John Sherrer, Historic Columbia’s director of cultural resources, recounted how the capital city’s history has been chronicled in a new book – Remembering Columbia – when he addressed Capital Rotary…
United Way of the Midlands’ Women in Philanthropy hosts the 16th Annual Power of the Purse event Thursday, May 23, 6:30 p.m. at the Columbia Museum of Art, brought to…
Riggs Partners will hold its 22nd annual CreateAthon event to benefit Midlands- and Upstate-area nonprofits on October 17-18, 2019. CreateAthon is a 24-hour creative marathon during which professionals provide marketing…
South Carolina Charities, Inc. (SCCI) has welcomed two new board members, Frank Davis and Sheldon Early. The announcement was made during the 2019 Media Day event where the BMW Charity…
Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) unveiled the Secure and Protect Act of 2019 to strengthen border security. Graham noted that immigrants from the Northern Triangle countries…
Santee Cooper filed a federal complaint seeking a formal declaration that Santee Cooper is sole owner of equipment purchased for the failed V.C. Summer 2 and 3 project and asking…
U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos has announced the 55thclass of U.S. Presidential Scholars. Four of the 161 high school seniors being recognized are from South Carolina. U.S. Presidential Scholars…
Three 2019 Furman University graduating seniors have received Fulbright U.S. Student Program grants from the U.S. Department of State and the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board. The seniors are…
Garvin Design Group announced the arrival of two summer interns for 2019: Nicole Coker and Morgan Clark, both rising seniors at Clemson University. Nicole Coker and Morgan Clark Nicole Coker…
Mashburn Construction declared April as their “month of community service” for 2019. The company has been standing behind their effort to “build better communities” since 1976 and partnered with local…
Richland School District Two announced that Richland Northeast High School broadcast journalism teacher Andrew Chambers is the 2019-2020 District Teacher of the Year. Chambers is the Convergence Media magnet director.…
A celebration of excellence in community policing Serve & Connect has announced that their 4th Annual Knight of Honor Gala will be held this year on Friday, September 27th, at…
Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage ranked as the top residential real estate company for sales volume and transaction sides in the Columbia area in 2018. The rankings were reported in the…
The Lancaster County Council of the Arts is sponsoring its annual Summer Smarts: Arts & Sciences Camps for four weeks, beginning July 8 for children ages 5-12. Camp weeks: July 8…
In One Year, Google Helped 15,000 in South Carolina Grow On Monday, May 13, Google announced that 15,000 South Carolina businesses, publishers and nonprofits used Google search and advertising tools…
Theatrical grosses from comScore Week of 05/10/2019 to 05/16/2019 Rank Title Distributor Weeks Weekend Gross Cumulative 1 Avengers: Endgame Disney 3 $63,299,904 $723,745,643 2 The Hustle United Artists Releasing 1…
K-2 teacher Julie Phillips of South Carolina Virtual Charter School (SCVCS) was announced as the 2019-2020 Charter Institute at Erskine’s Teacher of the Year at an awards banquet held in…
Dominion Energy will team up with scuba divers from the Wateree Dive Center for “Clean the Lake Days,” an event to remove trash from Lake Murray. “We have a huge…
United Community Banks, Inc. (NASDAQ: UCBI) (“United”), reported that its Board of Directors approved an increase of its regular quarterly cash dividend to $0.17 per common share. The dividend is…
The South Carolina Department of Education (SCDE) is proud to announce that this year there were 3,545 South Carolina Junior Scholars from all public, private, and home schools. The South Carolina Junior…
Dr. Rhames (left) and Commission Chair Garry Powers (right) award an Honorary Associate Degree in Humane Letters to Honorable Ernest F. Hollings, accepted by his son, Michael Hollings. Midlands Technical…
First Community Corporation (Nasdaq: FCCO), the holding company for First Community Bank, announced that two members of the company and the bank’s Executive Leadership Team, Chief Credit Officer, David Proctor, and…
Ten Colliers International associates across South Carolina recognized for outstanding performance in their brokerage specialties; Colliers also recognized as a top leasing and sales commercial real estate firm in South…
Two-hundred thirty graduating seniors at Presbyterian College gathered in Templeton Gymnasium on the PC campus on Saturday, May 11. Their proud guests, faculty and staff members were with them too,…
By Richard Eckstrom S.C. Comptroller Among the arguments offered by opponents of South Carolina’s recently-enacted gas tax hike was that the state’s highway maintenance spending had historically been inefficient…
