Let’s recognize those who give of themselves to make a difference

December 17, 2018

By Richard Eckstrom, CPA, SC Comptroller   Given how bad news tends to dominate headlines – and how misdeeds are far more likely to find their way onto the nightly…

Director Josh Baker to continue leading S.C. Department of Health and Human Services

December 17, 2018

Governor Henry McMaster today announced that Josh Baker will continue serving as the director of the South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (SCDHHS). Governor McMaster appointed Director Baker…

Lindsey Culley joins Mashburn Construction’s Columbia office

December 17, 2018

Mashburn Construction, announced the hire of Lindsey Culley as the Business Development and Marketing Coordinator for their Columbia office. Lindsey has six years of marketing and public relations experience. She…

Top Grossing Movies – December 17

December 17, 2018

Theatrical grosses from comScore   Week of 12/14/2018 to 12/20/2018 Rank Title Rating Distributor Weeks Weekend Locs Weekend Gross Cumulative 1 Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse PG Sony 1 3,813  $35,363,376…

First Horizon releases inaugural Corporate Social Responsibility Report

December 17, 2018

First Horizon National Corp. today released its inaugural Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Report, which highlights the company’s impact and outlines its commitment to its communities, employees, and customers. The report,…

Local community resource suffers catastrophic damage due to winter storm

December 17, 2018

On Sunday December 9th, United Way of the Piedmont’s Gifts in Kind Center (GIKC) suffered catastrophic structural damage due to the weight of snow and ice from the weekend’s winter…

Jasmine Smith named to board of SC Women Lawyers Association

December 17, 2018

Jasmine Smith of Columbia, an attorney with Robinson Gray, has been appointed to the board of the South Carolina Women Lawyers Association. The mission of the South Carolina Women Lawyers…

How to Find, Interview, and Hire Great Employees

December 17, 2018

By Mike DuBose and Blake DuBose   When it comes down to it, businesses are defined by the quality of their staffs. Steve Jobs, the late cofounder of Apple, once…

Dr. Harris Pastides to Chair SC Institute of Medicine & Public Health Board of Directors

December 17, 2018

The South Carolina Institute of Medicine & Public Health (IMPH) is pleased to announce new executive officers and members of the Board of Directors. Dr. Harris Pastides has been named…

Palmetto Health Gamma Knife® Center celebrates 20 years

December 17, 2018

Palmetto Health is celebrating 20 years as the Gamma Knife® radiosurgery center of the Midlands, offering patients a safe and effective alternative to surgery and whole brain radiation. “Gamma Knife…

Mutual of Omaha hires Tim Goldman as their new Sales Director

December 17, 2018

Mutual of Omaha hires Tim Goldman as their new Sales Director for the South Carolina, based out of the Columbia District Office. As a Sales Director, he is looking to…

Mutual of Omaha hires Logan Lupia as the Managing Director

December 17, 2018

Mutual of Omaha hires Logan Lupia as the Managing Director for the South Carolina District Office, based out of Columbia and in charge of the entire state of SC sales…

Industrial Warehouse Sale

December 17, 2018

Carolina Commercial, LLC congratulates Charlie Moore, CCIM, SIOR & William Moore for the $5,150,000 closing of 101,500 SF industrial warehouse building located at 7391 Pepperdam Avenue, North Charleston, SC.  …

Jackson hires Brian Campbell as performance service specialist

December 17, 2018

Jackson Marketing, Motorsports & Events, South Carolina’s second-largest integrated marketing communication and events agency, has hired Brian Campbell as performance service specialist. In his new role, Campbell will provide inventory…

Engenius awards a grant and launches new website for Greenville Housing Fund

December 17, 2018

Engenius, an Upstate web design and digital marketing company, awarded a grant and launched a new website for The Greenville Housing Fund, a nonprofit dedicated to investing and funding affordable…

RealOp Investments purchases Central Park Business Center in Jacksonville

December 17, 2018

JACKSONVILLE – RealOp Investments recently purchased Central Park Business Center with plans to improve and reposition the asset in the market place. Central Park Business Center is a value-add office/flex…

City of Columbia issues first-ever green bonds

December 17, 2018

By Steve Benjamin Mayor Columbia, SC   The City of Columbia is excited to share that it has issued its first-ever “green bond” to fund stormwater improvements and make an…

