USC Beaufort breaks ground on Hilton Head Island campus
February 10, 2017
The University of South Carolina Beaufort broke ground on a new Hilton Head Island Campus at 21 Office Park Road on Hilton Head Island. The ceremony featured remarks by university President…
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State Chamber announces Workforce Innovator Awards winners at 2017 Workforce Symposium
February 10, 2017
The South Carolina Chamber of Commerce announced the small, medium, and large employer award winners for this year’s Workforce Innovator Award. The winners represent the Chamber members who have used…
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State Chamber announces Workforce Innovator Awards winners at 2017 Workforce Symposium
February 10, 2017The South Carolina Chamber of Commerce announced the small, medium, and large employer award winners for this year’s Workforce Innovator Award. The winners represent the Chamber members who have used…
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District Five’s Center for Advanced Technical Studies continues to set the standard
February 10, 2017
When the Center for Advanced Technical Studies (The Center) opened up in District Five in August of 2012 not even its Director Dr. Bob Couch would have envisioned the success…
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The SC Alliance to Fix Our Roads President, Bill Ross, issued the following statement
February 10, 2017
In response to the House Ways and Means Committee approving H.3516 The South Carolina House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee gave a key approval today for a plan to…
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The SC Alliance to Fix Our Roads President, Bill Ross, issued the following statement
February 10, 2017
In response to the House Ways and Means Committee approving H.3516 The South Carolina House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee gave a key approval today for a plan to…
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Read to Succeed Summer Reading Camp Symposium to unite SC educators
February 10, 2017
Richland Library & Partners Tackle Best Summer Learning Practices Armed with the intention of leaders making readers, Richland Library is partnering with the South Carolina Department of Education and several…
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Three Ogletree Deakins shareholders named BTI Client Service All-Stars
February 10, 2017
Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C. (Ogletree Deakins), one of the largest labor and employment law firms representing management, announced that three of the firm’s South Carolina-based shareholders have…
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Taking Care of Their Neighbors: 32 Summerton residents trained as Red Cross Disaster Responders
February 10, 2017
When a disaster strikes, your local American Red Cross responds, providing food and shelter to those who have lost everything. Now, more than 30 residents of Summerton are trained to…
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Fisher Phillips Columbia attorney named president-elect of South Carolina Women Lawyers Association
February 10, 2017
Fisher Phillips attorney Sheila Bias has been named president-elect of the South Carolina Women Lawyers Association (SCWLA). Established in 1993, SCWLA’s mission is to enhance the status, influence and effectiveness…
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Aaron M. Scheuer joins Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd
February 10, 2017
Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd recently welcomed Aaron M. Scheuer to the firm’s corporate tax practice as an associate in the Columbia office. A graduate of Georgetown University Law Center’s LL.M. in…
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Ridge View High School wins Columbia World Affairs Council Regional 2017 Academic WorldQuest
February 9, 2017
The Columbia World Affairs Council (CWAC) awarded Ridge View High School first place in the Midlands Regional 2017 Academic WorldQuest competition. The team of freshmen, four students and one alternate,…
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Riverbanks welcomes new general manager for food and retail
February 9, 2017
Riverbanks Zoo and Garden announced the promotion of Emma Blackman to general manager of the Zoo’s food and retail division. Blackman began her career with Denver-based Service Systems Associates (SSA),…
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Eau Claire Cooperative Health Center announces West Columbia expansion
February 9, 2017
Eau Claire Cooperative Health Center (ECCHC) has begun breaking ground on a new approximately 6,700 square foot primary care center in the Cayce/West Columbia. The new primary care health center…
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Fleet of clean-operating propane school buses rolls into South Carolina
February 9, 2017
Blanchard Bus Centers delivers 26 new Blue Bird Vision Propane units to state of South Carolina The first of 26 propane-powered school buses were unveiled at a ceremony in Summerville.…
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Fleet of clean-operating propane school buses rolls into South Carolina
February 9, 2017
Blanchard Bus Centers delivers 26 new Blue Bird Vision Propane units to state of South Carolina The first of 26 propane-powered school buses were unveiled at a ceremony in Summerville.…
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Taking Care of Their Neighbors: 32 Summerton residents trained as Red Cross Disaster Responders
