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5th & Main Coffee is one of many small businesses located downtown.

Small business owners encourage students to visit downtown

November 6, 2015

Story by Ashley Traylor, Contributing writer Businesses in downtown Murray are encouraging college students to visit small businesses downtown...

Downtown Murray suffers after building disasters

September 5, 2014

Twenty-six businesses were affected by the downtown Murray disasters of 2014, according to a summary by the Murray-Calloway Chamber of Commerce. These...

Kalli Bubb/The News
Wilson’s Florist is one of a handful of businesses in downtown Murray affected by the fire.

Summer fire affects local businesses

August 22, 2014

The smell of smoke, pieces of broken glass and burnt debris that still litter the sidewalk and the charred husks of buildings which once housed several...

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A police officer stands near the site of Saturday’s building collapse.

Building collapse deters business

February 28, 2014

Downtown Murray is open for business. Following Saturday night’s collapse of Law Office of Rick Jones, Murray Main Street Manager Deana Wright...

Lori Allen/The News
Maxine Pool of Murray purchases fresh vegetables from Wurth Farms.

Downtown Saturday Market moves to campus

August 30, 2013

Students looking to buy fresh farm produce no longer have to go downtown on Saturday mornings, but instead can stay on campus. The Downtown Saturday...

City Hall to relocate, make room for police department

City Hall to relocate, make room for police department

March 8, 2013

The City of Murray Long Range Planning Committee voted on Feb. 22 to authorize Mayor Bill Wells and his staff to hire an engineering firm to start a process...

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