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Swift Prepared Foods president Tom Lopez (left) speaks to Missouri Governor Mike Parson at the April 6, 2023 ribbon-cutting ceremony for Swift’s new $200-milllion dollar plant in Columbia (April 6, 2023 photo courtesy of the governor’s Flickr page) Columbia’s mayor is praising Swift Foods, which has invested $200-million into their new plant on Route B. Swift and JBS executives will …

About 75 Columbia College graduates participated in Friday’s Ivy chain ceremony on Bass Commons (April 28, 2023 photo from 939 the Eagle’s Brian Hauswirth) More than 300 students on Columbia College’s main campus graduated this weekend and are now heading out into the world. Many have jobs lined up, while others are going to graduate school. Others are going into …

The co-owner of Columbia’s C&C Construction says there is no real definition for what affordable housing is in Columbia. Rhonda Carlson joined host Fred Parry in-studio for the hour Saturday morning on 939 the Eagle’s “CEO Roundtable.” https://939theeagle.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Carlson-Affordable-1.mp3 “You don’t know what it is because the city calls it one thing, we call it another. I mean, the Board of …

Columbia’s Rhonda Carlson is the co-owner of Columbia-based C&C Construction and also works as a local realtor and developer. She joined host Fred Parry in-studio for the hour Saturday morning on 939 the Eagle’s “CEO Roundtable” to discuss Columbia’s real estate market and the issue of affordable housing in Columbia. Ms. Carlson tells listeners that the hottest part of the …

A rendering of the 2023 NFL draft stage at Kansas City’s historic Union Station (2023 rendering courtesy of the National Football League and the Kansas City Sports Commission) More than 100,000 football fans are expected to pack the grounds of Kansas City’s Union Station and the National World War I museum again today (Friday), for day two of the NFL …