Breast cancer gets a lot of attention, especially in the month of October. And that certainly rings true in West Columbia. West Columbia Community Liaison Sandra “Sandy” Vergara Duarte died on Sept. 25, after years of battling breast cancer. She was with the city for 17 years. Her life – and her fight- made a […]

Can you imagine what it would look like to have tree-lined streets connecting commercial to residential areas throughout West Columbia? That’s the question the West Columbia Beautification Foundation is answering. If you see an area of town starting to shine, there’s a good chance the West Columbia Beautification Foundation has a hand in it. The […]

Businesses are the backbone of the community. They are a sign of prosperity and health.  And the rate of new business coming to the City of West Columbia is ever-increasing. If there is a key to growth, it’s a prompt response, efficiency and a general respect for the prospective entrepreneur. “West Columbia is a one-stop […]

Businesses are the backbone of the community. They are a sign of prosperity and health.  And the rate of new business coming to the City of West Columbia is ever-increasing. If there is a key to growth, it’s a prompt response, efficiency and a general respect for the prospective entrepreneur. “West Columbia is a one-stop […]

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 […]

The Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto arrived at what is now the Congaree River in West Columbia on April 21, 1540. He described the site as alive with the activity of the Native American tribes that inhabited the area. As spring 2017 progresses, West Columbia river-users are filled with the same excitement of the ages, […]

The fourth annual Midlands Gives was Tuesday. Midlands Gives is a 24-hour giving event and encourages individuals to donate online to their choice among more than 300 nonprofits in 11 Midlands counties. Mayors Elsie Partin, Cayce; Michael Bishop, Springdale and David Busbee, Pine Ridge were on hand at the S.C. State Museum in Columbia to give. […]

At Davis Early Childhood Center for Technology in Cayce, students help each other. On Friday mornings Davis conducts “Book Buddies.” “The second-graders read to the kindergarten students,” said Dr. Cecil McClary, Davis principal, explaining Book Buddies. He said the kindergarten students anticipate the time to spend with the second-graders. The second-graders love it, too. “The […]