Colliers brokers lease in Columbia’s premier Devine Street corridor

January 26, 2023

Colliers | South Carolina’s brokerage associates Mary Winter Teaster represented the tenant, Dr. Mariangela Rivera/The Ratio by Body Math, and Tommy Tapp represented the owner, the Wells family, in the…

Columbia SC’s culinary scene recognized in three James Beard Award semifinalist categories

January 26, 2023

Three Columbia culinary powerhouses, including a restaurant group, restaurant and chef, have been named 2023 James Beard Awards® semifinalists. The three have been nominated in different award categories: Outstanding Restaurateur:…

2023 State of the State Address, Governor Henry McMaster

January 26, 2023

Mr. Speaker, Mr. President, ladies and gentlemen of the General Assembly, my fellow South Carolinians: We are here tonight to address challenges and opportunities. But first, as in prior years,…

The person next door

January 26, 2023

By Jeff Becraft   As I have probably mentioned before, my Dad now has to live at a skilled nursing facility that gives more acute care. It is in a…

MGC Long Run returns to Columbia on February 4

January 25, 2023

The MGC Long Run returns to Columbia, South Carolina on Saturday, February 4 for its eighth year. Net proceeds will benefit the USO South Carolina, an organization whose mission is…

New Online Course & Community brings digital content success skills to more professionals and teams

January 25, 2023

Digital content success coaching firm Words First recently launched a one-of-a-kind course and community membership to help teams and professionals learn more human, intentional, and effective content practices for their…

41 Midlands leaders selected to become Riley Fellows

January 25, 2023

Forty-one leaders from across the Midlands will have new tools and perspectives to leverage diversity to improve organizational outcomes and drive social and economic progress in South Carolina, gained through…

District 56 Recruitment Fair

January 25, 2023

Laurens County School District 56 is hosting a Recruitment Fair on Saturday, January 28th from 9-11 am at Clinton Middle School (800 N. Adair Street, Clinton). The district is hiring…

Southern First reports results for fourth quarter 2022

January 24, 2023

Southern First Bancshares, Inc. (NASDAQ: SFST), holding company for Southern First Bank, today announced its financial results for the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2022. “Southern First continues…

Community Association Management Services promotes Taylor Hayes to Vice President of Columbia, S.C. Region

January 24, 2023

COLUMBIA, S.C. – Community Association Management Services (CAMS), North Carolina and South Carolina’s premier community management company, is pleased to announce the promotion of Taylor Hayes, CMCA®, AMS®, to regional…

Community Association Management Services promotes Jeanmare Holjencin to Vice President of Charleston, S.C. Region

January 24, 2023

CHARLESTON, S.C. – Community Association Management Services (CAMS), North Carolina and South Carolina’s premier community management company, is pleased to announce the promotion of Jeanmare Holjencin, CMCA®, to regional vice…

McCrory Construction delivering state-of-the-art gelcoat and structural adhesives manufacturing project for Scott Bader, Inc.

January 24, 2023

McCrory Construction, South Carolina’s oldest general contractor, announced that it has begun construction on a production facility for Scott Bader in Mocksville, NC. Founded in England more than a century…

Harbison Crumbl Cookies opens January 27

January 24, 2023

Columbia is about to get a whole lot sweeter on Friday, January 27, when locally owned and operated Harbison Crumbl Cookies, located at 150 C Harbison Blvd, Columbia, SC, 29072,…

Columbia Chamber Leadership Columbia program seeking applications

January 24, 2023

Leadership Columbia Class of 2024 Applications Now Open Applications are now open for the Columbia Chamber’s leadership program, Leadership Columbia, for the Class of 2024. Approximately 60 applicants will be…

Garvin Design Group breaks ground on Hope Lutheran Church expansion project

January 24, 2023

Columbia architecture and interior design firm Garvin Design Group joined Hope Lutheran Church to break ground on an expansion and renovation project on Sunday, January 22. In a special groundbreaking…

Carolina Business Equipment (CBE) expands again

January 24, 2023

CBE President and Owner, John Eckstrom with Mark Myers from Sharp Electronics and Representative Jay Kilmartin On Monday, January 23, Carolina Business Equipment (CBE) hosted a ribbon cutting for the…

