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Global Journalist
6:36 pm
Thu July 26, 2012

Journalists visit MU as part of cultural exchange program

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Global Journalist was joined by four mid-career journalists from four vastly different countries: Kenya, Pakistan, Malaysia and South Africa.

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6:19 pm
Thu July 26, 2012

KOMU's Sarah Hill leaves station, joins up with Veterans United

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Sarah Hill is a respected television journalist, but it's her social media savvy that Veterans United Home Loans wants. The company has been growing at an incredible rate in recent months, snatching up high level employees from local organizations like like Car Fax, Williams-Keepers and the Department of Economic Development
Longtime KOMU reporter and anchor Sarah Hill is making a familiar career move at the end of August: She's taking a job at Veterans United Home Loans. Hill is the latest Columbia notable to move to the fast-growing lender that specializes in VA-backed mortgages and is known for its online marketing.
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Business
5:53 pm
Thu July 26, 2012

Columbia public-housing residents share concerns with housing authority

Credit Abby Spudich / KBIA
Concerned citizens and housing residents in Columbia gathered Wednesday night, July 25, to share concerns about the Columbia Housing Authority's strategic plan.
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By Abby Spudich

Columbia public housing residents are raising concerns about the Columbia Housing Authority’s plan to renovate current housing and add more units as part of its long-term strategic plan.

At a meeting Wednesday night hosted by Grass Roots Organizing, Columbia Public Housing CEO Phil Steinhaus discussed possible renovations to current public housing units as part of its plan.

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Business Beat
4:41 pm
Wed July 25, 2012

Following the Arkansas River to track the drought

Credit Frank Morris / Harvest Public Media
Water is low in the Arkansas River in Colorado this year, making the raft trip through Royal Gorge slower, and bumpier, than normal.
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This week on the show: Harvest Public Media’s Frank Morris follows the river to show the impact of this year’s drought.

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Business
4:40 pm
Wed July 25, 2012

Drought brings misery to Arkansas River basin

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Credit Frank Morris / Harvest Public Media
Dan Henrichs, a cattle rancher on the High Line Canal in Avondale, Colo., is also the local ditch superintendent. Most irrigation canals near his ranch have run dry
Credit Frank Morris / Harvest Public Media
Water is low in the Arkansas River in Colorado this year, making the raft trip through Royal Gorge slower, and bumpier, than normal.
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Drought has set in early and hard across the Midwest, parching the Arkansas River basin. The river trickling out of the mountains is dry before it reaches some of the major agricultural uses downstream. And the drought is torching crops, sapping tourism and threatening supplies of drinking water.

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