SMITH | ROBINSON law firm named – U.S. News Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms” 2023
August 24, 2022
National ranking highlights both individual attorneys and the law firm COLUMBIA, SC – U.S. News has named SMITH | ROBINSON Law Firm among the – Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms”…
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McKay Firm Partner, Julius W. “Jay” McKay II, Named to 2023 edition of Best Lawyers in America
August 24, 2022
McKay Firm Partner, Julius W. “Jay” McKay, II, is recognized in the 29th edition of the Best Lawyers in America ® in the area of Litigation – Insurance and Medical…
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When It Floods, And You Are In It
August 24, 2022By Cathy Rigg Monetti The Daily Grace The third time an emergency alert awakened me, I reached for my phone. It was dark, darkest dark, the bright light just outside…
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Colliers Report: Columbia multifamily posts positive absorption despite additional inventory
August 23, 2022
Commercial Real Estate Research & Forecast Report Q2 2022 Columbia Multifamily Market Highlights New multifamily units continue to be delivered to the market. The Babcock located at 2110 Pickens Street…
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Barnes Alford attorneys selected to The Best Lawyers in America
August 23, 2022
Barnes Alford attorneys Weldon R. Johnson, David G. Wolff, Kay Gaffney Crowe, Alan J. Reyner, Robert T. Strickland, and Curtis W. Dowling have been selected for inclusion in the 29th…
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Chief Communications Officer Kathryn McPhail announces resignation
August 23, 2022
Lexington County School District One Interim Superintendent Dr. Gerrita Postlewait announces that Kathryn M. McPhail, the district’s chief communications officer, plans to resign as her husband accepted a new career…
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West Columbia Police Department is using ShotSpotter
August 23, 2022
The West Columbia Police Department has implemented ShotSpotter technology across one square mile of West Columbia to identify, locate, and deter gun violence, and improve the quality of life in…
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Fort Jackson welcomes Brig. Gen. Jason Kelly as the new commanding general
August 23, 2022
The Army Training Center and Fort Jackson will host a change of command ceremony Aug. 31 to welcome Brig. Gen. Jason E. Kelly as its new commanding general. The event…
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Larry R. Shannon II, M.D. joins Midlands Orthopaedics & Neurosurgery, P.A.
August 23, 2022
Midlands Orthopaedics & Neurosurgery, PA announced that Dr. Larry R. Shannon II, MD, joined the practice as of August 1, 2022. Dr. Shannon joins us from Bassett Medical Center in…
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Southern First names Cal Hurst as President
August 23, 2022
Southern First Bancshares, Inc. (NASDAQ: SFST), holding company for Southern First Bank, announced the appointment of Cal Hurst to President. Hurst has served as Chief Banking Officer and Executive Vice…
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Grants available for building and maintaining recreational trails across South Carolina
August 23, 2022
SCPRT is accepting letters of intent from eligible entities until October 1, 2022 The South Carolina Department of Parks, Recreation & Tourism (SCPRT) is now accepting letters of intent from…
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Broadstreet, Inc. makes private equity investment in Crystal Lagoons® amenities in South Carolina
August 23, 2022
Broadstreet, Inc. has continued its strong growth in the Carolinas by providing private equity backing to the first state of the art Crystal Lagoons® amenity in South Carolina through Broadstreet’s…
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Taco Grande grand opening ceremony
August 23, 2022The City of Columbia will be hosting a grand opening and ribbon cutting ceremony for the newest business Taco Grande. Taco Grande offers a variety of homemade Mexican dishes including tacos,…
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Best Lawyers recognizes four Bluestein Attorneys in 2023, with two named “Lawyer of the Year”
August 23, 2022
The Best Lawyers in America® has, in its 2023 edition, once again recognized three partners at Bluestein Attorneys, two of whom received “Lawyer of the Year” distinction in their respective…
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Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd’s Mary Cothonneau Eldridge graduates from Leadership Columbia
August 23, 2022
Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A. is pleased to announce that Mary Cothonneau Eldridge has recently graduated from the Columbia Chamber of Commerce Leadership Columbia Class of 2022. Leadership Columbia was founded…
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Turner Padget expands Workers’ Compensation Defense team with addition of Liz Wiles
August 22, 2022
Turner Padget announced the addition of Elizabeth D. Wiles, of counsel, to the firm’s Charleston office. Wiles joins the Employment & Workers’ Compensation practice group and will support the Workers’…
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Barnhill retires after practicing law in Columbia nearly five decades
August 22, 2022
Edward D. “Butch” Barnhill Jr., a real estate attorney who has practiced with distinction in the Columbia area for nearly five decades, has announced his retirement from the firm of…