South Carolina Department of Education releases list of priority schools

December 17, 2018

The South Carolina Department of Education released the first list of Priority Schools as required under the federal Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). Under the ESSA, the South Carolina Department…

United Way now collecting items to gear up for the 2019 Point-in-Time Count to assess homelessness

December 17, 2018

United Way of the Midlands is hosting a donation drive to collect items for the area’s annual Point-in-Time (PIT) Count held January 23 – 29, 2019. “The PIT Count serves…

Dr. Harris Pastides to Chair SC Institute of Medicine & Public Health Board of Directors

December 17, 2018

The South Carolina Institute of Medicine & Public Health (IMPH) is pleased to announce new executive officers and members of the Board of Directors. Dr. Harris Pastides has been named…

How to Find, Interview, and Hire Great Employees

December 17, 2018

By Mike DuBose and Blake DuBose   When it comes down to it, businesses are defined by the quality of their staffs. Steve Jobs, the late cofounder of Apple, once…

Jasmine Smith named to board of SC Women Lawyers Association

December 17, 2018

Jasmine Smith of Columbia, an attorney with Robinson Gray, has been appointed to the board of the South Carolina Women Lawyers Association. The mission of the South Carolina Women Lawyers…

United Way now collecting items to gear up for the 2019 Point-in-Time Count to assess homelessness

December 17, 2018

United Way of the Midlands is hosting a donation drive to collect items for the area’s annual Point-in-Time (PIT) Count held January 23 – 29, 2019. “The PIT Count serves…

Statement by Dominion Energy, SCANA Corporation on Public Service Commission of South Carolina vote on merger

December 15, 2018

On Friday, the Public Service Commission of South Carolina (SCPSC) voted to approve the merger between Dominion Energy, Inc. (NYSE: D) and SCANA Corporation (NYSE: SCG) with conditions to be outlined later…

PSC issues decision approve the SCANA/Dominion merger

December 14, 2018

The Public Service Commission held a Commission Business Meeting on December 14, 2018 to issue its ruling regarding pending SCE&G Matters.  The PCS provided the last approval needed for Dominion…

Kevin Garrison named to Clemson Board of Visitors

December 14, 2018

Kevin Garrison of Columbia, an attorney with Robinson Gray, has been appointed to the Clemson University Board of Visitors. Members of the board of visitors, nominated by the university’s board…

Old watch turns out to be valuable, leading to generous gift to Salvation Army

December 14, 2018

Back in the 1960s, when he first got out of law school, D. Reece Williams III bought himself a watch. It was a nice watch, a waterproof Rolex, for which…

Gov. Henry McMaster appoints Upstate businessman Charles Dalton to the S.C. Commission on Higher Education

December 14, 2018

Governor Henry McMaster announced the appointment of Charles Dalton of Greenville to serve as a member of the Commission on Higher Education. Mr. Dalton, who recently retired as president and CEO of…

DHEC names 2018-2019 champions of the environment

December 14, 2018

Eight schools won grants to support efforts to educate the next generation of environmental stewards, the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) announced today. “Champions of the Environment…

AMCOL, RevMD form Strategic Partnership

December 14, 2018

AMCOL Systems, Inc., a nationally recognized leader in patient experience and revenue cycle optimization services, andRevMD Partners, LLC., an industry leading technology enabled revenue cycle services company, have entered into a strategic…

Kimberly Witherspoon selected as a Liberty Fellow

December 14, 2018

Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd shareholder Kimberly Witherspoon has been selected for the Liberty Fellows Class of 2020. Kimberly joins 20 other leaders from across the state who make a lifelong commitment…

$25 million BUILD grant awarded to improve South Carolina’s supply chain

December 14, 2018

The United States Department of Transportation (USDOT) announced a $25 million Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development (BUILD) grant to support the expansion at South Carolina Ports Authority’s (SCPA) Inland Port…

Nephron releases opioid free pain management product: BKK

December 14, 2018

Nephron 503B Outsourcing Facility launched a new opioid free pain management product in response to the current crisis in America. The product, BKK, is a multimodal analgesia containing Bupivacaine, Ketorolac and Ketamine.…

Arsenic and Old Lace at Town Theatre – January 4-20

December 14, 2018

Mortimer Brewster is a happy man – holds a steady job and is recently engaged. He is excited to share the news of his upcoming nuptials with his sweet spinster…

