Columbia’s mayor has introduced a proposal to provide about $500,000 in community memberships to MACC’s new state-of-the-art lab on the Business Loop. Mayor Brian Treece says there is a lot of potential. “So that everybody in Columbia has access to a membership here at this MACCLab makerspace, so that they can take that next step,” Treece …
Schnucks still looking to hire at least ten additional employees for new Columbia store
St. Louis-based Schnucks has announced that its new 48,000 square foot store in northeast Columbia will open on March 23. The Schnucks Battle Crossing store is located on Clark Lane, near I-70’s Lake of the Woods exit. While the store has been built for months, Schnucks executives tell 939 the Eagle that the COVID pandemic …
Columbia staff officials: city needs a long-term permanent solution to homelessness
Columbia officials say the Wabash station downtown is not an ideal location for an emergency overnight warming center in any year, and is especially unsuitable during a pandemic. Columbia’s city council heard a detailed report about homelessness at Monday night’s meeting. The report notes there’s no feasible way to maintain social distancing at Wabash, to …
Missouri’s governor: U.S. Navy sending 40-person medical team to St. Louis to assist in COVID fight
Missouri’s governor says the U.S. Navy is sending a 40-person team of military medical personnel to the St. Louis region, to help hospital staff strained by the COVID pandemic. The team, which includes doctors and nurses, will be heading to BJC Christian Hospital early this week. Governor Parson continues to reiterate that the best way …
COU officials confident that American Airlines will resume normal schedule in future
The decision by American Airlines to reduce its flights out of Columbia Regional Airport (COU) is described as temporary by COU manager Michael Parks. He says January and February are traditionally COU’s slowest months. Parks also tells “Wake Up Columbia” that the COVID pandemic has caused pilot and staffing shortages for American. “The challenge when …