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Columbia Mall set to reopen select stores Tuesday
The Columbia Mall will reopen Tuesday May 5 after being closed due to COVID-19.
Continue ReadingThe Columbia Mall will reopen Tuesday May 5 after being closed due to COVID-19.
Continue ReadingBoone County is implementing a new order that goes into effect at 12 a.m. Monday, which includes a framework for most businesses to reopen in some capacity.
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA Mo. (KMIZ) One Columbia cafe and pub decided to have a pop-up event in order to get a feel for what it will be like to reopen when the stay home order is lifted. Lydia Melton, the owner of Gunter Hans says the federal government granted the cafe and pub a loan from the
Continue ReadingThe University of Missouri said Friday that it has laid off 49 people in its first round of job cuts to make up for revenue lost during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Continue ReadingMany businesses started the journey of preparing for what reopening may look like due to the Columbia/Boone County stay-at-home order extension.
Continue ReadingFulton is one of the many cities in Mid-Missouri preparing to re-open in some fashion in the coming days.
Continue ReadingA number of entertainment venues in Columbia will stay closed until further notice after city and Boone County leaders rolled out a new reopen order Thursday.
Continue ReadingABC 17 spoke with Constance Parker, owner of Green Meadows Salon in Columbia just hours after the city released an update about businesses re-opening.
Continue ReadingThe extension of Boone County’s stay-at-home order allows a slow reopening of non-essential businesses with occupancy limits while maintaining social distancing.
Continue ReadingThe University of Missouri School of Medicine will require faculty and staff to take pay cuts or furloughs to help make up for revenue lost during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Continue ReadingBoone County’s top health official on Thursday signed a reopening order that will be in effect indefinitely as Mid-Missouri continues to grapple with COVID-19.
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA Mo. (KMIZ) As states across the nation begin their first phases of reopening business, many americans are eager to get back to the gym. Dr. Randall Williams, the director of the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services issued an order on April 27 allowing gyms to reopen on Monday. Gyms across Missouri are
Continue ReadingCOVID-19 threatened to disrupt meat supply across the country as many meat companies closed, but many sources have said that the current meat supply remains in good standings.
Continue ReadingThe Cole County Health Department recommended Tuesday that county leaders not adopt specific local regulations related to COVID-19 when a statewide stay-at-home order expires Sunday.
Continue ReadingMissouri and Columbia/Boone County plan to reopen some businesses amid the COVID-19 pandemic, while some states and even counties have already done so.
Continue ReadingJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri lawmakers will face a number of COVID-19 related changes when they convene at the Capitol on Monday. It’s the first time they will convene since April 7 and only the second time since leaving in March due to the impact from COVID-19. “It will be a historic budget,” said state
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA Mo. (KMIZ) One Columbia business is taking extra precautionary steps to make sure employees and customers feel safe as it prepares to reopen. Varsity Clips and Varsity Nails near Elm Street and 9th Street in Columbia plans to have its employees and customers wear personal protective equipment and do its best to practice social
Continue ReadingBoone County is now under a new stay-at-home order that relaxes restrictions on businesses deemed non-essential.
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA Mo. (KMIZ) A COVID-19 testing laboratory in Columbia says it is seeing rural communities across Missouri increase COVID-19 testing. “That landscape is shifting a lot,” said Tim McCarty, the Marketing Director of GeneTrait Laboratories. “It could be access to testing materials, it could be the community is identifying these first couple of cases, and
Continue ReadingThis time of year the number of weddings is typically ramping up, but as a result of COVID-19 the industry has taken a huge hit. The impacts have been felt locally as well.
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