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DeWees Real Estate Group represents seller in local real estate transaction
August 22, 2022
Sales Associate, Niles Helmboldt, Represented the seller in the Purchase of 5101 Two Notch Rd. DeWees Real Estate Group, a full-service commercial real estate firm specializing in Columbia’s office, retail,…
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Koutrakos named a Lawyer of the Year for 2023 by Best Lawyers in America
August 22, 2022
The Best Lawyers in America® has named Demetri K. “Jim” Koutrakos, a member of Callison Tighe & Robinson law firm, as Lawyer of the Year for Columbia in Litigation –…
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Shutt honored as a Lawyer of Year for the Columbia area
August 22, 2022
Nekki Shutt, a founding member of Burnette Shutt & McDaniel, has been named “Best Lawyers in America’s” 2023 Lawyer of the Year in the practice area of Employee Benefits (ERISA)…
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Four Robinson Gray members named Lawyers of the Year for 2023 by Best Lawyers
August 22, 2022
Four members of Robinson Gray law firm have received the “Lawyer of the Year” award for 2023 in their respective practice areas from The Best Lawyers in America®. The four…
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Neal Lourie of Lourie Law Firm named to Best Lawyers list for 2023
August 22, 2022
Neal M. Lourie of Lourie Law Firm has been named to the 2023 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®. He was named for his practice in Columbia in the…
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Six at Morton & Gettys included in new editions of “Best Lawyers in America”
August 22, 2022
ROCK HILL, S.C. – Six attorneys at Morton & Gettys are included in the just-released 2023 edition of “Best Lawyers in America” and “Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch.” All have…
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Three at Lewis Babcock listed in 2023 “Best Lawyers” guides
August 22, 2022
Three attorneys at Lewis Babcock L.L.P. are honored in the just-released 2023 edition of “Best Lawyers in America” and its companion piece, “Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch.” The list includes…
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Art museum affinity group celebrates Black Philanthropy Month and Give 8/28
August 22, 2022
The Friends of African American Art & Culture (FAAAC), an affinity group of the Columbia Museum of Art (CMA), will kick off a four-day online event to raise money for…
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Four Richardson Thomas attorneys honored in 2023 edition of Best Lawyers in America
August 22, 2022Four Richardson Thomas attorneys have been named to the 2023 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®. One of them, Brady Thomas of Columbia, was named Lawyer of the Year…
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All attorneys at Callison Tighe & Robinson honored in 2023 edition of Best Lawyers
August 22, 2022
Every attorney at Callison Tighe & Robinson law firm is being honored for the second year in a row in the 2023 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®. One…
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CAMS Brittany Godwin promoted to Lifestyle Program Lead
August 22, 2022
Community Association Management Services (CAMS), a frontrunner in the community association management industry throughout the Carolinas, announced that Brittany Godwin has been named manager of its burgeoning Lifestyle Division. This…
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The Purple Xperience to debut at Harbison Theatre
August 22, 2022
Harbison Theatre at Midlands Technical College (HT@MTC) is proud to welcome the first show of our 2022-2023 season. Hailing from Minneapolis, MN, The Purple Xperience pays tribute to the late,…
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Big Red Barn Retreat announces the hiring of a new Executive Director
August 22, 2022
The Big Red Barn Retreat welcomes Colonel David Williams, US Army (Retired), as its new Executive Director. David recently retired after serving as an active-duty officer in the US Army…
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FORCE BLUE releases dynamic new SC7 video
August 22, 2022
Pictographic track highlights smart reef installation off South Carolina coast By W. Thomas Smith Jr. FORCE BLUE, a S.C.-based non-profit organization which recruits and fields former special operations SCUBA divers…
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Power:Ed awards a $30,000 grant to scale STEM Discovery Program targeting underserved, first generation high school students in Oconee County School District
August 19, 2022The Upstate Institute of Youth Programs, (UIYP) is a first-time recipient of a $30,000 grant from Power:Ed, a philanthropy of SC Student Loan. The funds will be used to support…
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Owen Steel Co. investing in Richland County facility
August 18, 2022Owen Steel Co., a structural steel fabricator and contractor based in Columbia, has announced plans for a $3 million investment in its Richland County plant that will create an estimated…
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SC Ports completes infrastructure project while maintaining fluidity
August 18, 2022
Fifteen ship-to-shore cranes now stand 155 feet above the wharf deck at Wando Welch Terminal, efficiently working mega container ships at the Port of Charleston. The fifteenth and final crane was…
