School District Five schools ranked in the top 15 by U.S. News & World Report

May 9, 2022

Lexington-Richland School District Five is a leader in South Carolina for preparing students for college, and three of its schools are ranked among the top high schools in the state…

School District Five names 2022-2023 Teacher of the Year and Support Employee of the Year

May 9, 2022

Lexington-Richland School District Five announced its new Teacher of the Year and Support Employee of the Year during a May 2 ceremony. Elisa Westfall, an English teacher at CrossRoads Intermediate…

Spring Valley Rotary Club awards scholarships

May 9, 2022

Spring Valley High School Seniors Recognized Spring Valley Rotary Club awarded two Spring Valley High School graduating seniors with the club’s annual scholarships at its May 5th lunch meeting. The…

DHEC celebrates South Carolina’s hospitals and dedicated healthcare workers during National Hospital Week

May 9, 2022

As National Hospital Week (May 8-14) is recognized across the country, the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) praises South Carolina’s hospitals and healthcare workers for their courageous…

Applications are open for INDIE GRANTS program, offering up to $35K and production assistance to SC filmmakers

May 9, 2022

For the 12th consecutive year, the South Carolina Film Commission and Trident Technical College are accepting short film project submissions for their INDIE GRANTS program. Created to support our home-grown film…

SCETV announces new Chief Public Information Officer 

May 9, 2022

Landon Masters joins SCETV team to lead communications efforts South Carolina ETV (SCETV) today announced Landon Masters as the new Chief Public Information Officer. This position will lead communications, branding…

High school students commit to teaching profession

May 9, 2022

In a ceremony similar to one held for student-athletes, student teachers in Richland School District Two recently signed certificates recognizing their commitment to making a difference in the lives of…

Computer science magnet school wins National Merit Award of Excellence

May 9, 2022

Sandlapper Elementary School recently received the Magnet Schools of America (MSA), 2022 National New and Emerging Merit Award of Excellence. MSA made the announcement at its national conference in Nevada…

Join the Plishing Challenge

May 9, 2022

Let’s go fishing and help clean up our waterways! The South Carolina Wildlife Federation is launching a new initiative called the SCWF Plishing Challenge to encourage people to go fishing…

Trinity Partners announces recent major transaction

May 9, 2022

Nick Stomski, SIOR and Jake Nidiffer of Trinity Partners completed the sale/leaseback of a 60,000 square foot distribution facility in the State Farmers Market. The property located at 307 &…

Colliers Report: Robust hotel activity continues into 2022

May 9, 2022

Commercial Real Estate Research & Forecast Report Q1 2022 South Carolina Hotel Robust hotel activity continues into 2022 Market Highlights Increasing average daily hotel rates and revenue per available room…

Edisto Habitat for Humanity’s hosts Women Build event May 21

May 6, 2022

Edisto Habitat for Humanity has opened registration for the annual Women Build Fundraiser and Volunteer Day scheduled for Saturday, May 21, 2022 at 8:30 am. “Women Build isn’t simply about…

Don Gordon talks about the Building OneSouthCarolina Forum and the inaugural Partners in Progress Award

May 6, 2022

On May 10, the Riley Institute at Furman University is hosting its first annual Building OneSouthCarolina forum and presentation of the inaugural OneSouthCarolina Partners in Progress Award. The award recognizes…

Sheriff Lott and RCSD pledge to “do no harm”

May 6, 2022

RCSD becomes first law enforcement agency nationwide to make peace officer promise By W. Thomas Smith Jr. Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott and the Richland County Sheriff’s Department (RCSD) publicly…

Lexington One Educational Foundation receives Walmart Gift to support LTC VEX robotics team

May 5, 2022

The Walmart Foundation has generously provided a $2,000 grant to the Lexington One Educational Foundation to support the Lexington Technology Center’s VEX Robotics Team in Lexington School District One. This…

PCT LTD acquires South Carolina Company

May 5, 2022

LITTLE RIVER, SC – PCT LTD (Paradigm Convergence Technologies Corporation), a company focused on acquiring, developing, and providing sustainable, environmentally safe disinfecting, cleaning, and tracking technologies announced today that it…

Capture Columbia, COR’s free talent retention program for students, returns

May 5, 2022

Capture Columbia, a talent retention initiative powered by Columbia Opportunity Resource (COR) with support from Midlands Business Leadership Group (MBLG), returns this summer for its second year. Capture Columbia is…

