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<p>Teachers in the Columbia Public School District have chosen the Columbia Missouri National Education Association to represent them through collective bargaining.</p><p>More than 900 teachers went to the polls on Thursday to decide if they wanted to be represented by a union.  Winning 55 percent ...
<p>University of Missouri Health Care is opening a new clinic to treat patients with sickle cell disease.  The clinic will be open the second and fourth Thursdays of every month.</p><p>Sickle cell is a genetic disease where red blood cells are in short supply.  According to Children’s Mercy ...
<p>Regional news coverage from the KBIA Newsroom, including:</p><ul><li>Columbia mall restaurants re-open following cockroach infestation</li><li>Majority of Comprehensive Plan Task Force members skip scheduled meeting</li><li>Surreptitious genome sequencing could come from discarded coffee cups</li></ul>
<p>Members of a task force set up to create a Comprehensive Plan for the City of Columbia say they are frustrated by a lack of participation, coordination and timeliness in the planning process.</p><p>Only three out of 15 Comprehensive Plan Task Force members showed up at Wednesday night's Task Force ...
<p>A couple dozen members of The North Cherokee Nation of the Old Louisiana Territory took part in an annual reunion in Columbia last weekend.</p><p>The tribe has about 10,000 members scattered across the country, but are headquartered in Columbia, Mo.  Beverly Baker has served as the chief of the ...
<p>Two Columbia mall restaurants have reopened after a Columbia Department of Health and Human Services inspection found 19 code violations.</p><p>Two Columbia restaurants: Famous Cajun Grill and Stir Fry 88 reopened Wednesday after making changes to their operations following a failed health inspection ...
<p><em>This is the latest installment of Harvest Public Media’s </em><a href="http://www.kbia.org/programs/field-notes">Field Notes</a><em>, in which reporters talk to newsmakers and experts about important issues related to food production. </em></p><p><em>For this edition of </em>Field Notes<em>, ...
<p>Today Paul Pepper talks to STEVE JOHNSON, with the Missouri River Communities Network, which is holding "Canoe for Clean Water" event Saturday, October 20. Steve has the details. Register now!</p><p><!--break--></p><p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtwDULILWdY">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtwDULILWdY</a></p> ...
<p>Regional news coverage from the KBIA newsroom, including:</p><ul><li> A tentative agreement to add flights to Dallas and Chicago from Columbia Regional Airport</li><li>A couple leaves $1.3 million to the MU School of Medicine</li><li>A Columbia Attorney is among the nominees for the MO Supreme ...
<p>There is nothing unusual about political fights over public school curricula and the content of textbooks. The textbooks can influence how people think about history and social issues, sometimes for decades or more. So, the battles take place around the United States,  and they take place around ...
<p>A wealth of factors are leading to poorer health outcomes within Missouri’s LGBT community.</p><p><!--break-->An August 2012 Missouri Foundation for Health report found these poor health outcomes are a result of differences in access to health care, an absence of medical settings that are affirming ...
<p>Regional news coverage from the KBIA Newsroom, including:</p><ul><li>Mo. auditor finds public defender system outdated</li><li>University Hospital brings fMRI technology to mid-Mo.</li><li>Columbia Public Schools re-examines school start times</li></ul>
<p>Heavy rains from Hurricane Isaac provided relief to some – but not all – farmers and ranchers in the drought-stricken Midwest, according to the <a href="http://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/">U.S. Drought Monitor’s weekly report</a>, which came out on Thursday.</p><p><!--break--></p><p>Isaac brought ...
<p>Today Paul Pepper chats with GINA OVERSHINER, representing Columbia's PedNet Coalition, about the Long Road Home Project currently underway. Also, are you interested in volunteering with the City of Columbia? Second guest LISA ROHMILLER has details on how to get involved!</p><p><!--break--></p><p><a ...
<p>When the US Supreme Court <a href="http://www.news.stlpublicradio.org/post/supreme-court-upholds-health-care-law">upheld</a> the federal health care law in June, it ruled that states couldn’t be penalized for failing to expand their Medicaid programs.<!--break-->After the ruling, Missouri was one ...
<p>Regional news from the KBIA Newsroom, including:</p><ul><li>Local Democrats to watch Obama accept the nomination</li><li>Deaths in Jefferson County likely murder-suicide</li><li>Paul Cushing to step down from the Columbia school board</li></ul>
<p>There’s a new twist to an epic territorial dispute between Japan and China.<!--break--></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Japan’s government plans to nationalize a group of tiny, uninhabited islands in the East China Sea that separates the two countries. Japanese newspapers are reporting this week that ...
<p>Regional news coverage from the KBIA Newsroom, including:</p><ul><li>Mo. Lt. Gov. Kinder opposes vehicle tax measure</li><li>Columbia Regional Airport adds one-time flight to Atlanta</li><li>Some Columbia residents open homes to visiting SEC fans</li></ul>
<p>Today Paul Pepper welcomes BARB KING, Ronald McDonald House Charities, who stops by, helmet and all, to promote the Show-Me 100 Bike Ride happening September 29! </p><p><!--break--></p><p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyatbdFCcW8">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyatbdFCcW8</a></p>
<p>The University of Missouri football team will host its first Southeastern Conference game on Saturday night, but Delta Airlines is preparing for the occasion as well.</p><p>Delta has added an extra, one-time direct flight from Atlanta’s Hartsfield Jackson International Airport to Columbia Regional ...