City of Columbia officials say Sunday’s storms destroyed the city’s Material Recovery Facility, and it may be days before they know what it’ll take to rebuild.
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The money will be used to buy new firefighting vehicles, equipment and other improvements, fire district officials said.
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Incumbent Barbara Buffaloe held on to her seat Tuesday night.
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Foster, who fended off a challenge from Ron Graves, said the city's biggest challenge going forward is managing growth.
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Both will be sworn in at the Columbia School Board meeting Monday.
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The two measures that did not pass were in Gravois Mills and Hallsville.
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Many smaller Missouri cities elected new mayors Tuesday night.
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Workers who track data on car crashes, drownings, traumatic brain injury, falls in the elderly, and other perils lost their jobs. Advocates worry life-saving work will stop.
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The comments come after reports that Trump is hoping to use tariff negotiations with other countries to isolate China.
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On Wednesday, the society put on a lecture by Professor Crystal R. Sanders, who holds a doctoral degree in history.
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Columbia’s teachers’ union protested at a busy downtown intersection Wednesday morning.
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The city of Columbia and the Columbia Police Department decided not to provide additional accommodations for safety in the downtown area because the game is not a city sanctioned event.
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Wildfires blazed through Missouri due to dry conditions and heavy winds.
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