About Us

Welcome to The Watchword, a Columbia Missourian Weblog that we hope will become the community gathering place for information and conversation about public affairs in Columbia and Boone County.

Want to know what the Columbia City Council is up to? Here’s the place.

Want to keep tabs on Boone County government? You’ve arrived.

Want to make your voice heard on the issues in the news? No better spot.

Want to give the Missourian’s Public Life crew a clue about things going on beneath the radar? We’re listening.

Want to talk with your neighbors, with voters in your ward or with folks across town, about anything under the sun? We hope you’ll find them here.

The Watchword is very much a work in progress. We hope to provide the news of the day — big and small — through blog posts and through links to Missourian reports. We’ll do our best to give you links to other sites that provide useful information. We’ll keep you up to speed on the agendas of government, from the Columbia City Council and the Boone County Commission to the Substance Abuse Advisory Commission.

If you have suggestions for our site, please pass them along through our comments feature, our discussion boards or you can e-mail us. If you like what you see, spread the news. The more participation, the better.

Thanks.

The Missourian’s Public Lifers