columbia dealerships have increased by more than 16 percent for the first four months of 2010 compared with the same period the previous year, according to Missouri Department of Revenue data The local numbers mirror national sales, which also increased a little more than 16 percent, according to data from Autodata, a motor vehicle analysis firm based in New Jersey.

Editor’s View: With development debates on horizon, can city forestall acrimony?

A few days ago, I drove past the future home of IBM on LeMone Industrial…

Steady Hand, Artistic Vision: Jewelry maker Andrea Jira

*Artist Profile*Jewelry maker Andrea Jira creates bold pieces from materials ranging from silver to bronze, glass and fabric.

BBB opening local branch

The Better Business Bureau of Eastern Missouri and Southern Illinois is opening a mid- Missouri…

From the Roundtable: Growing inventory of vacant property troubling for Columbia

Watching the claw of a backhoe nibble away at the old Cleeks building on the…

Linen King hiring in July

Linen King, an Oklahoma-based provider of laundry services to the health care industry, plans to…

REDI director turns attention to "economic gardening"

Columbia, in Mike Brooks’ opinion, needs to focus on seeding new industry. At the City…