United Way of the Midlands Tackles the Tough Issues
September 12, 2014Kicking Off 2014-2015 Fundraising Campaign COLUMBIA, SC – United Way of the Midlands will officially kick off the 2014-2015 fundraising campaign with a celebration of accomplishments in tackling…
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Avison Young Industrial Sublease – 1009- B Trident Street
September 12, 2014HANAHAN, SC – Avison Young commercial real estate is pleased to announce that Alan Bolduc, CCIM, SOIR represented Soft-Tex Manufacturing Company in the subleasing of a 25,000 SF industrial building located…
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Wells Fargo Announces $2.8 Million Investment in South Carolina
September 12, 2014Team members show support by volunteering and giving back during ‘Week of Caring’ events COLUMBIA, SC – Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC) announced that it has invested $2.8…
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DHEC awards coastal public access improvement grants
September 12, 2014
COLUMBIA, SC – Three communities will work to improve public access to coastal areas, thanks to grants from the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control. “Our beautiful coastal resources…
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Emitec To Expand Laurens County Manufacturing Plant
September 12, 2014
$3 Million Investment By Automotive Component Manufacturer To Create 20 New Jobs LAURENS, SC – Emitec, an exhaust technology company and wholly owned subsidiary of Continental, is expanding its Laurens County…
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Junior Achievement Recognizes Their Best of 2014
September 12, 2014COLUMBIA, SC- Junior Achievement of Central South Carolina recognized three individuals who have made a difference. Gloria Thomas, Robin Rawl and Joel Skipper were honored at the JACSC board meeting…
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Clemson University assistant professor makes national list of top researchers
September 12, 2014
Frank Alexis works with particles 10,000 times smaller than human hair CLEMSON, SC – A Clemson University assistant professor of bioengineering is on a new national list of top junior…
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Inaugural County Agent Hall of Fame marks centennial of Extension Service
September 12, 2014
CLEMSON, SC — Marking a century of service to South Carolinians, eight individuals entered the inaugural Frank Lever County Extension Agent Hall of Fame at ceremonies at Clemson University in…
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Glen Raven Expanding Anderson County Sunbrella® Manufacturing Center
September 12, 2014$13.5 Million Investment To Create 10 New Jobs ANDERSON, SC – Glen Raven, Inc., a global leader in high-performance fabrics, is expanding its Anderson County Sunbrella® manufacturing center through a $13.5…
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Junior League Of Greenville Celebrates 85 Years
September 12, 2014
GREENVILLE, SC – The Junior League of Greenville, Inc. (JLG) celebrates 85 years on September 12. The JLG started with only 20 members eighty-five years ago, today the organization is…
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Hysterectomy without the Scars
September 12, 2014
September 11, 2014 ~ Dr. Ron Givens Performs Charleston’s First Robotic-Assisted Single-Site Hysterectomy Surgery SUMMERVILLE, SC –The South Carolina Institute for Robotic Surgery has expanded its use of robotic-assisted surgery to…
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Team Caughman Adds Three New Members
September 12, 2014
LEXINGTON, SC – Team Caughman/ERA Wilder Realty has added three new team members to help market and sale the Columbia Metro area. These three individuals along with Charles & Mary…
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Officer Matuskovic Memorial Fund Established at South Carolina Federal CU
September 12, 2014
N. CHARLESTON, SC – Officer Joseph Matuskovic gave his life serving our Charleston community on Monday, September 8, 2014. It is his family’s request, and our privilege, to establish an account…
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Graham on Obama’s Plan to Combat ISIL
September 11, 2014WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) today spoke on the Senate floor about President Obama’s plan to combat ISIL.
