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A community celebration and ribbon-cutting event will be held Friday, Aug. 23 at the new location.

Amid a nationwide staffing crisis in the nursing industry, Missouri saw a statewide vacancy rate of 15.6% for registered nurses working in hospitals last year, with a 16.3% turnover rate, according to the Missouri Hospital Association's annual workforce report.

Bridgett Robbins is an Assistant teaching professor at the Sinclair School of Nursing, but before that she worked as a nurse in Mid-Missouri for more than 30 years.She spoke about how the past several years of fighting the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted – and continues to impact – her and those she works alongside.As a note - This piece discusses the pandemic, grief and death, and may be distressing to some listeners.

The Missouri Department of Social Services will use a new grant to provide low-income Missourians new job opportunities.The U.S. Department of Health and…