UofSC announces new Vice President for Communications
April 27, 2020
Larry Thomas, head of Texas external affairs for BP, was selected as the new vice president for communications at the University of South Carolina on Friday, April 24. Thomas comes…
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Hunt Real Estate Capital provides a $24.5M Freddie Mac Loan to finance a multifamily acquisition in Lexington
April 27, 2020Hunt Real Estate Capital announced that it has provided a $24.5 million Freddie Mac conventional multifamily loan to finance the acquisition of a multifamily property in Lexington, South Carolina. Lullwater at Saluda…
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Three Callison Tighe attorneys included in 2020 Super Lawyers
April 27, 2020
Michael W. Tighe, Demetri “Jim” Koutrakos and Wm. Bert Brannon are included in the latest edition of Super Lawyers, a national directory of attorneys. Tighe, one of the firm’s founders,…
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Colliers Report: South Carolina’s industrial sector is essential during COVID-19
April 27, 2020
Research & Forecast Report Q1-2020 SOUTH CAROLINA | INDUSTRIAL Key Takeaways Many industrial businesses remain open in order to manufacture and deliver necessities throughout the nation during the…
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Support learning at home with Richland Library’s online resources
April 27, 2020
With schools remaining closed across South Carolina and students finishing the academic year virtually, Richland Library is offering resources to support learning from home. Here’s a quick refresher of some…
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Super Lawyers recognizes two Morton & Gettys attorneys in 2020
April 27, 2020
ROCK HILL, S.C. – Super Lawyers has recognized two attorneys with the Rock Hill firm of Morton & Gettys for 2020. Bev Carroll has been named a Super Lawyer in…
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Burnette Shutt & McDaniel partners included in new Super Lawyers edition
April 27, 2020M. Malissa Burnette and Janet E. Rhodes, employment lawyers and partners at Burnette Shutt & McDaniel, are listed in the just-released 2020 edition of “Super Lawyers.” This marks the 13th consecutive…
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Fellow Countrymen launches new website, debuts new brand identity
April 27, 2020
Fellow Countrymen, a community-based non-profit committed to ending veteran homelessness and suicide across the Upstate, has launched a new website that reflects a fresh brand identity and includes a new…
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Lander nurses, alumni ‘run toward the storm’ of COVID-19
April 27, 2020
As adults and children stay home to stop the spread of COVID-19, many others are working day and night to take care of those infected by the deadly virus or…
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Domtar Provides Update on Capacity Reduction Plan to Address Ongoing COVID-19 Business Conditions
April 27, 2020
Company to temporarily idle Hawesville, Kentucky mill FORT MILL, SC – Domtar Corporation provided an update to its previously announced capacity reduction plan, which is designed to temporarily right-size production…
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Oconee Federal Financial Corp. announces quarterly financial results
April 26, 2020SENECA, SC -Oconee Federal Financial Corp. (Nasdaq: OFED), the holding company for Oconee Federal Savings and Loan Association, announced net income of $946 thousand, or $0.17 per diluted share, for…
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IntelliSystems CEO Kevin Wade speaks about COVID-19 and cyber security
April 26, 2020
IntelliSystems CEO Kevin Wade recently discussed the impact of COVID-19 on cyber security on NPR’s South Carolina Business Review with Mike Switzer. With the pandemic forcing more companies and their…
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Former political consultant LaJoia Broughton joins Adams and Reese in Columbia
April 25, 2020
Adams and Reese is pleased to announce LaJoia Broughton has joined the firm’s Government Relations practice and Columbia office as a Government Affairs Advisor. Broughton’s years of experience with advocacy…
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Free, weekly virtual marketing round table helps businesses suffering from coronavirus impact
April 25, 2020
Cheryl Smithem, Founder and CEO of Charleston PR & Design, LLC announces the firm’s launch of a weekly, virtual marketing round table. The event debuts at noon on Wednesday, April…
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Senior Resources expands Emergency Senior Nutrition Program
April 25, 2020
Senior Resources has partnered with agencies in three additional counties to provide over 120,000 meals to senior citizens in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. In a coordinated effort with…
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Citadel and College of Charleston partnering to help local English teachers
April 24, 2020
A competitive new program, hosted by the two institutions, will help ten high school English teachers get a free start on their Master’s degrees. The Master of Arts program in…
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Amor Healing Kitchen announces Seed to Soul home dining experience
April 24, 2020
Charleston nonprofit Amor Healing Kitchen, which provides healthy meals cooked by teen chefs for locals facing serious health challenges, today announces its Seed to Soul home dining experience. While last year’s…
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College of Charleston social dance class offers all the right steps