An Old Tree, An Old Academy

May 5, 2022

By Tom Poland   A Magnolia and a School of Consequence As you top the Edgefield County rise, that fine word “copse” comes to mind. Copse, a small group of…

Colliers Dealmakers: Recent purchases, sales, leases and investments in South Carolina

May 5, 2022

  Charleston / Columbia / Greenville / Spartanburg, SC – Colliers | South Carolina announced the following recently completed commercial real estate transactions from our offices across the state: Charleston,…

South Carolina ETV and Public Radio announces changes to staff leadership

May 5, 2022

South Carolina ETV (SCETV) announced that Ty Moody has been promoted to Director of Digital, overseeing the agency’s Digital Department. In addition, Sean Birch has been promoted to Director of…

Midlands Gives breaks record, raises $3.73 million for hundreds of local nonprofits

May 5, 2022

Midlands Gives Day, the annual 18-hour, online giving challenge hosted by Central Carolina Community Foundation, raised a record-breaking $3,734,986 via 19,534 individual gifts. The ninth annual online day of giving…

Deion Jamison of Legacy Early College named 2023 South Carolina Teacher of the Year

May 5, 2022

State Superintendent of Education Molly Spearman announced  at the annual South Carolina Teacher of the Year Gala that Deion Jamison, an English teacher at Legacy Early College with the South…

CIU’s new Kepha Institute educating and developing leaders around the globe

May 5, 2022

International students now have an online option for higher education that is committed to developing caring, dedicated and competent community leaders around the globe, primarily those in the developing world.…

Lexington District One’s Debra L. Huggins announces retirement

May 5, 2022

Lexington County School District One Enterprise Information Technology Officer Debra L. Huggins announces her retirement, effective June 30, 2022. She has spent the past nine years in Lexington District One,…

Apartments leasing at 1813 Main Street in renovated Klondike Building

May 5, 2022

Cason Development Group and Cohn Corporation are nearing completion of 28 market rate apartments in the renovated Klondike Building at 1813 Main St. in downtown Columbia. The apartments are expected…

The process of growth

May 5, 2022

Our front yard is high-maintenance, high-water, have-to-mow-more-than-usual Bermuda grass.  Each year, it is usually a process of transitioning from dormant brown through the winter to green in the spring. This year,…

City leaders praise forthcoming South Carolina 7 expedition

May 4, 2022

Four mayors, others, gather at Riverfront Canal Park to announce month-long trek across the Palmetto State By W. Thomas Smith Jr. The mayors of Columbia, Cayce, West Columbia, and Camden…

Jekyll & Hyde: The Musical to close Town Theatre’s 102nd season

May 4, 2022

The epic battle between good and evil takes to the stage in the closing show of Town’s 102nd season, Jekyll & Hyde: The Musical. Based on Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic…

Cayce hires new Assistant City Manager, Michael Conley

May 4, 2022

The City of Cayce hires new Assistant City Manager, Michael Conley. Conley, a Kershaw, SC native, starts his new role May 12. He will be joining the Cayce City Administrative…

Midlands Gives breaks record, raises $3.73 million for hundreds of local nonprofits

May 4, 2022

Hosted by Central Carolina Community Foundation, day of giving supports 540 nonprofits Midlands Gives Day, the annual 18-hour, online giving challenge hosted by Central Carolina Community Foundation, raised a record-breaking $3,734,986…

Chief Operations Officer Jeff Salters announces retirement

May 4, 2022

Lexington County School District One Superintendent Greg Little, Ed.D., announces that Jeffrey S. Salters, the district’s chief operations officer, plans to retire effective September 8, 2022. Of his retirement, Dr.…

Biden Administration awards nearly $77 million to expand internet access for dozens of tribes

May 4, 2022

Today, the Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) announced that it has awarded 19 grants as part of the Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program. Andy Berke, NTIA’s Special…

City of Columbia’s Small Business Week Celebration

May 4, 2022

The City of Columbia’s Office of Business Opportunities to hold the 2022 Small Business Week Celebration on Thursday, May 5, 2022 from 11:00 am – 2 pm at the Medallion…

Attorney General Alan Wilson secures over $2 million for consumers deceived by TurboTax

