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NCMC Athletics Mourns The Loss of Former Coach Dale Kimberling

Former North Central Missouri College (NCMC) head men’s basketball coach Dale Kimberling died on April 7, at the age of 76. Kimberling launched his collegiate coaching career as head women’s basketball coach at State Fair Community College from 1977- 1979. He then came to NCMC to lead the men’s basketball program from 1979-1987. After one year at Missouri Southern State University following NCMC, Coach Kimberling returned to State Fair where he finished his career. He led the women’s program for 17 more years followed by two years as head coach for their men’s program before retiring from coaching.

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March 2022 Monthly Jobs Report

Missouri non-farm payroll employment decreased slightly from February 2022 to March 2022, and the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate decreased by onetenth of a percentage point. Employment, seasonally adjusted, decreased by 200 jobs over the month. Private industry employment increased by 600 jobs, while government employment declined by 800 jobs. The state’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 3.6% in March 2022, down from 3.7% in February 2022. Over the year, there was an increase of 82,100 jobs from March 2021 to March 2022, and the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate decreased by 1.2%, from 4.8% in March 2021 to 3.6% in March 2022.

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Green Hills Expanding Fiber Internet to Unserved Rural Areas

Green Hills Communications (Green Hills) announced recently that it has been awarded almost $4.7 million in a broadband expansion grant through the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration’s (NTIA) Broadband Infrastructure Program. The funds received will enable Green Hills to bring fiber optic broadband into rural Livingston County communities currently lacking sufficient broadband service. The new fiber route will reach 302 locations, including businesses, residential, and anchor institutions east of Highway 65 and both north and south of Highway 36 in Chillicothe (MO).

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