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DHEC coastal photography contest accepting entries
September 11, 2014
CHARLESTON, SC – Photographers of all ages and degrees of expertise are invited to ready their cameras and tripods to enter their best photographs of coastal South Carolina scenes in…
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SCRA Presents ReXC Award To Oracle Team USA
September 11, 2014Recognizes Innovative Reuse of Recycled Carbon-fiber Composite Materials CHARLESTON, SC – SCRA today announced that they have awarded Oracle Team USA an ReXC award. Together with MIT-RCF, SCRA recognized Oracle Team USA…
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Gore Joins Bluestein, Nichols, Thompson & Delgado
September 11, 2014COLUMBIA, SC – Clyde “Bennett” Gore Jr., a South Carolina native and military veteran, has joined Bluestein, Nichols, Thompson & Delgado. His practice will focus on veterans’ disability and criminal…
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Motley Rice named to inaugural National Law Journal list
September 11, 2014
CHARLESTON, SC – In announcing the inaugural list of America’s Elite Trial Lawyers this Sept. 9, 2014, the National Law Journal and Law.com named Motley Rice LLC as one of 50 select firms that “are doing…
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Gore Joins Bluestein, Nichols, Thompson & Delgado
September 11, 2014
COLUMBIA, SC – Clyde “Bennett” Gore Jr., a South Carolina native and military veteran, has joined Bluestein, Nichols, Thompson & Delgado. His practice will focus on veterans’ disability and criminal…
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Anderson University Earns 4th Recognition from U.S. News
September 10, 2014
Remains in top tier of regional colleges for 9th year in a row ANDERSON, SC – The new “Best Colleges” rankings for colleges and universities have a lot to…
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USC Upstate Offers 11 Foreign Languages in Evening Classes
September 10, 2014
SPARTANBURG, SC – The University of South Carolina Upstate’s World Languages Institute will offer instruction in 11 foreign languages this fall in non-credit, evening courses. Classes start the week of…
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Newmark Grubb Wilson Kibler Brokers Deal
September 10, 2014
GREENVILE, SC – Newmark Grubb Wilson Kibler, a leading real estate services firm, is pleased to announce the recent sales transaction of a 5,820 square foot office building at 721…
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Phillips Staffing Promotes Howard, Schenck to Branch Managers
September 10, 2014
GREENVILLE, SC – Phillips Staffing, one of South Carolina’s largest and fastest-growing staffing and human capital solution providers, has promoted Tracy Howard to Branch Manager of the firm’s Seneca, SC…
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GADC Adds Taylor Capps to Economic Development Team
September 10, 2014
GREENVILLE, SC – September 10, 2014 – The Greenville Area Development Corporation, the county-chartered organization tasked with promoting and enhancing the economic growth of Greenville County, has added Taylor Capps…
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Landmark Builders Hires Ryan Hyler as Project Development Manager
September 10, 2014COLUMBIA, SC – Landmark Builders, a regional commercial general contractor, announces that Ryan Hyler has joined as Project Development Manager in the Columbia, SC office. Hyler will be responsible for…
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Riggs Partners Selects Eight Nonprofits for 17th Annual CreateAthon
September 10, 201424-Hour Pro Bono Marathon Scheduled for October 23-24 COLUMBIA, SC – Eight Midlands-area nonprofit organizations will be the beneficiaries of free marketing and creative services provided by Riggs Partners…
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Richland One Announces Awards, Honors
September 10, 2014
COLUMBIA, SC – Keenan Student Attends Summer Program at George Mason University Someday you may see John Thomas, a senior at W.J. Keenan High School, as a network news…
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Ten Furman University Faculty Members Appointed to Endowed Professorships
September 10, 2014GREENVILLE, SC – Furman University announced this week that 10 faculty members have been appointed to endowed professorships at the university. Four of the new professorships are lifetime appointments, while…
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Congaree Vista Guild, City Center Partnership and the City of Columbia Welcome Yellow Shirts to the Vista
September 10, 2014COLUMBIA, SC – The Congaree Vista Guild, City Center Partnership and the City of Columbia hosted a joint press conference announcing plans to have a Yellow Shirts clean and safe ambassadors…
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McElveen and Fusco Join Carolina One
September 10, 2014
CHARLESTON, SC – Darlene McElveen and Michelle Fusco have chosen to place their real estate licenses with Carolina One Real Estate. McElveen has joined the Carolina One Mt. Pleasant North…
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USC’s international business program earns top rankings
September 10, 2014
The undergraduate international business program at the University of South Carolina’s Darla Moore School of Business continues to top the U.S. News and World Report’s “America’s Best Colleges” list and…
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Rock Hill Lands Data Center, Immedion
September 10, 2014ROCK HILL, SC – Immedion, LLC, a South Carolina-based dedicated data center and Cloud services provider will open its fifth data center in Rock Hill, S.C., by the end of the…
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City receives major transportation grant
