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1 month ago | 
kcur.org | Jonathan Ahl
People cleaning up storm damage in Rolla are trying to recover important mementos and family items and the city's public library is trying to help. Rolla Public Library has started a lost-and-found service for photos and other personal items scattered by a tornado that tore across the city Friday. As residents come across those items in their yards and elsewhere, the library is asking people to bring them in.
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1 month ago | 
kcur.org | Jonathan Ahl
Ryan Manso and his wife have only lived in Rolla for two years, and bought their home just across the street from Ber Juan Parkonly seven weeks ago. But since his home was damaged by the tornado that swept through the city on Friday night, he has fallen in love with his new town. “I don’t think I’ve ever felt a greater sense of community than I do here today,” he said.
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1 month ago | 
ourcommunitynow.com | Jonathan Ahl
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Ryan Manso and his wife have only lived in Rolla for two years, and bought their home just across the street from Ber Juan Park only seven weeks ago. But since his home was damaged by the tornado that swept through the city on Friday night, he has fallen in love with his new town. “I don’t think I’ve ever felt a greater sense of community than I do here today,” he said.
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2 months ago | 
bnd.com | Jonathan Ahl
The national forests in Missouri and Illinois have fewer employees than they did last month thanks to the Trump administration. But the effect of those staffing changes are unclear. Cuts to the federal workforce include 2,000 of the U.S. Forest Service's 35,000 employees.
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2 months ago | 
yahoo.com | Jonathan Ahl
The national forests in Missouri and Illinois have fewer employees than they did last month thanks to the Trump administration. But the effect of those staffing changes are unclear. Cuts to the federal workforce include 2,000 of the U.S. Forest Service’s 35,000 employees.
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Dec 10, 2024 | 
kcur.org | Jonathan Ahl
Deer in 40 Missouri counties have tested positive for a fatal neurological disorder that could threaten the state’s deer population. Chronic wasting disease, also called CWD or Zombie deer disease, first inhibits a deer’s ability to move, then leads to weight loss and erratic and listless behavior before eventually killing the animal. In November, Texas County, south of Rolla, became the latest county to be added to Missouri’s chronic wasting disease management zone.
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Dec 2, 2024 | 
kcur.org | Jonathan Ahl
For most of its 150-year history, Missouri University of Science and Technology has been focused on and known for engineering and physical sciences. The campus in Rolla is looking to bring that same level of international profile to its biology and life science programs. Missouri S&T has approval to start construction on a $130 million, 128,000-square-foot facility that will be known as the Bioplex. It will house laboratories and office space for 24 research teams, classrooms and student labs.
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Dec 1, 2024 | 
missouribusinessalert.com | Jonathan Ahl
For most of its 150-year history, Missouri University of Science and Technology has been focused on and known for engineering and physical sciences. The campus in Rolla is looking to bring that same level of international profile to its biology and life science programs. Missouri S&T has approval to start construction on a $130 million, 128,000-square-foot facility that will be known as the Bioplex. It will house laboratories and office space for 24 research teams, classrooms and student labs.
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Nov 8, 2024 | 
ourcommunitynow.com | Jonathan Ahl
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While typing is done quietly on a phone, tablet or laptop keyboard, a Rolla couple is breathing life back into the sound, feel and smell of an older way to put thoughts to the page. Shane and Amanda Byrne are the owners of Clickety Clack Typewriters, a new store that sells and services old typewriters and is fostering a community of fellow enthusiasts. For Shane Byrne, the feeling of writing on a typewriter just doesn't translate to plunking pixels on a screen.
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Nov 5, 2024 | 
missouribusinessalert.com | Jonathan Ahl
While typing is done quietly on a phone, tablet or laptop keyboard, a Rolla couple is breathing life back into the sound, feel and smell of an older way to put thoughts to the page. Shane and Amanda Byrne are the owners of Clickety Clack Typewriters, a new store that sells and services old typewriters and is fostering a community of fellow enthusiasts. For Shane Byrne, the feeling of writing on a typewriter just doesn't translate to plunking pixels on a screen.
