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Local first responders are prepared to handle COVID-19 calls
Boone County Fire Protection District is set to receive a shipment of personal protective equipment (PPE) from the state in the near future.
Continue ReadingBoone County Fire Protection District is set to receive a shipment of personal protective equipment (PPE) from the state in the near future.
Continue ReadingThe Cole County Health Department said Friday that a third person has tested positive for COVID-19 in the county, while authorities said the number in Boone County had climbed to 10.
Continue ReadingDogMaster Distillery is working to produce hand sanitizer for the Columbia Police Department, Boone County Health Department and City of Columbia during the coronavirus pandemic.
Continue ReadingThe Columbia Chamber of Commerce has worked to take steps to help get assistance for small businesses feeling the impacts of COVID-19.
Continue ReadingGeneTrait Laboratories, a subsidiary of PTC Laboratories, is working alongside Boone Hospital Center and University of Missouri Health Care in testing for COVID-19.
Continue ReadingThe Quarry restaurant in Columbia is offering free lunches for students who are out of school due to the COVID-19 outbreak.
Continue ReadingA patient at a Veterans Affairs hospital in Columbia tested positive Wednesday for COVID-19.
Continue ReadingBoone Hospital Center and University of Missouri Health Care opened the first drive-thru novel coronavirus testing sites in Mid-Missouri on Wednesday.
Continue ReadingOnce a test for COVID-19 comes back positive, the information goes straight to local health departments to be distributed.
Continue ReadingCentralia First Baptist Church is offering free to-go lunches Thursday and Friday to help students who rely on free and reduced-price lunch.
Continue ReadingCole County officials said Tuesday that a resident has tested positive for novel coronavirus, while state health authorities said a Boone County resident also has COVID-19.
Continue ReadingA local outreach group is working to make sure Columbia residents have the food and supplies they need during the coronavirus outbreak.
Continue ReadingGov. Mike Parson announced the first cases of COVID-19 in Boone and Cole Counties on Tuesday afternoon, but local downtown Columbia restaurants are still doing what they can to stay open.
Continue ReadingColumbia Public Schools students and parents were learning Tuesday what will be asked of them while buildings are closed down to help slow the spread of COVID-19.
Continue ReadingThe Food Bank for Central & Northeast Missouri will continue to provide food to residents in and around Boone County, despite the ongoing spread of COVID-19.
Continue ReadingGet regular updates on the continuing COVID-19 pandemic here.
Continue ReadingThe letter sent out by BJC HealthCare said visitors cannot come into the hospital if they are sick.
Continue ReadingGet regular updates on the continuing COVID-19 pandemic here.
Continue ReadingThe Columbia Mall shortened its operating hours effective Monday, March 16 as the coronavirus continues to spread across the United States.
Continue ReadingThe Columbia Fire Department was called to Telluride Lane in east Columbia Sunday morning.
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