New Bridges on the way due to New Funding Measure
June 19, 2014The first contract to build South Carolina bridges using ACT 98 funding has been awarded and construction will begin in coming weeks, according to the South Carolina Department of…
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New Bridges on the way due to New Funding Measure
June 19, 2014The first contract to build South Carolina bridges using ACT 98 funding has been awarded and construction will begin in coming weeks, according to the South Carolina Department of…
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NAI Avant Appointed Exclusive Leasing and Managing Agent for Sparkleberry Crossing and Bradford Village Shopping Center, SC
June 19, 2014COLUMBIA, SC – NAI Avant was recently appointed exclusive leasing and managing agent for: Sparkleberry Crossing I is located at 111 Sparkleberry Crossing at the intersection of Sparkleberry and Clemson…
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NAI Avant Arranges Sale of ±5,550 SF Harbison Restaurant, Columbia, SC
June 19, 2014COLUMBIA, SC – NAI Avant Director of Retail Service, Patrick Palmer, CCIM, recently represented the seller of the former Monterrey Mexican restaurant at 114 Afton Court in Harbison. The ±5,550…
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Lexington One announces School Nurse of the Year
June 19, 2014LEXINGTON, SC – Lexington County School District One names White Knoll Elementary School Nurse Amy Wood the 2014 Lexington One School Nurse of the Year. . Before coming to WKES…
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Barnes Alford Helps Sponsor American Lung Association’s Fifth Annual Fight for Air Climb
June 19, 2014COLUMBIA SC – Barnes Alford is pleased to announce they were a sponsor at the American Lung Association’s fifth annual Fight for Air Climb, held on May 31, 2014. Participants in the…
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Pavlicek joins Callison Tighe as an associate
June 19, 2014COLUMBIA, SC – Jacqueline M. “Jax” Pavlicek (formerly, Brown) has joined Callison Tighe & Robinson LLC as an associate. Her practice will focus on litigation. Pavlicek came to Callison Tighe…
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Haigler new chair of Leadership Columbia Advisory Board
June 19, 2014COLUMBIA, SC – Sowell Gray Stepp & Laffitte, LLC attorney Nicolas (Nick) L. Haigler was recently selected as chair of the 2014-2015 Leadership Columbia Advisory Board. Leadership Columbia, a program…
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Experienced medical professional joins Free Medical Clinic as Executive Director
June 18, 2014COLUMBIA, SC – The Free Medical Clinic Board of Directors has named Freddie Strange, Jr., MA, RRT as Executive Director. Strange will work to advance the clinic’s mission of providing…
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Tom Upshaw honored with Order of the Palmetto and named USCB scholarship
June 18, 2014
CHARLESTON, SC – Tom Upshaw, Palmetto Electric Cooperative President and CEO, was awarded the Order of the Palmetto by South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley and honored with a $100,000 endowed scholarship…
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Tom Upshaw honored with Order of the Palmetto and named USCB scholarship
June 18, 2014
CHARLESTON, SC – Tom Upshaw, Palmetto Electric Cooperative President and CEO, was awarded the Order of the Palmetto by South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley and honored with a $100,000 endowed scholarship…
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SC Ports Adopts FY2015 Financial Plan
June 18, 2014SCPA Positive Credit Rating Affirmed CHARLESTON, SC – Building upon the record-setting May volumes announced today, the SC Ports Authority (SCPA) Board of Directors approved a 2015 fiscal year plan…
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SC Ports Adopts FY2015 Financial Plan
June 18, 2014
SCPA Positive Credit Rating Affirmed CHARLESTON, SC – Building upon the record-setting May volumes announced today, the SC Ports Authority (SCPA) Board of Directors approved a 2015 fiscal year plan…
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Three South Carolina entrepreneurs bring 120,000 smiles to market
June 18, 2014
New company’s product breaks state sales records; consumers, retailers and distributors line up for more COLUMBIA, SC – Happiness for three South Carolina-bred entrepreneurs came in the form of a…
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Three South Carolina entrepreneurs bring 120,000 smiles to market
June 18, 2014
New company’s product breaks state sales records; consumers, retailers and distributors line up for more COLUMBIA, SC – Happiness for three South Carolina-bred entrepreneurs came in the form of a…
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Rhythmlink International, LLC to expand Richland County facility
June 18, 2014
$1.4 million investment to build new automated manufacturing packaging line and cleanroom COLUMBIA, SC – Rhythmlink International, LLC, a medical device manufacturing company, is expanding its Richland County facility at 1140…
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Rhythmlink International, LLC to expand Richland County facility
June 18, 2014$1.4 million investment to build new automated manufacturing packaging line and cleanroom COLUMBIA, SC – Rhythmlink International, LLC, a medical device manufacturing company, is expanding its Richland County facility at 1140…
