KFRU Business Spotlight

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KFRU Business Spotlight -- October 24th & 25th, 2026.  Don Waterman joins me this week.  Don has recently joined the Convention & Visitors Advisory Board, following his time as a member of the city council. From there, we talk about the upcoming November General Election, specific…

KFRU Business Spotlight -- November 17th & 18th, 2026.  Eric Kopinski joins us this week to bring us up to date on the I-70  improvement project.  He gave us a timetable on when projects within Columbia will be completed.  Mayor Barbara Buffaloe joins us to talk about the up…

KFRU Business Spotlight -- October 10th and 11th, 2026.  Columbia Police Chief Jill Schlude joins us this week to talk public safety.  We start with a conversation about the 1 cent sales tax for public safety passed in the August Primary.  Jill gives us a rundown of when the tax star…

KFRU Business Spotlight -- October 2nd & 3rd, 2026.  Just back from a trip to Chattanooga with leaders in the Columbia business community on their annual Chamber visit, Buffaloe joins us to talk about city council matters.  We found out more about the Chamber trip and how what was lea…

KFRU Business Spotlight -- September 19th & 20th.  Mayor Barbara Buffaloe joins us to preview the upcoming City Council meeting on Monday night  This is the last meeting of the fiscal year, so that means the budget will be finalized and voted on.  The mayor talked about the budge…

KFRU Business Spotlight - September 12th & 13th, 2026.  Eric Kopinski, Director, I-70 Improvement Project Director joins us to talk about a weekend closure of westbound I-70 at the connector while the construction crews put up the girders that hang over the highway safely. Eric also gave u…

KFRU Business Spotlight -- September 5th & 6th, 2026.  Mayor Barbara Buffaloe joins us for a preview of the first September council meeting to be held Tuesday night (9/8) because of the Labor Day holiday.  This meeting will include the final public hearing on the city's budget for 202…

KFRU Business Spotlight -- August 29th & 30th, 2026.  Fire Chief Brian Schaeffer joins us to talk about the voters passing the Public Safety Sales Tax earlier this month.  We talk about the plan that was developed previous to the passage of the tax and discuss the timetable for beginn…

Our first guest this week is Jacque Sample, City Councilwoman from Ward 3.  We talk about the passage of the Public Safety Tax and what the council will be digging in to moving forward.   We also discussed another "marathon" council meeting and talked about the ever growing list of i…