Central Carolina Community Foundation (CCCF), the Midlands’ local center for philanthropy, has awarded 25 local nonprofits grants during the spring grant cycles. The grants awarded are the Milford Wessinger Building…
Harry Dixon has joined Callison Tighe as an associate. He’s licensed in South Carolina, Virginia, and Georgia, and his practice focuses on commercial real estate transactions and a wide variety…
United Community Banks, Inc. (NASDAQ: UCBI) (“United”) today announced that its Board of Directors has appointed H. Lynn Harton, Chief Executive Officer (pictured), to serve as United’s Chairman of the…
SC Secretary of Transportation Christy Hall, front left, and Federal Highway Administration SC Division Administrator Emily Lawton, front right, sign the Final Environmental Impact Study (FEIS) on the Carolina Crossroads…
LS3P’s Columbia office is celebrating 15 years of design excellence, market expertise, and collaborative engagement in the Midlands. Under the leadership of Columbia native Mary Beth Sims Branham, AIA, the…
New operations to help create 500 jobs JUUL Labs, Inc. today announced plans to invest more than $125 million in a new assembly facility in Lexington County. This investment is…
NAI Columbia announced the sale of two historic buildings totaling ±8,954 square feet located at 1216 and 1218 Taylor Street in downtown Columbia, SC. Broker John Gregory represented the buyer…
By Tia Williams Nelson On May 9th, Boeing National Strategy and Engagement Director Tommy Preston returned from North Charleston to his long-time home in the Capital City with an important…
While most of us are blessed with the ease and conveniences of mobility, thousands of our friends, neighbors and family are not. Whether that mobility is for work, health, food…
Celeste Bowers, an associate with Robinson Gray law firm, announced that the South Carolina General Assembly has passed legislation creating flat, predictable recording fees for documents filed in Register of…
The South Carolina IDeA Networks of Biomedical Research Excellence (SC INBRE) and South Carolina Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (SC EPSCoR) invite all faculty and students to attend the…
Fisher Phillips announces eleven Practice Group and Industry Team leaders. This follows a blockbuster year of growth as the firm continues to expand its labor and employment services across the…
Research & Forecast Report Q1-2019 COLUMBIA | RETAIL Key Takeaways Overall absorption in the Columbia retail market was positive; non-core retail is outperforming core retail centers. An evolving…
The Board of Directors of Sexual Trauma Services of the Midlands (STSM) announces the search for its next Executive Director. “We are grateful for the leadership that Mary Dell Hayes…
Sonoco (NYSE: SON), one of the largest global diversified packaging companies, is celebrating its 120th anniversary today. The Company was founded as the Southern Novelty Company on May 10, 1899. In…
Foundry Commercial announced the start of construction on Phase II of WestPark 85, a 565,000-square foot cross-dock facility, making WestPark 85 the largest speculative industrial warehouse under construction in North…
CT Realty and its affiliates are in development on two large-scale distribution buildings totaling 1,747,074 square feet at Palmetto Logistics Park, a 358-acre distribution facility in greater Atlanta. The development follows the completion of…
Columbia Metropolitan Airport (CAE hereafter) announced a new nonstop flight to Miami, Florida (MIA hereafter) on American Airlines beginning December 18, 2019 – just in time to plan a warm…
Local Advertising Organization Seeks Nonprofit Client for 2019-2020 Public Service Campaign The American Advertising Federation (AAF) of the Midlands recently announced they are accepting applications from nonprofit organizations to become…
Live at Boyd Plaza kicks off with electric violinist JaVonne Jones The Columbia Museum of Art announced a new partnership with Chaye Alexander — creative producer, former broadcast talent, and…
On Saturday, May 18, 2019, students from across Richland One will pick up one of the most popular puzzles in modern history, the Rubik’s® Cube, to compete in the school…
WHAT: Careers with Verizon Wireless WHEN: 6 – 8 p.m., Wednesday, May 15 WHERE: Richland Library Main 1431 Assembly St., Columbia, SC 29201 WHO: Free and open to the public…
Recognizing South Carolinians who are living with a mental illness, the South Carolina Department of Mental Health (SCDMH) and Lexington County Community Mental Health Center (LCCMHC) join the nation in…
By W. Thomas Smith Jr. Major General Thomas F. Rew, U.S. Air Force (Ret.), was singularly recognized and presented a hand-made quilt from the Quilts of Valor Foundation for his…
Breaking its all-time record, Midlands Gives has raised an estimated total of $2,028,966 million dollars via 14,272 individual gifts. (A final total will be released in the coming weeks after…