Colliers brokers lease at 2744 Millwood Avenue in Columbia

January 23, 2023

Colliers | South Carolina’s Mary Winter Teaster represented the tenant, Dr. Meghan Davidson / Soulshine Pelvic Health and Wellness, and Ryan McCue, ALC represented the owner, 2744 Millwood LLC, in…

Income Tax season opens today

January 23, 2023

The South Carolina Department of Revenue (SCDOR) and the IRS begin accepting Individual Income Tax returns today, January 23, 2023. The filing deadline for both state and federal returns is Tuesday,…

Prisma Health develops program to help pair Black mothers with doulas with support of the TD Charitable Foundation

January 23, 2023

With support of the TD Charitable Foundation, Prisma Health is developing a program to improve maternal and birth outcomes for Black mothers by pairing them with doulas for support through…

State Treasurer Curtis Loftis announces promotion of Jordan Dominick to Director of Administration

January 23, 2023

South Carolina Treasurer Curtis Loftis has promoted Jordan Dominick to serve as the agency’s Director of Administration. Dominick joined the State Treasurer’s Office in 2015. During his tenure, he has…

Midlands Literacy Council wins $4,500 grant from national group

January 23, 2023

Turning Pages SC, a literacy council serving adults in Richland and Lexington Counties, has won a $4,500 unrestricted grant from a New York based foundation. This past fall, under new…

Outnumbered 20-to1: A Vietnam War Biography by Col. William P. Collier Jr.

January 23, 2023

BOOK REVIEW by W. Thomas Smith Jr. THERE ARE MEN WHO ARE SAID TO BE GREAT, though most of those “said to be great” are only penultimately exceptional. Then there…

Mullikin Law to again host Carolina Cup first weekend in April

January 21, 2023

– Pictured (L-R) are S.C. Governor Henry McMaster and Dr. Tom Mullikin during the Mullikin Law Carolina Cup 2022. Revival after the Races featuring Dove Awards Male Vocalist of the…

LRADAC announces Shannon Boone as new Human Resources Director

January 21, 2023

LRADAC, the designated alcohol and drug abuse authority for Lexington and Richland Counties, announces that Shannon Boone has been hired as the agency’s new Human Resources Director. In her new…

Robinson Gray receives USC Law School’s first-ever MLK Distinguished Service Award

January 21, 2023

Robinson Gray Stepp & Laffitte has received the very first Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Distinguished Service Award, given by the University of South Carolina School of Law. The award,…

Richland Two teacher spreading her talents throughout Columbia as poet laureate for the City of Columbia

January 19, 2023

Writing down the many stories that her grandmother would tell helped prepare Jennifer Bartell Boykin to become the new poet laureate for the City of Columbia. “I took great pride…

College Board honors two high schools for AP Computer Science Female Diversity

January 19, 2023

Two Richland One high schools have been awarded the College Board’s AP Computer Science Female Diversity Award for achieving high female representation in AP Computer Science classes. Columbia High School…

SC Ports handles nearly 3 million TEUs in 2022

January 19, 2023

South Carolina Ports had a record 2022 with the most containers ever handled at the Port of Charleston. SC Ports moved nearly 2.8 million TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent units) in 2022,…

41 Upstate leaders selected to become Riley Fellows

January 19, 2023

Forty-one leaders from across the Upstate will have new tools and perspectives to leverage diversity to improve organizational outcomes and drive social and economic progress in South Carolina, gained through…

How to show appreciation

January 19, 2023

By Jerry Bellune All of us feel good about being appreciated for what we do at work, home or anywhere else. Jacob Coite knows this. He is an appreciator. He…

Two old dogs in the dark

January 19, 2023

By Jeff Becraft   Last Friday, I got home from work and my wife, Brenda, was packing and getting ready to head out of town to go to a conference…

Peak Drift Brewing Company hosts ribbon-cutting to unveil new state-of-the-art production facility

January 19, 2023

The 25,000-square-foot production facility represents phase one of the company’s future 65,000-square-foot brewery complex on North Main Peak Drift Brewing Company, South Carolina’s newest award-winning craft beverage company, celebrated the…

Turner Padget expands Insurance Litigation practice with addition of Lauren Mims

January 18, 2023

Turner Padget announced the addition of Associate Lauren T. Mims to the firm’s Columbia office. Mims joins the Insurance Litigation practice group and will support the Insurance Litigation team by…