February 9, 2017When a disaster strikes, your local American Red Cross responds, providing food and shelter to those who have lost everything. Now, more than 30 residents of Summerton are trained to…
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Aaron M. Scheuer joins Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd
February 9, 2017Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd recently welcomed Aaron M. Scheuer to the firm’s corporate tax practice as an associate in the Columbia office. A graduate of Georgetown University Law Center’s LL.M. in…
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Colonial Life’s Will Greene wins national recognition
February 9, 2017
COLUMBIA, SC – Will Greene has been named by Employee Benefit Adviser magazine to its list of 20 Rising Stars in Advising for 2017. EBA, a leading national benefits industry…
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Colonial Life’s Will Greene wins national recognition
February 9, 2017
COLUMBIA, SC – Will Greene has been named by Employee Benefit Adviser magazine to its list of 20 Rising Stars in Advising for 2017. EBA, a leading national benefits industry…
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Fisher Phillips Columbia attorney named president-elect of South Carolina Women Lawyers Association
February 9, 2017Fisher Phillips attorney Sheila Bias has been named president-elect of the South Carolina Women Lawyers Association (SCWLA). Established in 1993, SCWLA’s mission is to enhance the status, influence and effectiveness…
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NAGR champions Constitutional Carry in South Carolina
February 9, 2017
H. 37000 would remove the requirement to obtain a permit to carry a concealed firearm Yesterday, State Representative Jonathon Hill filed Constitutional Carry, a bill that would remove the requirement…
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NAGR champions Constitutional Carry in South Carolina
February 9, 2017
H. 37000 would remove the requirement to obtain a permit to carry a concealed firearm Yesterday, State Representative Jonathon Hill filed Constitutional Carry, a bill that would remove the requirement…
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Sundaram-Clayton Limited launching first U.S. operations
February 9, 2017
Aluminum Die-Cast Product Manufacturer Creating 130 Jobs In Dorchester County Sundaram-Clayton Limited (SCL), a leading Indian manufacturer and supplier of aluminum cast products to global automotive original equipment manufacturers (OEMs),…
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Sundaram-Clayton Limited launching first U.S. operations
February 9, 2017
Aluminum Die-Cast Product Manufacturer Creating 130 Jobs In Dorchester County Sundaram-Clayton Limited (SCL), a leading Indian manufacturer and supplier of aluminum cast products to global automotive original equipment manufacturers (OEMs),…
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Doug Poplin signs with Carolina One
February 8, 2017
James Douglas (Doug) Poplin, a Charleston native, has recently signed with industry leader Carolina One Real Estate’s West Ashley office on Orleans Road near Citadel Mall. A graduate of Pensacola…
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Duval Acker achieves Silver Circle recognition
February 8, 2017
A Realtor® with Carolina One Real Estate’s Mt. PleasantLongpoint Road office, Duval B. Acker, was recently honored as a member of Carolina One’s Silver Circle Level of Excellence. The honor…
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Reid Davis and Pete Harper Represented the Landlord in the Lease of 7,169 SF of Office Space in North Charleston, SC
February 8, 2017
Lee & Associates Charleston’s Reid Davis, CCIM, SIOR and Pete Harper, CCIM represented the Landlord, Faber Charleston Limited Partnership in the lease of 7,169 SF of office space located at…
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Magnolia Gardens presenting stories “through the eyes of the enslaved”
February 8, 2017
Magnolia Plantation and Gardens will present in February the first in a series of demonstrations in 2017 by living historians to vividly depict the contributions of enslaved people before and…
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Greenville Technical Charter School is opening annual board elections
February 8, 2017
Greenville Technical Charter School is opening annual board elections. Candidate filing date will be February 17, 2017. The statute governing charter schools provides parents/guardians and faculty/staff members with the opportunity…
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County cleans up trash debacle
February 8, 2017
About 600 households in two of Richland County’s trash collection service areas experienced lackluster service over a period of several weeks in January – so, the County Administrator thought an…
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County Administrator responds to charges of illegality
February 8, 2017
Note: Following is a statement from Richland County Administrator Gerald Seals. A recent front page story about Richland County’s awarding of a construction contract to extend Shop Road alleges…
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HALOS begins second year of funding
February 8, 2017
The Sisters of Charity Foundation of South Carolina, in partnership with The Duke Endowment, enters into a second year of funding to continue to support Helping and Lending Outreach Support…
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Columbia Electrical Engineering firm recognized by its peers
February 8, 2017
