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MAP testing data shows improvements for middle school math at Columbia schools

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Board of Education provided an update on the school district’s Missouri Assessment Program testing data on Monday.  The statewide assessments are designed to improve accountability and measure student performance. According to a recent presentation from an Aug. 6 BOE meeting statewide participation in the test continues to be more than

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Columbia Housing Authority awarded $6,300 from federal government to combat veteran homelessness

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced in a Thursday press release that it is awarding an additional $20 million to help combat veteran homelessness across 43 states. HUD is awarding $197,618 to Missouri from the HUD-Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing program. The funding is broken down between eight areas across

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Missouri Task Force 1 to return home Sunday

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri Task Force 1 members are coming home. According to previous reporting, 45 members were assisting in relief for Tropical Storm Debby in North Carolina, while another five were in Macon, Georgia. The Boone County Fire Protection District wrote on its social media Friday that Task Force 1 received demobilization orders. They

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Boone County Commission set to hold presentation Friday for ARPA funding for Welcome Inn

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Boone County Commission will be holding a presentation to present Welcome Inn with its final round of ARPA funding at 10 a.m. on Friday. Four affordable housing projects were approved totaling just under $3 million. Those include include: $850,000 to Welcome Inn $835,000 to the Columbia Housing Authority’s Bear Creek Expansion

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