Support Conservation with Paddle and Pickin’ on the Broad River! Join Congaree Land Trust (CLT) for this year’s Fall Celebration— Paddle and Pickin’ on the Broad River—on Sunday, November 10th…
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Heightened Language Meets High Art in UofSC’s Much Ado About Nothing at Longstreet Theatre Love, deception, and razor-sharp repartee take the Longstreet Theatre stage this month as the UofSC Theatre Program presents William…
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Round Top Elementary School Principal Jeaneen Tucker is the recipient of a 2019 WE Are LEADing Award. “Every day with my aviators is a joyful adventure,” Tucker said. “It’s my…
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Eleven Richland Two schools have earned Palmetto Gold and Silver Awards for their performance during the 2018-2019 school year. Gold Forest Lake Elementary NASA Explorer School Lake Carolina Elementary…
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Friends of Aaron and Hunter Gatherer on Main are partnering to create a mural in commemoration of Aaron Graves, a beloved member of the Community who passed away June 5,…
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Operatic horror musical Vampyr! comes back to life on October 19th Columbia Operatic Laboratory presents Vampyr! (Thrills, Chills, Bromance and Pretty Singing) at 7:30pm on Saturday, October 19 at Irmo…
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By David Dubberly Whistleblower issues are in the news, mainly because a U.S. intelligence officer recently filed a complaint against President Trump under the Intelligence Community Whistleblower Protection Act (ICWPA). …
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In 2017, the Charter Institute at Erskine (Institute) was established by Erskine College as a charter school authorizer to improve public education across the state of South Carolina. After only…
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United Way of the Midlands is accepting applications for Blueprint for Leadership, a comprehensive leadership and board development training program, today through January 21, 2020. Blueprint for Leadership is designed…
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Lake Carolina Lower Elementary School has been named a Special Olympics Unified Champion School. The media is invited to the banner presentation by Special Olympics South Carolina on Thursday, October…
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VentureSouth announced that it has closed its third sidecar investment fund, the VentureSouth Angel Fund III, at a record pace, reaching its maximum target size of $5 million. Raised during…
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Richland County Council is accepting applications for openings on more than a dozen volunteer boards. Currently, 16 Richland County boards, commissions and committees have one or more vacancies. Council will…
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History is alive this October as Historic Columbia celebrates the season with its popular autumn events, including the free Scarecrows in the Garden Exhibit, which runs all month, the Spirits…
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By W. Thomas Smith Jr. The Richland County Sheriff’s Department’s TEAM RCSD won several awards during last week’s South Carolina Law Enforcement Officers Association 2019 Police Olympics, including the coveted…
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With an anticipated 1,000 additional jobs coming to the South Carolina asphalt paving industry over the next five years, the South Carolina Asphalt Pavement Association (SCAPA), a nonprofit trade association…
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Institute for Organization Management, the professional development program of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation, has appointed Douglas OFlaherty, IOM, Vice President of the South Carolina Restaurant and Lodging Association,…
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Town Theatre welcomed Pamela Ahearn-Chalfant, Dr. Felicia L. Goins and Craig Parks to the Board of Governors for the Columbia Stage Society. Pamela began volunteering at Town Theatre 12 years…
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$60 Million Investment Creating Over 60 Jobs A&R Logistics, Inc., a leading supply chain services company providing dry bulk transportation, warehousing, packaging, third-party logistics (3PL) and export solutions to the…
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Healthy Learners announced Tom Keith as the recipient of the 2019 Healthy Learners Champion for Children Award. The Healthy Learners Champion for Children Award recognizes and honors an individual who has served…
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In 2018, occupational fraud, sometimes called white collar crime, cost businesses around the world more than $7 billion in losses. Hardest hit were small businesses with less than 100 employees,…
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Theatrical grosses from comScore Week of 10/04/2019 to 10/10/2019 Rank Title Weeks Weekend Gross Cumulative 1 Joker 1 $96,202,337 $96,202,337 2 Abominable 2 $11,921,855 $37,754,970 3 Downton Abbey 3…
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Thanks to improved technology, more Richland County residents are avoiding standing in long lines to pay their taxes. Working with the offices of the County Auditor and Treasurer, the Business…
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Today, State Superintendent of Education Molly Spearman and the South Carolina Department of Education announced that 249 schools across South Carolina have received the recently revised Palmetto Gold and Silver…
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Richland One schools have won 16 Palmetto Gold and Palmetto Silver Awards, the state’s highest educational award for academic achievement and student improvement. The names of the 11 winning schools…
