The Lexington County School District Two Annual Teacher Recruitment Fair will be held Saturday, February 4,  from 8:30 – 11:00 a.m. The Teacher Recruitment Fair is at Brookland-Cayce High School, 1300 State Street, Cayce. Lexington Two serves the Cayce, West Columbia, Springdale, Pine Ridge, and South Congaree Communities. Participants will have the opportunity to meet […]

S.C. Treasurer Curtis Loftis, a West Columbia resident, sent  an “Urgent Message” Thursday.  Loftis has decried the loss of billions of dollars in the State’s retirement system funds. Now members of the retirement system hierarchy want to remove Loftis from the Retirement System Investment Commission. Below is the letter Loftis sent:  You have probably heard that […]

County of Lexington Administrative Offices Closed For Martin Luther King Jr. Day The County of Lexington Administrative offices will be closed for the observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday, Jan. 16. County of Lexington Solid Waste Management administrative offices will be closed, but all other solid waste operations in unincorporated parts of […]

West Columbia City Councilman Boyd Jones has been appointed to the National League of Cities (NLC) 2017 Community and Economic Development (CED) federal advocacy committee. This committee has the lead responsibility for developing NLC’s federal policy positions on issues involving housing, community and economic development, land use, recreation and parks, historic preservation and international competitiveness. […]

The clouds were arranged at sunrise Wednesday to make for a colorful morning. The sky was orange  with the white and a little blue, over Sunset Boulevard in West Columbia.  Click on photos below to enlarge  

While there is still much to be determined, plans for a second new Lexington 2 elementary school are coming together. The school will be on Cougar Drive, in West Columbia, next-to Northside Middle School. It is just off of Sunset Boulevard. Plans for the school are being drawn up by Carter, Jumper, Sease Architects. Included is […]

West Columbia City Hall and Sanitation Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Schedule The City of West Columbia City Hall will be closed Monday, Jan. 16) in observance of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day holiday. Regular hours will resume on Tuesday. Household garbage, yard trash, and recycling WILL NOT be collected on Monday. The Monday Sanitation […]

The City of Cayce is pleased to announce that the City has received a $5,000 energy efficiency grant from the South Carolina Office of Regulatory Staff, Energy Office to purchase new LED lights for Cayce’s Municipal Complex and Utility Compound. With the grant, the City of Cayce will purchase 66 LED lights in a variety […]