J.E.B. Wilson receives McNulty Catalyst Fund for Liberty Fellowship impact project

February 7, 2022

Fifth-generation farmer J.E.B. Wilson has been named a 2022 McNulty Foundation Catalyst Fund recipient for his Liberty Fellowship impact project, SC AgriWellness. Wilson partnered with stakeholders to create the program,…

Home Works to host first annual Hammer Classic Sporting Clays Fundraiser

February 7, 2022

Thursday April 21, South Carolina nonprofit Home Works will host its First Annual Hammer Classic, a sporting clays fundraiser benefiting their mission of compassionate construction. DETAILS: Thursday April 21, 2022…

Going Into Business with your Loved One? Four Tips for Starting and Running a Successful Business Together

February 7, 2022

By Justin Hawkins, South Carolina Regional Banking Director, Wells Fargo For nearly all small business owners, business ownership is a labor of love. Yet running a business with your loved…

HDR Columbia staff presents to South Carolina lawmakers at the 2022 Engineers Day at The Capitol

February 7, 2022

On January 12, 2022, Raven Gambrell, Office Principal for HDR’s Columbia, SC office and Lee Tupper who co-leads the office’s young professional group, were invited to give remarks to the…

SouthLand Properties, Greenville-based residential rental company, launches new website

February 7, 2022

SouthLand Properties of South Carolina, LLC, a Greenville-based company that specializes in owning, managing, and leasing condominiums and duplexes in quiet, older Greenville neighborhoods, has launched a new website at…

HDR’s Columbia staff presents check to Salvation Army of the Midlands

February 4, 2022

The Columbia office of HDR presented the Salvation Army of the Midlands with a $650 dollar check to help purchase food for the Inclement Weather Center. The funds were raised…

Flock and Rally wins four 2021 IABC/SC Palmetto Awards

February 3, 2022

Flock and Rally, an integrated communications and marketing agency headquartered in Columbia, South Carolina, was honored with four 2021 Palmetto Awards for social media, corporate social responsibility, audio/visual work, and…

Senator Scott introduces bill to expand access to capital for community banks

February 3, 2022

This week, U.S. Senators Tim Scott (R-S.C.) and Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) introduced a bill to improve the ability of smaller community banks to meet the credit needs of the local…

College of Charleston graduate-assistant to lead World Ocean Day efforts in S.C. and beyond

February 3, 2022

By W. Thomas Smith Jr. Cheyenne Cunningham, a graduate assistant at the College of Charleston, is directing Global Eco Adventures (GEA) efforts to “clean up” four designated beaches around the…

White space

February 3, 2022

By Jerry Bellune In watching a black and white movie, you want shadow and light. In a color movie, you would want vibrant colors, not all reds or whites. Without…

Equus Capital Partners, LTD. announces the sale of 373,100 SF warehouse building in Dillon County, SC

February 3, 2022

Equus Capital Partners, Ltd. (“Equus”), one of the nation’s leading developers and private real estate investment managers, announced the sale of 95 Inland Port Logistics Center, a 373,100 square foot warehouse…

Communities in Schools of South Carolina announces transformative investment to help students overcome obstacles to learning

February 3, 2022

$2.5 Million Donation from Philanthropist Mackenzie Scott Will Strengthen Organization’s Impact in Public Schools Across South Carolina Communities In Schools of South Carolina (CISSC) announced today that they are the…

Go Red Columbia Day is tomorrow

February 3, 2022

The City of Columbia will recognize National Wear Red Day along with the American Heart Association. Please plan to wear red on this date, to help show your support to…

City moves additional services to payment center temporarily

February 3, 2022

Due to building maintenance related to an emergency repair, public facing services that are normally provided at the City of Columbia’s building at 1136 Washington Street will temporarily move to…

Two young scientists celebrated for exceptional research

February 2, 2022

Two Spring Valley High School students are among the top 300 scholars in the Regeneron Science Talent Search 2022, the nation’s oldest and most prestigious science and math competition for…

Four schools selected to receive Merit Awards from Magnet Schools of America

February 2, 2022

Four schools in Richland School District Two are 2022 Magnet Schools of America (MSA) Merit Award winners. MSA is the national association for magnet and theme-based schools. Sandlapper Elementary School…

Dominion Energy awards environmental stewardship grants to local nonprofits

February 2, 2022

The Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation recently awarded more than $350,000 to 21 South Carolina nonprofits that are working to create a cleaner, greener world and increase environmental stewardship across the…

