Columbia businesses lighten power load
A number of local businesses have become more energy efficient, in light of City initiatives.
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Four Columbia companies make the INC. 5000
JobFinders, True Media, Bluebird Network and Buchroeder’s are among the 5000 fastest growing, privately held companies in the nation.
The life of Charlie Digges Sr., citizen of the century
For Charlie Digges Sr., lifelong Columbia resident, home is the place that made him.
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Online companies create a brick-and-mortar presence
Businesses that began operations online, such as MarketVolt and Columbia Safety, have expanded to include a physical presence in Columbia.
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The JFK Assassination: Fifty Years Later
Fifty years ago, you couldn’t buy a mixed drink in Columbia, Blue Laws closed stores on Sunday and the city of some 40,000 was nothing like it is today. Nov. 22, 1963, was overcast and unseasonably mild as temperatures nudged into the 60s and I walked to an early afternoon class on the University of Missouri campus. Somehow the bulletins of “shots fired in Dallas” didn’t penetrate the
Stevens named new Office of Cultural Affairs manager
Columbia is a city that is alive with arts and culture; and Chris Stevens is ready to take all that greatness to the next level. Beginning December 19, he will get that opportunity as he begins his duties as the new manager for the city’s Office of Cultural Affairs (OCA). City Manager Mike Matthes made
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