Faith’s Frosty Fest was a massive success

29 November 2022 | Salisbury Post

FAITH — Twenty-nine golf carts and UTVs paraded through Main Street in Faith on Saturday, as part of the first Frosty Fest, a holiday festival the town started to celebrate the holidays.

Those who participated in the parade decorated their carts and UTVs with all kinds of holiday cheer: Christmas lights, Christmas trees, wreaths, candy canes and gift-wrapped presents. The parade was also a competition…

ABC Upward! celebrates 20 years of impact on students

22 November 2022 | Salisbury Post

SALISBURY — Legends from Rowan County and North Carolina met at a luncheon on Thursday to celebrate the 20th anniversary of ABC Upward!, a program that brings speakers to local schools and colleges to talk about making good decisions, overcoming bad influences and the dangers of underage drinking.

¡Margaritas por todas partes! Rockwell restaurant leads charge in getting drinking referendum passed

20 November 2022 | Salisbury Post

ROCKWELL — Los Jacubes has everything any Mexican restaurant would typically have, chips and salsa, tacos, burritos, fajitas, quesadillas and Mexican plates. But they were missing one quintessential item: margaritas.

Earlier this year, the restaurant owners and staff went on a mission. They started a campaign to bring a liquor-by-the-drink referendum to the ballot for Rockwell voters to decide on. And it worked.

3D printing lets Amish draft horse breathe again

6 August 2021 | Columbia Missourian

CLARK — A typical work day for a Belgian draft horse on an Amish farm is to plow the fields until lunchtime, eat a bucket of oats, then head back out to plow until dinner.

So when a draft horse named Ronnie started having trouble breathing three years ago, he couldn’t finish all of his chores. Because Ronnie is an essential…

Construction products sold in EU must be reusable and repairable, Commission proposes

30 March 2022 | MLex

Makers of construction products must provide extra environmental information about goods sold in the EU market under a revamp of rules governing the items, the European Commission has said in a legislative proposal.

A revision of the Construction Products Regulation, proposed today, will introduce rules mandating…

Here comes the sun: 35,000 panels on new city solar site are sending electricity to Columbia homes

26 July 2021 | Columbia Missourian

Drive east on Interstate 70 past St. Charles Road. At mile marker 131, look south. You really can’t miss it.

Logboat releases Como200 Blonde Ale for bicentennial

26 April 2021 | Columbia Missourian

Grab a koozie, fill up your cups and get ready for a whole new kind of buzz.

In celebration of Columbia’s bicentennial this year, the brewers at Logboat Brewing Co., partnering with local small business Stem to Table Farm and the Boone Regional Beekeepers Association, released “Como200 Blonde Ale.”

Switch to sustainable batteries even more urgent after Ukraine
crisis, EU lawmakers say

9 March 2022 | MLex

Switching to sustainable battery use in the EU will be even more important as the bloc focuses on cutting its dependence on Russian fossil fuels, lawmakers said today during a European Parliament debate on upcoming legislation.

A plenary vote is due on Thursday to determine the parliament’s final stance on the European Commission’s proposed Sustainable Batteries Regulation, setting the stage for negotiations…

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Anthony Johnson, mentoring and coaching kids through sports

8 December 2021 | Columbia Missourian

It still blows Anthony Johnson’s mind that the fourth graders he started coaching, what feels like a short time ago, are now sophomores in high school.

Johnson started his AAU basketball team Columbia Supreme in 2018. Now, instead of only coaching a single team, Johnson is…

Pothole perils resurface with spring weather

26 April 2021 | Columbia Missourian

Potholes are a perennial problem. Last year, the Missouri Department of Transportation filled 760,000 potholes statewide at a cost of nearly $18 million.

Despite that effort and expense, the road craters are back with a vengeance this spring…

Peters says local governance is the best way to make an impact

31 March 2021 | Columbia Missourian

Betsy Peters leaned back in her chair at the Daniel Boone City Building and pondered for a moment a question about the best word she would use to describe herself.

“Steady,” she said simply. “You know, I just don’t get flustered.”