Kevin Garrison named to Clemson Board of Visitors

December 14, 2018

Kevin Garrison of Columbia, an attorney with Robinson Gray, has been appointed to the Clemson University Board of Visitors. Members of the board of visitors, nominated by the university’s board…

Old watch turns out to be valuable, leading to generous gift to Salvation Army

December 14, 2018

Back in the 1960s, when he first got out of law school, D. Reece Williams III bought himself a watch. It was a nice watch, a waterproof Rolex, for which…

Arsenic and Old Lace at Town Theatre – January 4-20

December 13, 2018

Mortimer Brewster is a happy man – holds a steady job and is recently engaged. He is excited to share the news of his upcoming nuptials with his sweet spinster…

2019 winter foreign language classes start the week of January 7th and are now open for registration at Upstate International.

December 13, 2018

As cool weather finally arrives in the Upstate, UI has some cool new language class offerings for our winter semester! Classes offered this winter includeAmerican Sign Language, Portuguese, Greek, Hebrew, Russian, English,…

Preston Marion joins Coldwell Banker Caine in Greenville

December 13, 2018

Coldwell Banker Caine recently welcomed Preston Marion as a residential sales agent to its Greenville office. Preston joins Coldwell Banker Caine with previous management experience in the farming industry. A…

Sober or Slammer! Holiday campaign begins

December 13, 2018

Chief Terrence Green would like to notify the Town of Lexington community that the Lexington Police Department, along with law enforcement agencies statewide, will be participating in the Sober or…

New year, new leadership, LRADAC announces two new directors

December 13, 2018

LRADAC announced today the selection of Nicole S. Deems as the organization’s Director of Clinical Advancement and Jenniffer Weller-White as the agency’s new Director of Outpatient Treatment. Deems will begin…

Owen Tyler of The Cassina Group elected as 2019 president-elect of South Carolina Realtors

December 13, 2018

Owen Tyler, managing broker and partner of luxury boutique real estate firm The Cassina Group, has been elected as the 2019 president-elect of South Carolina Realtors. South Carolina Realtors, headquartered…

CARTA, Affordabike partner to give away 15 refurbished lost-and-found bikes

December 13, 2018

Many public transit trips begin with a walk or bike ride, and this holiday season the Charleston Area Regional Transportation Authority (CARTA) wants to help riders overcome what’s been dubbed…

MTEC partners with the U.S. Army to design and develop medical data management technologies

December 13, 2018

In partnership with the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command (USAMRMC), the Medical Technology Enterprise Consortium (MTEC) is pleased to announce that the Arizona State University (ASU) W.P. Carey…

Reid Davis, CCIM, SIOR and Bob Nuttall, SIOR, CPM represented the buyer in the purchase of a 7,397 SF retail shopping center in Charleston, SC

December 13, 2018

  Lee & Associates Charleston’s Reid Davis, CCIM, SIOR and Bob Nuttall, SIOR, CPM represented the Buyer, Stella Kala, LLC in the purchase of a 7,397 SF Retail Shopping Center…

SC Ports achieves record November

December 13, 2018

The South Carolina Ports Authority (SCPA) announced the strongest November in its history, with 15 percent growth over the same month last year. The Port handled 188,585 twenty-foot equivalent units…

Grants awarded to improve 21 South Carolina communities

December 13, 2018

S.C. Department of Commerce awards $7.6 million in Community Development Block Grant funds More than 20 communities across South Carolina are slated to benefit from public improvement projects supported by more…

Owens Corning establishes new operations in Richland County

December 13, 2018

Manufacturing Acquisition Results in $13.6 Million Investment Owens Corning, a developer and producer of insulation, roofing and fiberglass composites, has acquired an existing manufacturing facility in Blythewood, S.C., where it…

Columbia Empowerment Zone, Inc. held Veranda hard hat tour preview

December 13, 2018

On Wednesday, December 12, 2018, the Columbia Empowerment Zone, Inc. held a hard hat tour to view the new senior apartment building for persons 55 and older, Veranda at North…

Resource Financial Services receives CCRA 2018 Affiliate of the Year Award

December 13, 2018

Mortgage bankers from Resource Financial Services at company headquarters in Columbia, SC, from left, Jennifer Bowie, Zach Tronco, Jenny Smith, A. Wade Douroux, David Cain, Meredith DuRant and Josh Tronco.…