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Newmark Grubb Knight Frank Names Top Producers
June 18, 2014Newmark Grubb Wilson Kibler Professionals Recognized COLUMBIA, SC – Worldwide real estate advisory firm Newmark Grubb Knight Frank has recognized Wayne T. Smith and Julian D. Wilson, CCIM, as 2014 top…
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Stuart Reynolds Joins the ERA Wilder Realty Team
June 18, 2014COLUMBIA, SC – ERA Wilder Realty readily welcomes Stuart Reynolds to its team of real estate professionals serving the Columbia area. Backed with experience in all aspects of real estate…
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Heritage Land & Development Announces Development Plans for Federal Land Bank Building at 1401 Hampton Street
June 18, 2014COLUMBIA, SC – Heritage Land & Development announced development plans for the historic Federal Land Bank Building at a press conference on Wednesday, June 18, 2014 at the building at…
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Graham Secures Charleston Harbor Deepening Funds
June 18, 2014WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina), a member of the Senate Appropriations Energy & Water subcommittee, applauded the passage of its FY 2015 appropriations bill which contains…
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Graham Secures Charleston Harbor Deepening Funds
June 18, 2014WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina), a member of the Senate Appropriations Energy & Water subcommittee, applauded the passage of its FY 2015 appropriations bill which contains…
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Fowler Elected President of SC Bar Foundation
June 18, 2014CHARLESTON, SC — Turner Padget announced that Elaine H. Fowler, a shareholder in the Charleston office and a member of the firm’s Business Transactions Group, has been elected to serve as the…
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Fowler Elected President of SC Bar Foundation
June 18, 2014CHARLESTON, SC — Turner Padget announced that Elaine H. Fowler, a shareholder in the Charleston office and a member of the firm’s Business Transactions Group, has been elected to serve as the…
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Gov. Nikki Haley, South Carolina Celebrate Over 50,000 New Jobs Since January 2011
June 18, 2014COLUMBIA, SC – Governor Nikki Haley and state business leaders today responded to the news that South Carolina has announced over 50,000 new jobs since 2011. This benchmark was reached on the same…
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Gov. Nikki Haley, South Carolina Celebrate Over 50,000 New Jobs Since January 2011
June 18, 2014
COLUMBIA, SC – Governor Nikki Haley and state business leaders today responded to the news that South Carolina has announced over 50,000 new jobs since 2011. This benchmark was reached on the same…
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University of South Carolina Selected to Help Find New Uses for Toxics Data
June 18, 2014ATLANTA, GA – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today that University of South Carolina is one of six academic partners selected for the 2014 Toxics Release Inventory (TRI)…
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NAI Avant Represents Sellers of ±25 Acres on Park Road, Lexington, SC
June 18, 2014COLUMBIA, SC – Gerald Steele, Senior Broker with NAI Avant’s brokerage team, recently represented the individual sellers of 2 parcels of land in Lexington, SC. The combined acreage totaling ±25…
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Murray Participates in AAF Minority High School Internship Program at DNA Creative Communications
June 18, 2014GREENVILLE, SC – Stephanie Murray, a rising senior at Wren High School, was selected to participate in the American Advertising Federation (AAF) Minority Internship Program. Murray shadowed the employees of…
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Roger Sullivan Named Vice Chancellor for University Advancement
June 18, 2014
SPARTANBURG, SC – Roger J. Sullivan has been named vice chancellor for advancement at the University of South Carolina Upstate. Sullivan, who had been serving in this role in an…
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Pawmetto Lifeline Acknowledges Local Business for Support and Partnership
June 18, 2014COLUMBIA, SC-The partnership between Hometown Radio and local non-profit animal rescue, Pawmetto Lifeline, was recognized last week during the June Quarterly Pawmetto Lifeline Board meeting at the Bower Parkway facility.…
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New World Pharmaceuticals And New World Consumer Products To Locate Headquarters In Charleston County
June 17, 2014COLUMBIA, SC – New World Pharmaceuticals, LLC, a privately held specialty pharmaceutical company, and sister company New World Consumer Products, LLC, a producer of scientifically-advanced products and supplements based on technology developed…
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New World Pharmaceuticals And New World Consumer Products To Locate Headquarters In Charleston County
June 17, 2014CHARLESTON, SC – New World Pharmaceuticals, LLC, a privately held specialty pharmaceutical company, and sister company New World Consumer Products, LLC, a producer of scientifically-advanced products and supplements based on technology developed…
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Midlands Technical College President and Honors Society Advisor Receive National Honors from Phi Theta Kappa
