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Columbia/Boone County PHHS In a community briefing with local officials held on Wednesday afternoon, Columbia Mayor Brian Treece said the county has reached a new milestone: the number of vaccinated people in Boone County, over 21,000 people,  officially surpassed the number of people who were diagnosed with COVID-19 over the past year. The number of positive cases has decreased and the weekly percent increase in total cases has been on decline for the past four weeks. The 14-day rolling case average has also been the lowest its been since the end of Oct...

"We need help," Will Granberry with The Relevant Youth said. The Relevant Youth is a student-run creative agency in Columbia, designed to equip students with the skills and experience they need for careers in marketing and advertising industries. All its work for clients is pro-bono — no cost — and students aren't paid. He compared his effort to a car that's out of fuel. Granberry made his presentation during a section of the REDI meeting agenda labeled "Equality through Economic Opportunity." REDI Chairman Matt Jenne said it was an initiative he and REDI President Stacey Button had ...

Starting Friday, bars, restaurants and entertainment venues will be able to stay open until midnight, under a new public health order. Columbia/Boone County Public Health and Human Services Director Stephanie Browning announced the change in a press briefing Wednesday, pointing to a steady decline in new cases in the county over the past month.  Browning and other area leaders urged residents to remain vigilant despite the easing of restrictions, citing new coronavirus variants, like the B.1.1.7 variant which was detected in Marion County, Missouri last week. "If we have a case in Marion Cou...

Columbia is on the short list of locations for Swift Prepared Foods, which is seeking a location for a $200 million Italian meats processing plant to open in 2022. Columbia is one of three locations the company is considering, said Bernie Andrews, executive vice president of Regional Economic Development Inc., by phone on Wednesday. Company officials on Tuesday made their pitch to the Chapter 100 Review Panel over Zoom. It includes members of each taxing entity involved. The company has made an application for the issuance of Chapter 100 Revenue Bonds. Related to that, it is seeking 75% prop...

Boone County Columbia Health Department will randomly draw names for vaccine COLUMBIA, MO (KMIZ) The Columbia/Boone County Health Department will provide left over doses of Pfizer vaccine to individuals in Tier 2 of Phase 1B who are on the waiting list after completing the online survey. The health department will randomly draw names of those who are on the vaccine waiting list to come to their Columbia vaccination site to receive the Pfizer vaccine. The department will call those on the Tier 2 vaccination waiting list between 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Those individuals are asked to come to the des...