US Airways Express at Columbia Regional Airport has canceled flights today due to weather at Kansas City International Airport. For additional flight information, contact the airport information line at (573) 874-7508.
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Last Thursday, Boone County Auditor June Pitchford presented her proposed 2008 budget to Boone County commissioners. Pitchford detailed a slowdown in sales tax revenue and how that slowdown would affect county finances. Basically, the sales tax slump — combined with a daunting $900,000 in election expenses — will throw the county into a budget crunch. [...]
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City officials released a draft of the “Imagine Columbia’s Future” visioning report today. The report, which was produced by ACP Consulting, is the product of a process that began in January 2006. The idea was to come up with a vision for Columbia’s future. The report, which largely summarizes the findings of the Visioning Committee [...]
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Laura Nauser called back. The incumbent councilwoman will be running for re-election in April and has her papers ready, she said. She is just waiting for the city clerk’s office to process the smoking ban repeal petition before handing them more work. Nauser also reminded me that it’s still early (despite what the First Ward [...]
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While working on a story today about the 2008 Missouri state House elections, I called 21st District Rep. Steve Hobbs, a farmer who grows corn and soybeans and also raises beef cattle. As I asked him if he was running for re-election, Hobbs began to decry the continual creep of the election cycle toward constant [...]
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Today, city officials announced they would hold public hearings to hear input about a proposed park on the Crane and Philips Tracts, just south of Gans Road and west of Highway 63. The public hearings will be held in two different places on two different days. The first meeting will be held from 6:30 to [...]
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