April 24, 2020
Aside from on reality shows like Dancing with the Stars and So You Think You Can Dance, you don’t see a whole lot of young people ballroom dancing these days. Unless you’re at…
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Clemson board approves tuition freeze for 2020-21 academic year
April 24, 2020
Clemson University’s Board of Trustees approved on Thursday the University’s plan for a tuition and mandatory fee freeze for the 2020-21 academic year for all in-state and out-of-state students. Housing…
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Alia Bostaji of Colliers International earns Certification in Hotel Industry Analytics
April 24, 2020
Alia Bostaji, a Brokerage Associate with Colliers International | South Carolina, has earned the Certification in Hotel Industry Analytics (CHIA), a globally recognized professional credential from the American Hotel and…
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The Children’s Museum adds Elvia M. Pacheco-Flores as Head of Community Initiatives
April 24, 2020
The Children’s Museum of the Upstate welcomes Elvia M. Pacheco-Flores as Head of Community Initiatives. In this role, Pacheco-Flores will support the museum’s mission of “creating a community of problem solvers through…
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Mayor Tecklenburg encourages public comment on US Army Corps of Engineers preliminary flood protection plan
April 24, 2020
The United States Army Corps of Engineers released a preliminary flood protection plan for the Charleston peninsula. The plan is the result of an 18-month study of coastal storm impacts…
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MUSC Health performs Lowcountry’s first plasma transfusion to treat COVID-19
April 24, 2020
Physicians at the MUSC Health University Medical Center successfully infused their first COVID-19 patient with convalescent plasma on April 18. The patient is the first person in the Lowcountry and…
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ABOVE THE BEST
April 24, 2020
Sheriff’s Department’s aviation unit supports central S.C. law-enforcement operations By W. Thomas Smith, Jr. COLUMBIA, S.C. – Richland County Sheriff’s Dept. (RCSD) Pilot Javier Figueroa and Capt. Rafael Gonzales are…
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Deputy retires, celebrates 90th birthday on same day
April 24, 2020By W. Thomas Smith Jr. Forty-plus Richland County Sheriff’s Department (RCSD) patrol vehicles, including two RCSD motorcycles, assembled at Cardinal Newman High School in northeast Columbia before converging on the…
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Charleston Promise Neighborhood receives $10,000 match gift
April 23, 2020
Funds Committed by Local Philanthropists, Walker and Eddie Buxton On May 5, 2020, Charleston Promise Neighborhood (CPN) is participating in Giving Tuesday Now, a global day of unity and giving.…
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New Dean named for The Citadel School of Humanities and Social Sciences
April 23, 2020
There will be a new dean leading The Citadel School of Humanities and Social Sciences, the largest academic unit of the five schools comprising the college. The Citadel Provost and…
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MUSC Health tri-weekly COVID-19 report – April 22
April 23, 2020
At MUSC Health, the safety of patients, families, care team members, students, faculty and staff remains the number one priority. In an effort to provide accurate, relevant and timely COVID-19…
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City of Charleston coronavirus April 22 update
April 23, 2020
In response to Governor Henry McMaster’s Executive Order reopening some retail businesses previously determined to be non-essential, Charleston City Council passed an emergency ordinance on decreasing the risk of exposure…
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Frampton Construction underway on distribution center in Berkeley County
April 23, 2020
Frampton Construction Company, LLC, a regional full-service construction firm providing planning and design support, preconstruction, and construction services, has gone vertical on the construction of a 190,000-square-foot industrial building in…
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Enviva Forest Conservation Fund awards 2020 grants
April 23, 2020
New projects continue mission to restore and conserve sensitive forest ecosystems and wetlands GREENVILLE, SC & BETHESDA, MD – The Enviva Forest Conservation Fund (the Fund) announced the recipients of…
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Clemson board approves tuition freeze for 2020-21 academic year
April 23, 2020
Clemson University’s Board of Trustees approved on Thursday the University’s plan for a tuition and mandatory fee freeze for the 2020-21 academic year for all in-state and out-of-state students. Housing…
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Colliers International brings organ preservation and transplant company to Corporate Center I-85
April 23, 2020
Colliers International’s industrial/flex brokerage team members Richard Barrett, MCR and Brannan Hudson represented the landlord, Peter E. Weisman / Kinney Hill Associates, LLC, in the lease of ±11,300 square feet…
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Quick-Start Day announced & residents reminded about savings
April 23, 2020
With so much in flux right now in higher education, Midlands Technical College (MTC) is offering personal assistance to those planning to start college this summer or fall. MTC is…
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First-of-its-kind South Carolina expedition planned for July
