Columbia extends overnight warming center at Wabash Bus Station through Thursday
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)
The City of Columbia has extend the temporary overnight warming center at the Wabash Bus Station. It will now be open through Thursday, Feb. 18.
The site is open from 7 p.m. to 6 a.m. every night. It is meant to be a resource for individuals unable to access local emergency shelter services.
It was orginally set to be open Saturday and Sunday.
The city has also provided a list of warming centers are available anyone during the normal business hours.
Columbia s warming centers include:
ARC (Activity and Recreation Center), 1701 W. Ash St.
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Salvation Army almost at capacity in Columbia and Jefferson City
COLUMBIA, MO (KMIZ)
Salvation Army shelter locations in Columbia and Jefferson City are becoming near capacity with bitterly cold temperatures.
Lori Benson, Regional Director of Community Relations of the Midland Salvation Army, said there s been a significant increase in guests at the shelter since the low temperatures began.
Benson said the shelters in both Columbia and Jefferson City are both near capacity, but her major concern is the Jefferson City location. She says the Salvation Army is the only overnight warming center offered in Jefferson City. I know that Jefferson City has a few day shelters warming centers that individuals can go to stay warm, but at night the Salvation Army is the only overnight shelter in the Jefferson City area so when we get full it really does create problems and our shelter staff is calling around and trying to see can we put these individuals someplace to get them off the str
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COLUMBIA - With temperatures dropping, more warming centers opened in mid-Missouri to provide a shelter from the cold.
In Columbia, the Wabash Bus Station will be open at nights from 7 p.m. to 6 a.m. through the evening of Saturday, Feb. 13.Â
Columbia s other regular warming centers are:
Activity and Recreation Center: Monday â Friday: 5:30 a.m. â 9:30 p.m., Saturday: 7 a.m. â 6 p.m., Sunday: 9 a.m. â 6 p.m.
Boone County Government Center:Â Monday â Friday: 8 a.m. â 5 p.m.
Columbia/Boone County Public Health and Human Services:Â Monday â Friday: 8 a.m. â 5 p.m.
There will be no fares on GoCoMo buses all day for residents to ride and stay warm.