June 17, 2014COLUMBIA, SC – Midlands Technical College (MTC) president Dr. Marshall “Sonny” White, Jr., was among ten retiring college presidents/campus CEOs in the U.S. who were honored with the Michael Bennett…
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Avison Young Welcomes Andrew Burton
June 17, 2014
COLUMBIA, SC – Avison Young is pleased to welcome Andrew Burton as an Associate in the Columbia office’s commercial brokerage team. Andrew specializes in solving client challenges pertaining to commercial…
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Saraband Dance Club Celebrates 60 Years
June 17, 2014COLUMBIA, SC – In the mid 1950’s, several couples who enjoyed an evening of dining and dancing with their spouses and friends started a club devoted exclusively to these activities.…
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Danny Bonds joins Colliers International as a Brokerage Associate
June 17, 2014
COLUMBIA, SC – Colliers International is pleased to announce that Danny Bonds has joined the firm as a Brokerage Associate and a member of the Colliers Retail Services Team. Bonds…
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Connect South Carolina & IT-oLogy Announce Formal Partnership
June 17, 2014
Announcement Comes at Annual Connections 2014 Summit Highlighting Latest Developments and Best Practices in IT, Technology, and Broadband COLUMBIA, SC – Connected Nation President/COO Tom Ferree took the stage at the…
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Connect South Carolina & IT-oLogy Announce Formal Partnership
June 17, 2014Announcement Comes at Annual Connections 2014 Summit Highlighting Latest Developments and Best Practices in IT, Technology, and Broadband COLUMBIA, SC – Connected Nation President/COO Tom Ferree took the stage at the…
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Center for Advanced Technical Studies’ Summer Camps Give Students Hands-On Lessons in Possible Careers
June 17, 2014CHAPIN, SC – Katherine Pierce curiously eyed the goo on the end of the metal tweezers. “We’ve learned that bone marrow is very swishy,” she said, lightly prodding the gelatinous…
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Town of Chapin, Utility Attorney Agree to New Contract
June 17, 2014CHAPIN, SC – Chapin Mayor Skip Wilson announced today that the Town’s Utility Attorney David Knight has agreed to accept the terms and conditions of a new contract drafted by the…
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Driven by a Passion for Creativity: Celebrating 20 years in Business.
June 17, 2014COLUMBIA, SC – David Hunt Creative, a Columbia, SC advertising and graphic design firm, is celebrating twenty years of providing strategic branding and design solutions for clients representing business, industry, health…
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Richland County’s Transportation Penny is Foundation of Project to Benefit Midlands, State
June 17, 2014RICHLAND, SC – Richland County is taking part in a local coalition, including Columbia and Lexington County, seeking state aid for a bundle of transportation projects that are collectively designed…
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Phillips Wins Walmart Bass Fishing League South Carolina Division Event On Lake Wateree
June 17, 2014CAMDEN, SC – Steve Phillips of Lugoff, S.C., weighed a five-bass limit totaling 19 pounds, 12 ounces Saturday to win the third Walmart Bass Fishing League South Carolina Division tournament of 2014…
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Pelion Middle School Principal Jowers Announces Retirement
June 17, 2014LEXINGTON, SC — Lexington County School District One Superintendent Karen Woodward announced that Pelion Middle School Principal Sandra “Sandy” M. Jowers, Ph.D. plans to retire effective June 30, 2014. Woodward said,…
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NAI Avant Promotes Reeves to Senior Property and Project Manager in Columbia Office
June 17, 2014COLUMBIA, SC – NAI Avant announced the promotion of Amy Reeves to Senior Property and Project Manager in the Property Management division of their corporate headquarters’ Columbia office. Amy Reeves…
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White Knoll High Names Cochcroft Head Varsity Boys Basketball Coach
June 17, 2014LEXINGTON, SC — White Knoll High announces the selection of Jason A. Cochcroft as head coach for varsity boys basketball. Cochcroft currently serves as head junior varsity boys basketball coach…
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WP Rawl & Bi-Lo Give Back to Columbia
June 17, 2014PELION, SC – Local leafy greens grower and shipper, WP Rawl, will host the second annual Katie’s Krops Camp June 22nd-25th at their headquarters in Pelion, S.C. New this year to the three day…
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Nike Basketball Camps Come to the Midlands
June 17, 2014COLUMBIA, SC- Elite Hoops, LLC, based in Atlanta, Georgia, and operator of Nike Basketball Camps in the Southeast continues to partner with US Sports Camps to offer the best in summer…
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McKay Partner, Kelli Sullivan, Named Chairwoman of the SC Bar Ethics Advisory Committee
June 17, 2014COLUMBIA, SC – McKay, Cauthen, Settana & Stubley, P.A. is proud to announce that Partner, Kelli Sullivan, has been asked to Chair the South Carolina Bar Ethics Advisory Committee. Sullivan has been a member of the…
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