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KBIA 91.3 FM | Columbia, Missouri
Since 1972, KBIA has served mid-Missouri with the best in public radio service. KBIA is now on the air at 91.3 FM in mid-Missouri and 89.7 FM in Kirksville, and streaming online worldwide, seven days a week, 24 hours a day to its listeners and members. KBIA is a University-licensed, community-supported not-for-profit institution, actively involved in the life of the mid-Missouri area. The station is the area's largest provider of arts programming, serving more than 30,000 listeners and members each week, and is today one of the few remaining providers of local news. KBIA provides the best in NPR news, information, and arts and entertainment programming to this growing and vibrant area. (Via KBIA.org)
Columbia Public Schools open with no problems after summer of construction
By Tyler Castner | 21 Aug. 2014
School started Tuesday for Columbia Public Schools. District officials say the first day went off without any problems despite district-wide construction and renovations that took place over the summer. During the summer, CPS was working on $48 million-worth of projects, not including construction of the new Battle Elementary, which is expected to open for summer classes in 2015. (Credit: File Photo) Full story here.
Task force on community violence discusses possible Juvenile Assessment Center
By Tyler Castner | 14 Aug. 2014
Members of the Mayor’s Task Force on Community Violence discussed possibly bringing Juvenile Assessment Centers to Boone County at their meeting Wednesday night.
Juvenile Assessment Centers are designed help families with at-risk children get connected with services that can help their kids. (Credit KBIA File Photo) Full story here.
Missouri Task Force 1 deployed to Colorado
By Tyler Castner | 17 Sept. 2013
Missouri Task Force 1 crews, a Columbia-based division of FEMA, have begun a search and rescue mission in Loveland, Colo., to assist with rescue efforts as a result of recent flooding. NPR reports 15 counties across Colorado's Front Range have been hit by historic flooding that has killed at least seven people, and forced nearly 12,000 residents to evacuate homes.
Missouri Task Force 1 arrived Sunday evening at Larimer County Fairgrounds in Loveland. The fairgrounds are the base of search and rescue operations there. (Credit Boone County Fire Protection Department) Full story here.