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Some restaurants report trouble hiring as coronavirus restrictions are removed COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia will likely be without coronavirus health orders soon, theoretically returning the restaurant business to something similar to what it was before the pandemic. However, some restaurant owners and industry advocates say businesses are having trouble finding workers. Columbia Mayor Brian Treece said Monday that the citys coronavirus health order will expire May 12 and will not be replace...

First Ward Councilwoman Pat Fowler was outspoken Monday night during the Columbia City Council meeting about her support of an ordinance that would allow restaurants to use parking spaces for outdoor seating. Restaurants currently can apply at least three weeks in advance for the right to use a permit that would provide extra space for outdoor dining. However, that temporary permit would only last 20 days under the original ordinance. That period of time isnt cost-effective for local businesse...

Interviewing Monsters and Bigfoot below. Synopsis: By-the-book forest ranger, Billy Teal (Tom Green), is dead set on preventing Cory Mathis (Les Stroud) from finding the truth about the Mark Twain forest. Mathis, a professor, claims Bigfoot killed his wife turning him into a man obsessed with revenge. Mathis partners up a team of misfits for the capture of the creature, but Ranger Teal; a covert government agency and a serial hoaxer (Rick Dyer) have other plans. Bigfoot sightings throughout Nor...