Boone County’s sixth-largest employer has a new chief executive officer. Brady Debois started this week. Boone Hospital Center’s board of trustees chair Dr. Jerry Kennett describes their …
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A plant on Columbia’s Waco road is the only plant in North America that makes Oscar Mayer hot dogs. Columbia Regional Economic Development Incorporated (REDI) president Stacey …
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Columbia Chamber of Commerce president Matt McCormick is pleased with the Chamber’s recent leadership visit to Madison, Wisconsin. Madison, which has about 270,000 residents, is home to …
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One of the HBA of Columbia’s most popular events of the year is this weekend. The “Parade of Homes” is Saturday and Sunday from 1-5 pm. Orie …
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Local homebuilder Orie Hemme of Hemme Construction serves as president of Columbia’s Home Builders Association. Mr. Hemme is a sixth-generation homebuilder. Hemme Construction has built homes in …
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Columbia Regional Airport (COU) manager Michael Parks says he continues to hear praise from residents about COU’s $23-million new terminal. The one-year anniversary of the new terminal …
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You’ll have a chance this afternoon to see a design of the new $25-million elementary school that will be built in south Columbia, next to John Warner …
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Columbia resident Shaunda Hamilton is the founder of Boone County Community Against Violence. She formed it after her daughter, 18-year-old Nadria Wright, was shot to death in …
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Columbia-based Boone Electric Cooperative was Missouri’s first electric coop. It was formed in 1936 as part of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s Rural Electrification Administration. Boone Electric today …
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Comobuz.com publisher Mike Murphy says there’s a lot of dysfunction in local, state and national government. Mr. Murphy joined 939 the Eagle’s Fred Parry in-studio for an …
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The publisher of subscription-based news website Comobuz.com is organizing two mid-March Columbia candidate forums. They’ll be debate formats that he’ll moderate. Publisher Mike Murphy, who has 40 …
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The UM System president says the experience for Mizzou football and basketball fans has become much better, under the leadership of athletic director Desiree Reed-Francois. System President …
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Columbia-based Emery Sapp and Sons is one of the biggest construction companies in mid-Missouri and statewide. They have about 2,500 employees and are involved in numerous major …
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The retired Landmark Bank board chairman says the insurance industry is no longer one of Columbia’s top three largest employers. Jeff MacLellan, who’s studied economic trends in …
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Columbia Regional Economic Development Incorporated (REDI) president Stacey Button says the massive new Swift Foods plant on Route B will open in early 2023. She says they’re …
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Despite concerns from nearby property owners, Columbia’s city council has approved the purchase of VFW property just north of the Business Loop to provide a location for …
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Columbia’s city council is set to vote Monday evening on a proposal to purchase VFW property near the Business Loop to provide a location for a homeless …
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TopTracer Range will be building its second Missouri location just west of Columbia, at Midway Golf and Games. A groundbreaking event for the multi-million dollar facility is …
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