May 4, 2022

AG Wilson Joins All 50 States in Agreement with TurboTax Owner Intuit for Deceiving Low-Income Americans into Paying for Free Tax Services Attorney General Alan Wilson today secured over $2…

CIU’s new Kepha Institute educating and developing leaders around the globe

May 4, 2022

International students now have an online option for higher education that is committed to developing caring, dedicated and competent community leaders around the globe, primarily those in the developing world.…

Richland County tax preparer arrested on charges of preparing false tax returns

May 4, 2022

South Carolina Department of Revenue (SCDOR) agents today arrested a Columbia tax preparer and charged her with 19 counts of willfully making or assisting in false or fraudulent returns. Shervonne…

FPA hosts ribbon-cutting for Botánica de Santee

May 4, 2022

Navy Veteran and Connecticut Native Opens Latinx-Inspired Boutique in Five Points The Five Points Association, along with the City of Columbia’s Economic Development Office and Office of Business Opportunities,  hosted…

Central Carolina Community Foundation’s ninth annual Midlands Gives Day returns on Tuesday, May 3

May 3, 2022

Invest for impact by supporting 546 local nonprofits on this 18-hour virtual day of giving Central Carolina Community Foundation is rallying the community to support 546 local nonprofits on Midlands…

“Making It Grow” remembers longtime friend during special episode

May 3, 2022

Program honors and celebrates the legacy of Tony Melton during “A Tribute to Tony Melton” On April 26, a special episode of the South Carolina ETV (SCETV) series Making It…

Travel and Tourism Week celebrates South Carolina’s robust tourism industry and the people who fuel it

May 3, 2022

Gov. Henry McMaster proclaimed May 1-7, 2022 is Travel and Tourism Week in South Carolina. This announcement aligns with the nationwide celebration of National Travel and Tourism Week (NTTW), which spotlights the…

John Whetstone named GMK’s Director of Operations

May 2, 2022

Based on his 22 years of service to the firm and his expanded involvement in GMK’s operational functions, Mr. John Whetstone has been named to the newly created position of…

Midlands leaders discuss rail elimination and alignment

May 2, 2022

Midlands leaders gathered today for a press conference focused on rail elimination and alignment.  Local officials who supported the press conference included representatives from the SC Senate, SC House of…

Colliers Report: Class B space is available until Class A space delivers

May 2, 2022

Commercial Real Estate Research & Forecast Report Q1 2022 Columbia Industrial Market Highlights The Columbia industrial market vacancy rate dropped from 4.62% during the first quarter of 2021 to 4.10%…

Shanel Matthews joins LCK as Project Coordinator

May 2, 2022

LCK welcomes Shanel Matthews as its newest member of the Columbia team of project management professionals. As Project Coordinator, Matthews brings to LCK a unique background in administration and social…

DHEC breaks ground on Community Demonstration Garden

May 2, 2022

The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) held a groundbreaking ceremony today, April 29, for its new Community Demonstration Garden project. The garden is the vision of the Bureau…

NHE again named as one of the Top 5 Workplaces in South Carolina

May 2, 2022

NHE has been honored as one of the top five large employers for the second straight year according to South Carolina’s Top Workplaces of 2022. The honor was awarded to…

Utilizing the 0% Tax Rate on Long-Term Capital Gains

May 1, 2022

By Carolyn Stewart Even if the holidays have passed, it’s never too early or too late to start thinking about what gifts you can give to your loved ones. While…

Barnes Alford attorneys recognized in 2022 edition of “South Carolina Super Lawyers”

May 1, 2022

Barnes Alford attorneys Weldon R. Johnson, David G. Wolff, Kay Gaffney Crowe, Alan J. Reyner, Robert T. Strickland, Curtis W. Dowling, Matthew G. Gerrald, Emily Collins Brown, and Jeffrey D.…

Babcock, Paavola listed in new edition of “Super Lawyers”

May 1, 2022

Keith Babcock and David Paavola are again listed in “South Carolina Super Lawyers,” a national guide to the nation’s leading attorneys. Babcock, a founding member of the law firm, is…

Four attorneys with Callison Tighe & Robinson named as Super Lawyers

May 1, 2022

Four Callison Tighe & Robinson attorneys have been recognized by South Carolina Super Lawyers® for 2022. They are Michael W. Tighe, Richard C. Detwiler, Demetri “Jim” Koutrakos, and Wm. Bert…