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It’s difficult to become a competitive figure skater, but that is especially true if there is only one skating rink for miles around. Rink time for practice is limited.

The Missouri Legislature has sent bills to the governor’s desk that would limit trans children’s participation in sports and limit them from receiving gender-affirming healthcare. These steps from the government have pushed some families to leave the state.

The legacy of colonialism is still present in the state of Missouri. One group hopes to bring this memory into light.

It’s hard to be a competitive figure skater to begin with, but it’s even harder to advance in the sport when there’s only one rink in the whole region.

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Mid-Missouri’s Black business owners and entrepreneurs will be celebrated at Columbia College’s Black Business Expo this Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Reparation efforts in urban area are gaining national attention. But rural areas are taking their own steps toward righting historic wrongs.

For a KBIA special series on substance use and opioid overdose death prevention, Columbia Police Department’s Sgt. Dallas Dollens spoke with KBIA’s Kassidy Arena on December 9th about the opioid crisis in our community, and about what our community is doing to address it.

National reports show students have fallen behind academically at historic levels due to the COVID-19 pandemic–with disproportionate effects on students of color. Some people in mid-Missouri are working to reverse that trend.

It’s going to be more expensive this year to put food on the table for the Thanksgiving holiday. Some nonprofits say they’re feeling the pressure.