September 10, 2014Mayor Benjamin calls TIGER funding “A dream come true” COLUMBIA, SC – Columbia Mayor Steve Benjamin responded enthusiastically to an announcement earlier today by Congressman James E. Clyburn that the City…
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Newberry College Hits Record High Enrollment For Freshman Class
September 10, 2014NEWBERRY, SC – Newberry College welcomed a record high 379 new students to campus this fall, a 19 percent increase compared to this time last year and the largest incoming class in…
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School begins 60 year anniversary celebration with visit from Bishop
September 10, 2014COLUMBIA, SC – Saint Joseph Catholic School began the celebration of its 60th anniversary with a special Mass for students, families and parishioners celebrated by Bishop Robert E. Guglielmone on Friday,…
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Quality Business Solutions named as one of South Carolina’s Best Performing Companies for 2014
September 10, 2014
TRAVELERS REST, SC – Quality Business Solutions, a woman-owned, cost effective outsource solution for non-core business functions including payroll, insurance, benefit administration and more, has been named as one of…
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New York Times ranks Wofford among most economically diverse
September 10, 2014College top S.C. institution providing access to low-income students SPARTANBURG, SC – The New York Times this week ranked Wofford College among the 99 “most economically diverse top colleges,” based…
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Winner of Richland County Charity Race will Run Away with a Personal Airplane Ride
September 10, 2014COLUMBIA, SC – The first person to cross the finish line in the 10K of Richland County’s anniversary charity road race will take off with a prize befitting the location…
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Avison Young Lease Extension – Crowfield Plaza
September 10, 2014GOOSE CREEK, SC – Avison Young commercial real estate is pleased to announce that Vitré Stephens and Avery Homes represented the landlord, GB Associates, L.P., in the lease extension of a retail…
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CommunityWorks Federal Credit Union to Promote Financial Capability
September 10, 2014
Affordable Banking Solutions to Help Serve Financially Underserved in Greenville GREENVILLE, SC – More than 200 community leaders and advocates including Mayor Knox White recently gathered to celebrate the grand opening…
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Dan Orvin Named to ABA’s Real Property, Trust and Estate Law Section Council
September 10, 2014CHARLESTON, SC – Womble Carlyle attorney Dan Orvin has been appointed to Section Council of the American Bar Association’s Real Property, Trust and Estate Law Section (ABA RPTE) for the 2014-15…
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Blackbaud Announces Next Wave of Cloud-Based Solutions
September 10, 2014Reaffirms commitment to quality and innovation with Raiser’s Edge NXT and Financial Edge NXT CHARLESTON, SC – Blackbaud, Inc. (Nasdaq: BLKB), a leading global provider of software and services for nonprofits, today…
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Former Santee Cooper VP James E. Brogdon Jr. Joins Nelson Mullins in Columbia
September 10, 2014COLUMBIA, SC – Jim Brogdon, former general counsel and executive vice president for Santee Cooper, has joined the Columbia office of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP as an attorney…
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Babbitt & Williams Join NAI Earle Furman’s Brokerage Team
September 10, 2014
GREENVILLE, SC – NAI Earle Furman (NAIEF), a leading full-service commercial real estate firm headquartered in Greenville, recently welcomed Cameron Babbitt and Clay Williams to the brokerage team. Babbitt joins NAIEF’s…
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Farmers use math to save water as drought grips California
September 10, 2014
Clemson University associate professor helps create ‘virtual farms’ The “virtual farm” models that a Clemson University associate professor helped develop are taking on heightened importance this summer as California’s strawberry-and-raspberry…
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Clemson named a top 20 national public university
September 10, 2014
CLEMSON, SC — Clemson University is now ranked among the top 20 national public universities, according to U.S.News & World Report’s annual guide to “America’s Best Colleges” for 2015. The university…
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BNTD attorney Nichols honored with Matthew J. Perry Public Service Award
September 10, 2014COLUMBIA, SC – The South Carolina Association for Justice (SCAJ) honored John Shannon Nichols of Bluestein, Nichols, Thompson, Delgado (BNTD) with its Matthew J. Perry Public Service Award at its…
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Coker Tops 2015 List of Best S.C. Colleges in the South
September 10, 2014HARTSVILLE, SC – Coker College was named one of America’s Best Colleges for the 19th consecutive year in the 2015 U.S. News & World Report’s rankings that were recently released.Coker is…
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The Hearth Center for Eating Disorders Names New Leadership
September 10, 2014
COLUMBIA, SC – The Hearth Center for Eating Disorders at the Carolina Children’s Home, announces that it has named Stephen M. Creech, chair of the board and John R. Kessler, Jr.…
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Columbia Attorney First to Receive Prestigious Award
September 10, 2014
COLUMBIA, SC – The SC Bar Solo and Small Firm Section Council announces that Ken H. Lester has been named the winner of the first Solo and Small Firm Section…
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