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Attorneys Jordan Crapps, Jessica W. Laffitte & Thomas Twehues recognition as Ones to Watch by Best Lawyers®
August 18, 2022
2023 Best Lawyers in America© – Ones to Watch Gallivan White Boyd announced the selection of attorneys, Jordan Crapps, Jessica W. Laffitte and Thomas Twehues, as 2023 Ones to Watch…
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Gov. Henry McMaster announces nominations to Teacher Recruitment and Retention Task Force
August 18, 2022
Governor Henry McMaster announced his three appointments to the Teacher Recruitment and Retention Task Force, which was created by the General Assembly to recommend policies for improving the recruitment, retention,…
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Best Lawyers lists twenty-six Gallivan White Boyd attorneys for 2023
August 18, 2022
2023 Best Lawyers in America© Released Twenty-six attorneys have been included in the 2023 edition of The Best Lawyers in America©. With an almost 40-year history of highlighting top legal…
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IMPH releases report and recommendations developed by S.C. experts examining lessons learned from COVID-19
August 18, 2022
The South Carolina Institute of Medicine and Public Health (IMPH), a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization working to collectively inform policy to improve health and health care in South Carolina hosted a…
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Columbia Museum of Art affinity group welcomes largest class of new board members
August 18, 2022The Friends of African American Art and Culture (FAAAC), an affinity group of the Columbia Museum of Art (CMA), is pleased to welcome its largest class of new board members…
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Colliers Report: Micro-concepts of larger brands are popular
August 18, 2022
Commercial Real Estate Research & Forecast Report Q2 2022 Columbia Retail Market Highlights An emerging trend is “micro-concepts” of larger brands, such as Buffalo Wild Wings. The micro-restaurant is a…
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Ferns, Nature’s Colonists
August 18, 2022
By Tom Poland Ferns bless us with classic Southern settings but doing so isn’t always easy. Random winds pick up fern spores and scatter them, their destiny determined by…
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Seven Burnette Shutt & McDaniel attorneys included in new “Best Lawyers” publications
August 18, 2022
Four Burnette Shutt & McDaniel attorneys are honored in the new edition of “Best Lawyers of America,” and an additional three are included in the companion piece, “Best Lawyers: Ones…
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Best Lawyers honors 23 at Robinson Gray for 2023, four named Lawyers of the Year
August 18, 2022
A total of 23 attorneys with Robinson Gray are being recognized for the quality of their practice in Columbia in the 2023 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®. Four…
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30 Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd Columbia attorneys recognized by Best Lawyers
August 18, 2022
Statewide, 85 Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd attorneys were recognized by Best Lawyers® in their respective practice areas. COLUMBIA, SC – Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A. announced that Best Lawyers®, a legal peer-review…
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Looking for a few good men and women
August 17, 2022
The Richland County Sheriff’s Department’s RESERVE DEPUTY PROGRAM recruiting for 2023 class By W. Thomas Smith Jr. More than two decades ago (2001), Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott established the…
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Nephron’s Lou and Bill Kennedy inspire students at MUSC College of Pharmacy white coat ceremony
August 17, 2022
Nephron Pharmaceuticals Corporation CEO and owner Lou Kennedy and husband, Bill Kennedy, the company’s chief business development officer, delivered the keynote address at the 2022 white coat ceremony for the…
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Poogan’s Southern Kitchen opening August 22 in The Beach Company’s Cardinal Crossing Community
August 17, 2022Colliers | South Carolina announces that Poogan’s Southern Kitchen will make its public debut on Monday, August 22, in the Cardinal Crossing community at 4605 Forest Drive in Forest Acres.…
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Blink Book Review #11: A Double Dose – “Enough Already” by Valerie Bertinelli and “Back to the Prairie” by Melissa Gilbert
August 17, 2022
This is the eleventh in a series of summer “Blink Book Reviews” by Reba Hull Campbell My recent beach reading consisted of memoirs by two actresses from my childhood…
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EMPLOYERS® named workers’ compensation carrier of choice by South Carolina Restaurant and Lodging Association
August 17, 2022
EMPLOYERS®, America’s small business insurance specialist®, has been named workers’ compensation carrier of choice by the South Carolina Restaurant and Lodging Association (SCRLA). Qualifying SCRLA members can now access a variety…
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A new toothbrush
August 17, 2022
By Jeff Becraft Back in June, my wife gave me an electric toothbrush for Father’s Day. I am convinced that this toothbrush should be registered with the U.S. Geological…
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