Pennington joins Burnette Shutt & McDaniel

January 18, 2023

Ashley Pennington, an attorney with more than 40 years’ experience in criminal law, has joined Burnette Shutt & McDaniel. He’ll focus his practice on civil rights cases, including issues involving…

Fun and Easy Lessons in Saving

January 18, 2023

By: South Carolina State Treasurer Curtis Loftis, Administrator of Future Scholar College Savings Plan Helping the children of South Carolina grow up to be financially literate adults is a particular…

Reedy Reels announces films for its 2023 festival

January 18, 2023

GREENVILLE, S.C. – Movie lovers will see more than 50 films at the Piedmont Natural Gas Presents Reedy Reels: The Greenville Festival being February 17 to February 19 at the…

First Reliance Bank celebrates the grand opening of its regional headquarters

January 18, 2023

First Reliance Bank celebrated the grand opening of its regional headquarters with a ribbon-cutting ceremony held at its retail and corporate offices in downtown Columbia on Thursday, January 12, 2023.…

SC Chamber unveils 2023 Competitiveness Agenda, General Assembly leaders share outlooks at Business Speaks dinner

January 18, 2023

On Tuesday, January 7, 2023, the South Carolina Chamber of Commerce (SC Chamber), the state’s unified voice of business, hosts its annual Business Speaks Event at the Pastides Alumni Center…

VentureSouth reports major milestones for 2022 

January 17, 2023

Greenville, S.C. – VentureSouth reported its results from a momentous year in 2022. As one of the nation’s leading early-stage investment organizations, the firm achieved several significant milestones last year despite…

Announcing six S.C. Arts Commission Emerging Artist grantees

January 17, 2023

S.C. Arts Commission announces six Emerging Artist grantees Six emerging individual #SCartists are benefitting from grants and career mentorship courtesy of the South Carolina Arts Commission’s Emerging Artist grant in…

Lexington One Educational Foundation awards Spring 2023 Michelin Golden Apple Teacher Grants

January 17, 2023

The Lexington District One Educational Foundation recently awarded 13 Michelin Golden Apple Teacher Grant Awards to deserving teachers in Lexington County School District One. Spring Grant awards totaled $3,173 and…

Nephron Pharmaceuticals makes generous donations to the Lexington District One Educational Foundation

January 17, 2023

Nephron Pharmaceuticals Corporation and CEO Lou Kennedy generously committed a major cash and in-kind gift to the Lexington District One Educational Foundation this year and, in doing so, supported a…

Riggs Partners announces 2023 pro bono marketing marathon for nonprofits

January 17, 2023

Riggs Partners will hold its 25th annual CreateAthon event to benefit Midlands- and Upstate-area nonprofits on March 23-24, 2023. CreateAthon is a 24-hour marathon during which professionals provide marketing services…

A dozen ideas to get reading more in 2023

January 17, 2023

By Reba Hull Campbell Reading has always been a delight for me. I loved the library’s summer reading clubs when I was a kid. Browsing bookstores is a favorite pastime…

Angie Waller Joins NHE as new Director of Affordable Property Management

January 16, 2023

Property management leader NHE, a staple for several years on Best Places to Work and Top Workplaces in South Carolina lists, has added talent to its leadership team with the…

Town Theatre’s The Play That Goes Wrong. Jan 27 – Feb 12

January 16, 2023

Don’t miss the comedy hit – The Play That Goes Wrong. This play-within-a-play is often called a “hilarious hybrid of Monty Python and Sherlock Holmes.” Allow us to set the…

Northeast Columbia home sells for $2 million

January 16, 2023

The home is the highest price resale in Woodcreek Farms since 2010. An “ultra-luxury” home in Woodcreek Farms in northeast Columbia has sold for nearly $2 million. The 9,000-square-foot home…

CAE announces slate of artists selected for the 2023 – 2024 Art in the Airport program

January 16, 2023

Columbia Metropolitan Airport (CAE hereafter) is excited to announce the four local artists that have been selected to participate in the 2023 – 2024 Art in the Airport program. The…

Seven disaster-trained volunteers from South Carolina deploy to Georgia to assist families impacted by storms, tornadoes

January 16, 2023

Disaster trained volunteers from the South Carolina Region of the American Red Cross are deploying to support disaster relief efforts in Georgia where damaging storms ripped through most of the…