April 23, 2020
By Alex Junes-Ward COLUMBIA, S.C. – Pandemic shutdown aside, Tom Mullikin remains hopeful and is working: In fact, he’s busy planning and conditioning himself for his next big expedition, this…
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Moving needed supplies with ease, cargo remains strong at CAE
April 23, 2020Nephron, CAE, UPS, Join Efforts During COVID-19 During this unprecedented pandemic, commercial air travel world-wide has significantly declined. Columbia Metropolitan Airport’s (CAE hereafter) cargo shipments, however, have seen a steady…
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PCT LTD fueling multi-regional expansion with three additional fluid distributors
April 22, 2020
LITTLE RIVER, SC – PCT LTD announced they are continuing their rapid growth and expansion plans and have increased sales and distribution channels for their EPA registered disinfecting solutions by…
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Tindall Corporation expanding operations in Spartanburg County
April 22, 2020
More than $27.9 Million Investment Will Create 20 New Jobs Tindall Corporation, a leading provider of precast, prestressed architectural and structural systems, today announced plans to expand operations in Spartanburg…
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United Community Bank resumes accepting applications for the Payroll Protection Program (PPP)
April 22, 2020
In anticipation of additional funding for the Payroll Protection Program (PPP) under the CARES Act, United Community Bank will resume accepting applications for small businesses interested in participating in the…
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Jon Chalfie is named Broker-In-Charge of Landmark Enterprises Services, LLC
April 22, 2020
Hailey Clifton is Named Brokerage Associate. Jon Chalfie, a senior broker with over 20 years of experience in the commercial real estate industry, has been named Broker-In-Charge of the Charleston,…
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K&L Gates’ Charleston office welcomes new associates
April 22, 2020
K&L Gates’ Charleston office welcomed two associates who have recently joined the firm. Mr. Beau Daen joined the Charleston office as an associate in the firm’s Corporate/M&A practice group. Mr.…
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Gov. Henry McMaster, Superintendent Molly Spearman: Public K-12 schools to remain closed for remainder of the year
April 22, 2020Gov. Henry McMaster, Superintendent Molly Spearman: Public K-12 Schools to Remain Closed for Remainder of the Year
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Charleston Animal Society re-accredited by AAHA
April 22, 2020
Organization Achieves Highest Level of Veterinary Excellence Charleston Animal Society has once again achieved the highest level of veterinary excellence following a thorough evaluation by the American Animal Hospital Association…
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NAI Charleston facilitates industrial sale at 157 Acres Drive
April 22, 2020
NAI Charleston announced that Sarah Shelley and Thomas Boulware, CCIM represented the seller in the sale of 157 Acres Drive, an ±8,100 SF industrial property in Ladson, SC. The buyer,…
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Nexsen Pruet deepens health care roots in the Carolinas
April 22, 2020
Addition of new lawyers is indicative of six-decade commitment to serving providers Attorneys Darra James Coleman and Alice Harris have joined the Nexsen Pruet law firm in Columbia. Coleman is…
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Blackbaud solutions power record COVID-19 donations for humanitarian aid organization
April 22, 2020
Direct Relief relies on Blackbaud fundraising solutions during historic peak in donations that includes high-volume celebrity fundraisers like Diddy’s Team Love Dance-A-Thon Blackbaud (NASDAQ: BLKB), the world’s leading cloud software company powering social…
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As COVID-19 challenges employers, managing workforce reductions with empathy is crucial
April 22, 2020
The Benefitfocus platform now helps HR leaders to manage, communicate with and support employees beyond their employment relationship Benefitfocus, Inc. (NASDAQ: BNFT), a technology platform enabling rapid innovation for employers and…
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Novolex repurposes to manufacture medical protective equipment
April 22, 2020
HARTSVILLE, S.C. – As healthcare professionals and first responders have come under increasing strain due to the COVID-19 crisis, Novolex has retooled its manufacturing capabilities and repurposed its supply chains…
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Mumford Industries Inc. pivots to fill the gap in protective coverings with upcycled plastic emergency ponchos
April 22, 2020
Responding with urgency to the national Covid-19 pandemic, Greenwood County based post industrial plastics recycler and reprocessor, Mumford Industries Inc., have pivoted their recycling and reprocessing operation at their Ninety…
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Blackbaud launches technology to help arts and cultural organizations cultivate meaningful relationships with supporters during and after COVID-19
April 22, 2020
Innovative enhancements to Blackbaud Altru® position organizations for increased giving, sustained engagement and safe operations Blackbaud (NASDAQ: BLKB), the world’s leading cloud software company powering social good, today announces three rapid innovation enhancements…
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