A proposed roll cart trash collection system is set to be voted on by Columbia’s city council tonight. Mayor Barbara Buffaloe has said that trash was the …
Read More »Columbia’s first day of recreational marijuana sales begins
Sales of recreational marijuana are underway in Columbia this (Tuesday) morning. Columbia’s city council voted unanimously last night to approve revisions to marijuana business licensing regulations. 53 …
Read More »Columbia crews preparing snowplows; Utility crews to be on standby for possible downed power lines
Columbia Public Works crews have been prepping snowplows, material and equipment ahead of the winter storm, which is expected to begin in mid-Missouri early Thursday morning. City …
Read More »Efforts to prevent suicides at Columbia’s tallest parking garage continue
Columbia officials say fencing has been completed on the top level of a downtown parking garage that has seen several suicides since it opened in 2011. The …
Read More »New Columbia city manager to be announced Monday afternoon
We’ll know who Columbia’s next city manager is by the end of the day Monday. The Columbia city council plans a 4 o’clock announcement at city hall …
Read More »Suicide prevention fundraiser is planned for Monday evening in Columbia
A suicide prevention fundraiser will be held in Columbia Monday night to honor a 23-year-old woman who died in September at the Fifth and Walnut parking garage. …
Read More »Columbia stops running elevators to eighth and ninth floors of parking garage that’s seen several suicides
The city of Columbia has shut down elevators to the top two floors of the Fifth and Walnut parking garage downtown, a garage that’s been the site …
Read More »Logboat brewery expansion and ARPA funding to be discussed by Columbia’s City Council on Monday
Columbia’s City Council is set to vote Monday night on multiple rezoning issues involving a future expansion of the Logboat brewery facility on Fay street. Logboat wants …
Read More »Greyhound offers new stop in Columbia, for St. Louis and Kansas City trips
Greyhound is opening a new stop in downtown Columbia, effective Wednesday morning. Columbia officials say Greyhound is opening the stop at the Wabash station, and will feature …
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