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Richland County Coroner Gary Watts has released the name of the individual who died as a result of a motorcycle crash. It occurred at approximately 9:20 p.m. Thursday night on South Beltline Boulevard, Columbia. William James Culpepper, 28, of North Point Road, Lexington, was the driver of a motorcycle that left the road and went down an embankment. […]
Read More >>Lexington County Fire services responded to a house fire in the 300 block of George W. Lewis Road. No injuries reported. Two adults displaced . The damages to the home were estimated to be $80,000. LCFS Photo
Read More >>A firm is developing a 1.62 megawatt solar facility in the Otarre development corridor off of I-77, beside South Carolina Electric and Gas. The 6,156-panel facility is expected to be completed by November. The area where the solar farm is going is in the 12th Street Extension portion of Cayce. TIG Sun Energy IV has been chosen […]
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Moody’s Investor Service has assigned an Aa3 issuer rating to the City of West Columbia’s water and sewer enterprise system. “The credit rating has a direct impact on the interest rate that an entity receives on its financing,” according to First Tryon Advisors, the city’s financial advisor. The rating indicates that the City is a […]
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West Columbia is attracting a lot of new businesses. “We try to be friendly to business,” said Mayor Bobby Horton. And evidently that approach is working. The number of business licenses issued by the City of West Columbia has increased every year for the last six years. In 2011; there were 1,606 business licenses issued; in […]
Read More >>West Columbia is attracting a lot of new businesses. “We try to be friendly to business,” said Mayor Bobby Horton. And evidently that approach is working. The number of business licenses issued by the City of West Columbia has increased every year for the last six years. In 2011; there were 1,606 business licenses issued; in […]
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Thursday, June 29 8:30 AM – 09:30 AM West Columbia Community Center 754 B Avenue West Columbia, SC 29169 UNITED STATES You are invited to share your ideas about a regional bike and pedestrian master plan that aims to increase bike and pedestrian connectivity throughout Cayce, Springdale and West Columbia. Community input is invaluable to […]
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House of Raeford’s non-profit organization, FLOCK, has announced a new partnership with LightHouse for Life, a non-profit organization seeking to take steps against sex trafficking in the midlands and across the state of South Carolina. LightHouse for Life is in the process of opening the only safe house in South Carolina, called Karis Home, for the purpose […]
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