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Columbia Mayor Barbara Buffaloe, city manager De’Carlon Seewood and other dignitaries break ground on the new fire station on Scott Boulevard on September 27, 2022 (photo courtesy of the city of Columbia’s Facebook page) Columbia’s fastest-growing area will soon have a new fire station, along with 12 new firefighters to staff the station. Mayor Barbara Buffaloe, acting fire chief Clayton …

  The American Red Cross office in Columbia (2022 photo courtesy of American Red Cross development communications manager Angie Springs) Powerful Hurricane Ian has wiped out a section of causeway leading to Sanibel in Florida, according to a reporter on the ground for the “Tampa Bay Times.” The damage was done by a powerful storm surge, the newspaper reports. The …

The Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) has proposed a $140-million upgrade at mid-Missouri’s busiest interchange, the I-70 and Highway 63 connector. One possibility is a diverging diamond, but no final decisions have been made by MoDOT. Columbia Mayor Barbara Buffaloe joined us live this morning on 939 the Eagle’s “Wake Up Mid-Missouri.” She emphasizes the project’s importance but notes the …

Missouri House Budget Committee chairman Cody Smith (R-Carthage), left, and State Rep. Rusty Black (R-Chillicothe) visit on the House floor in Jefferson City on May 6, 2022 (file photo courtesy of Tim Bommel at House Communications) The Missouri House Budget Committee has scheduled hearings on three state income tax bills for Wednesday afternoon in Jefferson City. They’ll also hold a …

MoDOT credits 1.2 miles of truck climbing lanes on I-70 in mid-Missouri’s Montgomery County for increasing safety for motorists and for truckers (2022 file photo courtesy of MoDOT’s ColeDuenckel) Several hundred transportation and law enforcement officers from across Missouri will hear a detailed  presentation Wednesday afternoon in Columbia about the engineering involved in a successful massive I-70 project in mid-Missouri’s …