Richland One announces Scholastic Art Southeastern Regional Award winners

February 2, 2022

Ten Richland One students received 2022 Scholastic Art Southeastern Regional Awards and two earned honorable mentions. Dreher High School senior Layla Davis and junior Leo Suggs were named Golden Key…

South Carolina ETV now streaming live on DIRECTV STREAM

February 2, 2022

‘Making It Grow,’ ‘Palmetto Scene,’ ‘This Week in South Carolina’ and more now included in DirectTV livestream South Carolina ETV (SCETV) announced today that it is now live streaming on…

Career and Technical Education Month

February 2, 2022

Richland One Culinary Arts Program Provided Inspiration, Training to Personal Chef and Business Owner New York City native Jessica “Chef Pebbles” Daniel began cooking when she was very young, but…

USDA invests $63.3 million to support local businesses, create good-paying jobs and strengthen the economy in South Carolina

February 2, 2022

Investments support the Biden-Harris Administration’s commitment to build back better in rural America United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) State Director for South Carolina Dr. Saundra Glover today announced that…

SC Philharmonic coming to Irmo Craft and Draft (Irmo)

February 2, 2022

The South Carolina Philharmonic presents the inaugural performance of its new Chamber Crawl Series on February 16, 2022, 7:30 PM at Craft and Draft (7583 St Andrews Rd, Irmo, SC 29063). The concert…

LRADAC named a Top USA Workplace for 2022

February 2, 2022

LRADAC, the designated substance misuse authority for Lexington and Richland Counties, has been named a Top USA Workplace for 2022, an honor that follows a statewide win for Top Workplace…

Micah Decker joins the Capital City/Lake Murray Country Regional Tourism Board

February 2, 2022

The Capital City/Lake Murray Country Regional Tourism Board is excited to announce that Micah Decker has joined the team as Vice President of Marketing. Decker has worked in the hospitality…

New video podcast series elevates the conversation around education transformation

February 2, 2022

A new video podcast series launches this week to elevate the conversation around education transformation in South Carolina. Dropping on Feb. 3, the ElevatED4SC  vodcast series focuses on moving the discussion…

The Nickelodeon Theatre starts Black History Month series – For The Culture: Reliving Black American Classics

February 2, 2022

The Nickelodeon Theatre starts a new series for Black History Month, For The Culture. For The Culture focuses on some of the most popular Black American Classics, ranging from The…

DeWees Real Estate Group represents seller in Columbia Shopping Center Transaction

February 2, 2022

DeWees Real Estate Group is proud to announce the closing of 4435 Hard Scrabble Rd in Columbia, SC. This 8,960 SF fully-leased strip mall sits along a high traffic retail…

Johnathan Hendrix, PE, to lead GMK’s design-build construction efforts

February 2, 2022

GMK Associates, Inc., announced that Mr. Johnathan E. Hendrix, PE, has joined GMK’s design-build division to manage the division’s overall construction project portfolio. Mr. Hendrix is a highly skilled and…

Molly Campolong of Robinson Gray becomes president of CREW-Midlands

February 2, 2022

Molly Campolong, an associate with Robinson Gray law firm, is the new president of Commercial Real Estate Women Midlands. CREW Midlands is a networking and business development organization for commercial…

Many runners but one team

February 1, 2022

By Jeff Becraft   About 5 years ago, I stopped riding the bus down for our Leadership Weekend. One of our top alumni, Daisy, even said to me, “Becraft not…

Is the omicron variant Mother Nature’s way of vaccinating the masses and curbing the pandemic?

February 1, 2022

The characteristics of the COVID-19 omicron variant has many people wondering if it could act as a vaccine of sorts, inoculating enough people to effectively bring about herd immunity.  By…

SCRA announces new members and grant funding

February 1, 2022

AlphaIntro, Arista Orthopedics, Copyt, Playfora, ProTrustee, and Rymedi were accepted as South Carolina Research Authority (SCRA) Member Companies. TestedHQ received new grant funding. All SCRA Member Companies receive coaching, access…

NP Strategy recruits award-winning marketing strategists, continuing rapid growth

February 1, 2022

Strategic communications firm adds Shari King and Meredith Dugas The leading strategic communications firm NP Strategy (NPS+) announced today that it has attracted two award-winning marketing strategists – Shari King…

BMW Charity Pro-Am presented by TD SYNNEX opens 2022 ticket sales

February 1, 2022

Ticket sales for the 2022 BMW Charity Pro-Am presented by TD SYNNEX are now open to the public at bmwcharitygolf.com. This year’s tournament, which will be held June 6-12, will…

