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2 weeks ago | 
kfvs12.com | Avery Martinez |Harshawn Ratanpal |Ezra Bitterman
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) - Once, earthquake insurance was so common and cheap, agents just added it on to policies in southern Missouri, remembers Missouri Farm Bureau Agency Sales Manager Jason Ginder. But, because the prices have gone up so much -- that’s no longer the case. He works in New Madrid, a small town in southern Missouri that was home to the worst earthquake in Midwestern history.
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2 weeks ago | 
firstalert4.com | Avery Martinez |Harshawn Ratanpal |Ezra Bitterman
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) - Once, earthquake insurance was so common and cheap, agents just added it on to policies in southern Missouri, remembers Missouri Farm Bureau Agency Sales Manager Jason Ginder. But, because the prices have gone up so much -- that’s no longer the case. He works in New Madrid, a small town in southern Missouri that was home to the worst earthquake in Midwestern history.
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3 weeks ago | 
kcur.org | Harshawn Ratanpal |Ezra Bitterman
If you lived near New Madrid, Missouri in 2000, it cost just $57 a year to insure your home against an earthquake. With seismic faultlines under foot that could – and two hundred years ago, did – decimate the area, that was a steal. But today, insurance costs have become unaffordable for many. According to state data from 2023, it's now $569 a year on average - ten times as much as at the turn of the century. So why have prices skyrocketed in the last couple of decades?
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1 month ago | 
wvnews.com | Ezra Bitterman |Harshawn Ratanpal
NEW MADRID, Mo — If you lived near New Madrid, Missouri in 2000, it would cost just $57 a year to insure your home against an earthquake. With seismic fault lines under your feet that could — and a few hundred years ago, did — decimate the area, that was a steal. It’s been over one hundred years since the last major earthquake, but prices have skyrocketed in the last couple of decades. Why? One cause is inflation.
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1 month ago | 
kbia.org | Harshawn Ratanpal |Ezra Bitterman
If you lived near New Madrid, Missouri in 2000, it cost just $57 a year to insure your home against an earthquake. With seismic faultlines under foot that could – and two hundred years ago, did – decimate the area, that was a steal. But today, insurance costs have become unaffordable for many. According to state data from 2023, it’s now $569 a year on average - ten times as much as at the turn of the century. So why have prices skyrocketed in the last couple of decades?
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2 months ago | 
columbiamissourian.com | Harshawn Ratanpal |Jana Rose Schleis
By Harshawn Ratanpal,Jana Rose Schleis The U.S. Department of Agriculture is cancelling the Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities Project. The $3 billion initiative funded agriculture research and programs across the nation. Over $1.2 billion went toward 36 programs that involve Missouri. Many of these programs offered incentive payments to farmers who adopt an environmentally sustainable or "climate-smart" practice.
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2 months ago | 
bransontrilakesnews.com | Harshawn Ratanpal |Jana Rose Schleis
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is cancelling the Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities Project. The $3 billion initiative funded agriculture research and programs across the nation. Over $1.2 billion went toward 36 programs that involve Missouri. Many of these programs offered incentive payments to farmers who adopt an environmentally sustainable or “climate-smart” practice.
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2 months ago | 
kbia.org | Anna Spidel |Harshawn Ratanpal |Rebecca Smith
For years, Columbia’s Room at the Inn homeless shelter was much like the people it serves: moving from place to place and spending the winter in whatever warm church would temporarily allow them to stay. But in October 2023, the shelter became year-round and found a permanent home at 1509 Ashley Street, on the city’s Interstate 70 Business Loop. On December 19th, 2024, a team of KBIA reporters spent a full day and night chronicling the lives of shelter workers and Columbia’s unhoused community.
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Mar 6, 2025 | 
missouriindependent.com | Harshawn Ratanpal |Ezra Bitterman
NEW MADRID — At the New Madrid Historical Museum there’s an earthquake simulator where visitors get to play engineer. At their disposal are cylindrical wooden sticks and rectangular boards that can be constructed into simple buildings. A numbered dial is then turned, which causes the platform to shake, simulating earthquakes of varying intensity. Most basic buildings are fine in the 1.0-3.0 range.
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Mar 6, 2025 | 
columbiamissourian.com | Hannah Schuh |Harshawn Ratanpal |Mark Horvit |Ezra Bitterman
NEW MADRID - At the New Madrid Historical Museum there's an earthquake simulator where visitors get to play engineer. At their disposal are cylindrical wooden sticks and rectangular boards that can be constructed into simple buildings. A numbered dial is then turned, which causes the platform to shake, simulating earthquakes of varying intensity. Most basic buildings are fine in the 1.0-3.0 range.