GWA, Inc. was presented with two awards at the ACEC-SC 2017 Engineering Excellence Awards gala last night (February 7) at the Columbia Museum of Art. GWA received both the…
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Nelson Mullins’ Carmen Harper Thomas selected as Leadership Council on Legal Diversity Fellow
February 8, 2017
Carmen Harper Thomas, a partner in Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP’s Columbia office, has been named a Fellow in the 2017 class of the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity…
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Senator Scott delivers powerful speech on race and support of Sessions for Attorney General
February 8, 2017
Washington U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) delivered a powerful speech on the current discussion about race and his support for Senator Jeff Sessions to be Attorney General. Senator Scott…
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Senator Scott delivers powerful speech on race and support of Sessions for Attorney General
February 8, 2017
Washington U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) delivered a powerful speech on the current discussion about race and his support for Senator Jeff Sessions to be Attorney General. Senator Scott…
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Emerson expanding its ASCO operations in Aiken County
February 8, 2017
Company Investing More Than $8 Million In Regional Product Line Consolidation Emerson, which manufactures and markets ASCO fluid automation products for a wide range of process and manufacturing industry applications,…
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Emerson expanding its ASCO operations in Aiken County
February 8, 2017
Company Investing More Than $8 Million In Regional Product Line Consolidation Emerson, which manufactures and markets ASCO fluid automation products for a wide range of process and manufacturing industry applications,…
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Circa Barber Shop sets Cottontown location
February 8, 2017Circa Barber Shop will open its second location sharing space with Indah Coffee Co. in the redeveloped 2238 Sumter St. in the historic Cottontown Neighborhood. The artisan barber, which opened…
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Indah Coffee Co. to open retail location
February 8, 2017Indah Coffee Co., that got its start at the All Local Farmers Market, will open its first retail location in the redeveloped Dunn Electric Co. building at 2238 Sumter St.…
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American Red Cross appoints interim executive for the Upstate
February 8, 2017
Tan Kirby Davis has joined the Palmetto SC Region of the American Red Cross as the interim executive director of the Upstate SC chapter, based in Greenville. In this role,…
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Engenius welcomes Spring 2017 interns Hannah Houck and Emily McCoy
February 8, 2017
Engenius announced the addition of two new interns to the digital agency’s team: Hannah Houck and Emily McCoy. Houck is in her third year at Furman University. As a communication…
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BANDWAGON expanding to all Power Five conference schools
February 8, 2017
The fast-growing company that is changing the face of the college gameday experience by providing fans with the best possible options to purchase tickets is expanding to all schools in…
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Local business leader completes specialized training to build better workplaces
February 8, 2017Wiley welcomes Dynamic Solutions for Change, of Santee, South Carolina to the Authorized Partner network of talented trainers, consultants, facilitators, and coaches who bring Everything DiSC® and The Five Behaviors…
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Commercial real estate brokerage and development firm Diversified Development welcomes new associate, Josh Speed
February 8, 2017Josh Speed has joined the team at Diversified Development, a regional, locally-owned commercial real estate brokerage and development firm based in Columbia, S.C. Details on the firm are available at…
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4Q16: Regional Economy Continues to Thrive, Industrial Market Sees Surge in Activity
February 8, 2017Charleston, SC – The fourth quarter of 2016 saw the culmination of yet another prolific year of economic activity for the Charleston metropolitan area. With the Port of Charleston achieving…
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Statewide coalition hosts Disability Benefits & Employment Workshop
February 8, 2017The SC Disability Employment Coalition announced their upcoming Disability Benefits & Employment Workshop on Wednesday, February 22, 2017 at the Trident SC Works Center in North Charleston (1930 Hanahan Rd,…
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Peter Oh joins Southern Community Services’ HOA Management Team as Staff Accountant
February 8, 2017Seung Jae “Peter” Oh joined the Southern Community Services team as a staff accountant in the company’s corporate office in downtown Columbia, S.C. Southern Community Services (SCS), one of only…
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The Carlstar Group invests significantly in Aiken County facility
February 8, 2017
The Carlstar Group LLC, a global manufacturer of specialty wheels and tires, is investing in its existing facility to expand process and production capacity, which will accommodate the company’s continued…
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