Final Word is an opinion column. I love cops. I love firefighters. Unfortunately, I don’t love the City of Columbia’s

I recently returned from a two-week mission trip to Africa. It was an incredible, but eye-opening experience. My first week

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Back in 2006, Columbia’s then Assistant City Manager Paula Hertwig-Hopkins launched a community-wide effort to create a visioning document for

Inside Columbia magazine is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, and I couldn’t be more proud of what this publication

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A recent citizen survey conducted by the city of Columbia revealed some startling insight into the way Columbians feel about

I find it almost amusing that the six core values of the Columbia Public School District are trust, integrity, collaboration,

While I can’t claim to have known Hank Waters well, I did spend nearly 30 years reading every one of