Marketing book helps multi-location executives know where to start building a digital marketing program and strategy

February 1, 2022

Award-winning digital marketing expert, Mary Cate Spires, is launching her first book, On The Map: How Multi-Location Businesses Can Use Digital Marketing to Grow Revenue and Stay Ahead of the…

With new “Digital Next” strategy, DartPoints closes gaps at the edge

February 1, 2022

Sweeping New Strategy Enables Edge Ecosystems for Enterprises, Carriers, and Cloud and Content Providers DartPoints, the leading digital infrastructure provider enabling next-generation applications at the edge, unveils its “Digital Next”…

UofSC College of Social Work to develop strategies to combat health care workforce burnout 

February 1, 2022

COVID-19 has taken a heavy toll on overworked health care employees as they battle Delta, Omicron and exhaustion. Burnout and stress are making major impacts on the health care workforce in South Carolina, according…

Richland Library introduces new entrepreneur-in-residence

February 1, 2022

Meet Beth Ruffin, Inclusion Expert Learn how to make belonging and inclusion a part of your company’s DNA. Richland Library is thrilled to welcome Beth Ruffin as our new entrepreneur-in-residence…

Rodin and more coming to the Columbia Museum of Art this year

February 1, 2022

2022 exhibition schedule announced The Columbia Museum of Art announces its schedule of featured exhibitions for 2022, a broad assortment of exclusive, house-organized shows as well as traveling exhibitions, including…

With weapons drawn, SwordFest makes its dramatic return to the Relic Room

January 31, 2022

What’s all that clanging? Why do you hear the sound of deadly steel slicing through the winter air? Are you dreaming? Have you been transported back into the middle of…

Harvest Hope Food Bank elects new Board of Directors Chair

January 31, 2022

Harvest Hope Food Bank announced that Willis HR CEO, Jada Willis, assumed the chair role of Harvest Hope’s Board of Directors at the beginning of the new year. She has…

Colliers | South Carolina announces 2022 Managing Directors

January 31, 2022

Charleston/Columbia/Greenville/Spartanburg, SC – Colliers | South Carolina announced that John Montgomery, Chuck Salley, Garrett Scott and Craig Waites have been named Managing Directors. “Colliers recently created the title of Managing…

Max Kastenholz joins LCK as Preconstruction Services Manager in Columbia office

January 31, 2022

LCK announces that Max Kastenholz has become the latest addition to its Preconstruction team in its Columbia office. As a Preconstruction Services Manager, Kastenholz’s efforts at LCK are focused on…

Colliers | South Carolina announces 2021 transaction volume of $1 billion

January 31, 2022

Charleston/Columbia/Greenville/Spartanburg, SC – Colliers | South Carolina, which has offices in Charleston, Columbia, Greenville and Spartanburg, announced a record-breaking year for the company with $1 billion in commercial real estate…

County Council approves Redistricting plan, draws new council districts

January 31, 2022

Lexington County Council approved an ordinance to reestablish the nine council districts during their meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 11. This process, known as redistricting, includes redrawing the lines of the…

State Treasurer Curtis Loftis recognizes Kurt Stiglbauer of FIVE Virtual Academy as Educator of the Month

January 31, 2022

South Carolina Treasurer Curtis Loftis has recognized Kurt Stiglbauer of Lexington Richland School District 5’s FIVE (Flexible Innovative Virtual Education) virtual academy as the South Carolina Financial Literacy Master Teacher…

Coldwell Banker Realty Midtown Office continues to support Salvation Army’s mission to combat food insecurity after donating $7,900

January 31, 2022

The Coldwell Banker Realty Midtown Office joins The Salvation Army of the Midlands’ mission to target the epidemic of hunger amongst families in the Midlands after donating $7,900.00 to The…

State Treasurer Curtis Loftis announces addition of 615,000 new properties to Unclaimed Property website

January 31, 2022

In observance of February 1 being National Unclaimed Property Day, State Treasurer Curtis Loftis announced that more than 615,000 new properties have been reported to the State’s Unclaimed Property Program.…

Pope Flynn receives two Tier 1 Public Finance rankings for Columbia and Charlotte, one Tier 2 Public Finance national ranking by U.S. News – Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms” in 2022

January 31, 2022

Pope Flynn, a Columbia-headquartered law firm concentrating in public finance and governmental law, has received two Tier 1 metropolitan rankings in Public Finance — one for Columbia, SC, and one…