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A Riveras Supermarket is open into in the Airport Square Shopping Center on Airport Boulevard in West Columbia. The new store has produce, meats, bakery items and all groceries. It even has some housewares. Riveras is where the Save-a-lot used to be, adjacent to the former Kmart store and across from Piggy Park BBQ. The […]
Read More >>The SC Department of Natural Resources is stocking thousands of catchable-sized trout into the lower Saluda River that flows by West Columbia. The fish placed in the river in the DNR photo were put into the river around the middle of December The SC Department of Natural Resources stocks nearly 30,000 trout each year in […]
Read More >>Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher has identified the individual who died in a four-vehicle collision that occurred at approximately 1:45, Wednesday afternoon. It happened near the SC State Farmers Market, in the 3400 block of U.S. 321, Charleston Highway, in West Columbia. Here’s a link to the initial story According to Fisher, Mr. Foster H. […]
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Read More >>FROM IRMO FIRE DISTRICT – Units from the Irmo Fire District with West Columbia Fire, Lexington County Fire and the the Columbia Fire Department responded to an apartment fire Wednesday afternoon. There were six fire trucks and 30 firefighters at the blaze at River Oaks Apartments near the 5300 block of Bush River Road. As […]
Read More >>One person died, Wednesday, in a Lexington County crash involving four vehicles on US 321, near the SC State Farmers Market. The collision occurred about 1:45 p.m., said Master Trooper David Jones of the SC Highway Patrol. A 2019 Dodge Charger, moving southbound on US 321, struck the back of a 1999 Honda van. The […]
Read More >>Two days before Christmas, and crews were on the site where the new D’s Wings will be opening. The restaurant is planning to move from Parkland Plaza in Cayce to West Columbia. The roof of the building was being enhanced, Wednesday and waterline work was being performed. Square-footage, via an extension, is also being added. […]
Read More >>Lexington School District Two had gone back to five days of a week of face-to-face instruction in schools for the last few weeks of 2020. On Wednesday, the district announced it is shifting back to full-time remote-only learning for the first week of 2021, because of COVID fears. The district in an email stated it: […]
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