Jodie Jackson Jr.
Columbia Tribune
Columbia, MO, United States
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Wind power project prepares for second round
Armed with a growing list of endorsements and agreements intended to show their wind power transmission line project will benefit Missouri taxpayers and utility customers, the Grain Belt Express Clean Line is gearing up for a second attempt to gain regulatory approval in the state. → Read More
County, city adopt resolution supporting UM funding
Worried a legislative cut to state funding for the University of Missouri System would create a tidal wave of economic hardship for families and businesses in Mid-Missouri, the Boone County Commission on Tuesday became the first local governing board to approve a resolution asking the General Assembly not to slash funding for the university. → Read More
Health insurance deadline looms under shadow of penalty
The clock is ticking faster for individuals who have not enrolled in a Health Insurance Marketplace plan. → Read More
Boone County Sheriff's Department seeks elite accreditation
The Boone County Sheriff’s Department has begun a three-year process to join a handful of Missouri law enforcement agencies that meet national accreditation standards. → Read More
Phoenix Health Programs set to open women's detox, treatment facility
After providing detoxification and treatment for drug and alcohol abuse to men for 41 years, Phoenix Health Programs will open its first wing for women next Monday. → Read More
Fire district buys new trucks, begins first phase of construction
Two new firetrucks arrived Thursday at the Boone County Fire Protection District, and construction was set to begin Monday on renovations and additions to five of the district’s 15 fire stations. → Read More
County commission puts use tax on August ballot
Boone County voters will decide in August whether to enact a local use tax for county government to continue collecting local sales tax on vehicles, boats, trailers and outboard motors purchased out of state. → Read More
Boone Hospital opens new surgical suites
Surgeons performed the first transcatheter aortic valve replacement Tuesday at Boone Hospital Center, one day after the hospital’s board of trustees toured two of three new operating room suites that cost more than $12 million. → Read More
Two cities plan to go ahead with April use tax election; county commission to vote Thursday
Even if Boone County delays until August, city officials in Hallsville and Centralia plan to forge ahead with April ballot measures to preserve their ability to collect sales tax on vehicles, boats and trailers purchased outside the state. → Read More
Juvenile office lauds Family Access Center creation
A new avenue for connecting children to mental health services is expected to further reduce the number of kids ending up in juvenile court. → Read More
County officials might delay vote on use tax
The Boone County Commission might consider waiting until August to ask voters to approve a use tax that would preserve the county’s ability to collect sales tax on vehicles, boats and trailers purchased out of state. → Read More
Local government, business leaders oppose MU cuts
Convinced that a projected drop in enrollment and possible reduction in state funding to the University of Missouri would have a significant effect on the Mid-Missouri economy, local government and business leaders Friday morning agreed to work together to draft a resolution encouraging the state legislature not to punish the university with budget cuts. → Read More
City parks director responds to campaign talk of fairground partnership
Mike Griggs has listened with more than passing interest to recent suggestions that the Columbia Parks and Recreation Department could help manage and develop the shuttered Central Missouri Events Center and Boone County fairground through a partnership agreement with Boone County. → Read More
Ballot deadline approaches for local use tax measures
Boone County officials and leaders in some municipalities are trying to avoid confusion with April ballot questions asking voters to adopt a use tax on out-of-state vehicle, boat and trailer purchases. → Read More
Only incumbents seek hospital, fire board seats with one week left
With barely more than a week left to file for the April election, incumbents so far are the only candidates filing for the directing boards of Boone Hospital Center and the Boone County Fire Protection District. → Read More
County ready to award $4.1 million for family access center
A $4.1 million award over three years from the Boone County Children’s Services Fund to the University of Missouri is intended to create a single point of entry for families and youths who might need local mental health and behavioral health services. → Read More
Hallsville mayor at odds with county commissioners
An otherwise civil discussion with the Boone County Commission about a seldom-used, 22-year-old agreement that calls for the county to help maintain gravel roads in Hallsville took a tense turn Thursday when Hallsville Mayor Cheri Reisch suggested the city could wait to revisit the debate in a year, “when we have two new commissioners.” → Read More
Hospital hosts bedside wedding for patient's daughter
Gordon Mobley struggled to draw a long breath to answer what it meant to be part of his third and youngest daughter’s wedding. → Read More
Newest round of Children's Services money to expand services
The newest agencies set to receive funding from the Boone County Children’s Services fund will expand programs and help families navigate the myriad social services already available. → Read More
Firm halts production to investigate fires
A cellulose manufacturing plant that shares a building with Johnson Products off Paris Road has temporarily halted operations for company officials to check two machines that were the source of three small fires since October. → Read More