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Sonesta Resort Hilton Head Island is hosting an array of fun events of great appeal to local residents this fall and through the holiday season. Among the festivities at the…
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Thanks to improved technology, more Richland County residents are avoiding standing in long lines to pay their taxes. Working with the offices of the County Auditor and Treasurer, the Business…
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For the second year in a row, South Risk Management has been named one of South Carolina’s 40 fastest-growing companies by SC Biz News. Twenty large companies and 20 small…
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Columbia Opportunity Resource’s (COR) Time for Art Gala will be held Saturday, November 23, 2019 at the Columbia Museum of Art from 7 to 11 p.m. Time for Art celebrates…
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By Angela Rogers NP Strategy Today’s reporters – both print and broadcast – are always on the move. Pivoting from one story to another, preparing a “package” for the…
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Entrepreneurs looking to start or build a business can find help (and a cup of coffee) at weekly meetings in Columbia and four other communities across South Carolina. That’s the…
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Cohn Construction Services has completed the construction of the new Floor Boys facility at 1728 North Lake Drive in Lexington, SC. The 11,976 square foot structure includes a 4,500 square…
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MFG Day Kicks Off a Month-Long Celebration of Manufacturing—Connecting with the Future Workforce to Fill Manufacturing Skills Gap National Association of Manufacturers President and CEO Jay Timmons traveled to Newberry,…
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Wine, food, music & vendors presented by Enoree River Winery On Saturday, October 12th from 10:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. in Newberry, SC, Enoree River Winery will host their 8th…
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The Capital City/Lake Murray Country’s Board and staff will pause from their daily duties of promoting tourism on October 9, 2019, to honor the recent passing of the one of…
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By Nusrat Shafi, MD Primary care provider with Providence Family Medicine October marks Breast Cancer Awareness Month, a time set aside each year to review our knowledge of this…
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Research & Forecast Report Q3-2019 COLUMBIA | OFFICE Key Takeaways Columbia’s overall office market absorbed 198,328 square feet – 109,760 square feet, of which, was absorbed in the St. Andrews…
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Nathaniel A. Barber, community development and Community Reinvestment Act officer at South State Bank, is a featured panelist at the 2019 South Carolina NAACP Economic Summit. The event will be…
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Southern First Bancshares, Inc., holding company for Southern First Bank, has been named by Sandler O’Neill + Partners, L.P. as one of the nation’s top performing small-cap banks and thrifts,…
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The County of Lexington announced the hiring of Sarah Johnson as the County’s new Economic Development Director. Johnson is charged with growing the economic health of the County by building…
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Rotary clubs in the Columbia area have launched an EarlyAct Club at St. Peter’s Roman Catholic School. EarlyAct is a service organization for elementary students ages 5 to 13. It…
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Saturday, Oct. 12, 8 a.m. to noon at Irmo High School, 6671 St. Andrews Road, Columbia Residents of Richland and Lexington counties are encouraged to bring recyclable materials to a…
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The American Institute of Architects’ South Carolina Chapter (AIASC) announced the 2019 recipients of the annual AIASC Design and Chapter Awards. The awards program encourages and recognizes design excellence throughout…
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Residents of Richland and Lexington counties are encouraged to bring recyclable materials to a joint event in which household goods will also be accepted for reuse. Electronics, household hazardous waste,…
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The Columbia Museum of Art announces that Iris N. Griffin has joined its board of trustees for the 2019 – 2020 term. Griffin joined the board in August and is…
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The City of Columbia is accepting applications to fill several vacancies on the following boards and commissions. Bicycle Pedestrian Advisory Committee (BPAC) Seeking three (3) Applicants. The purpose of BPAC…
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At 82.2%, Richland One’s 2019 high school graduation rate is not only the highest in the district’s history, it’s also higher than the statewide average of 81.1%. Ecstatic Richland One…
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The COMET announced a new partnership with the City of Columbia’s Complete Count Committee to encourage City residents to participate in the Census since every person counts. Participation in the…
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Awards will be presented at the Chamber’s Annual Summit in November The South Carolina Chamber of Commerce announced the honorees for the 2019 Business Leader of the Year, Public Servant…
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WACH FOX 57 announced the hiring of Josh Knight as the new Chief Meteorologist of the SkyWACH weather team. He will lead the current weather team of Marina Neuman and…
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Ben Lippen School student Abby Moore is among only 16,000 students nationwide to qualify as a semifinalist in The National Merit Scholarship program, an annual academic competition among high school…
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