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(LISTEN): Big turnout in Ashland for fundraiser aimed at eliminating student lunch debt

Ashland Mayor Dorise Slinker is thanking the community for its generosity during Saturday’s spaghetti lunch/dinner aimed at eliminating student lunch debt (March 16, 2024 photo from 939 the Eagle’s Brian Hauswirth Ashland’s mayor praises the big turnout at Saturday’s spaghetti lunch/dinner aimed at eliminating student lunch debt in the fast-growing Southern Boone R-1 school district. Mayor Dorise Slinker greeted each …

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UPDATE: Missouri’s Senate President Pro Tem will not be running for office this year

Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) director Patrick McKenna speaks at the groundbreaking ceremony for the $240-million I-70 Rocheport bridge project on October 12, 2021, as State Sen. Caleb Rowden (R-Columbia) listens (file photo courtesy of the governor’s Flickr page) Missouri’s powerful Senate President will not be a candidate for office in 2024. State Sen. Caleb Rowden (R-Columbia), the Senate President …

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Proposed roundabout at Columbia’s Fairview and Chapel Hill expected to draw big turnout at council tonight

Columbia’s Fairview and Chapel Hill intersection (2023 file photo courtesy of John Ogan at Columbia Public Works) Tonight is your opportunity to testify about a proposed new single-lane roundabout at the busy intersection of Columbia’s Fairview and Chapel Hill roads. Columbia’s city council will hold a public hearing on the plan, which was on the list of projects approved by …

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April public hearing expected to be set for $12 million Columbia Forum Boulevard project

This is Columbia’s current Forum Boulevard bridge over Hinkson creek (2024 photo courtesy of Columbia Public Works spokesman John Ogan) Columbia’s city council is expected to vote tonight to set an April 15th public hearing on the $12.3 million Forum Boulevard improvement project. The project would make numerous improvements on Forum between Chapel Hill and Woodrail avenue. Columbia voters approved …

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(LISTEN:) Developer, Realtor Rhonda Carlson discusses paying for camp cleanups, quality of life on Columbia Buzz

A Columbia Realtor and developer said property owners and being forced to pay for the cleanup of homeless encampments on private property in Columbia. Rhonda Carlson appeared on 93.9 The Eagle’s Columbia Buzz program Sunday morning with hosts Mike Murphy and Al Germond. Carlson said one clean-up alone cost her family business more than $5,000. Carlson was planning to appear …

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