Congaree River
The Columbia Police Department is investigating after a body was found on the east bank, or the Columbia side, of the Congaree River on Tuesday afternoon. The body was found by kayakers on the river bank near Wheat Street around 6 p.m. The body is believed to be that of a white male. No more […]
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Are you interested in what was recovered from the Congaree River during the recent coal tar removal project? Archaeologist Sean Norris will present a program highlighting the civil war ordinance that was recovered from the river when Congaree River Sediment Removal Project was conducted. It’s at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 21, at the Cayce […]
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It’s hot outside, and that’s why the Congaree River is the most attractive destination around.Float on the calm, glass-like water, then shoot through the refreshing whitewater rapids, all on an inner tube. The Fourth of July was on a Friday this year and we had close to 2,000 tube trips over the four-day weekend period,” […]
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West Columbia Mayor Tem Miles said, via a Facebook post, the Congaree River, at the Riverwalk Amphitheater, was at its highest point, Monday morning around 9:30. The water level was just over a foot lower than it was during the Flood of 2015. “This is likely the highest the river will get. It’s about 14” […]
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The Congaree River at Columbia is projected to crest at 31 ft sometime Monday (major flood stage, just a bit below the crest from Oct. 2015) according to the Congaree Riverkeeper. At this level there is expected to be flooding in Cayce’s Riverland Park neighborhood, areas along the Broad River, and significant flooding in the […]
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The risk of flooding is high in Lexington County as Tropical Storm Debby comes through and likely stays for the next three days. Scattered showers and thunderstorms will be likely Tuesday with rain from the storm moving into Lexington County through the day. Rain will become widespread and heavy at times Tuesday night through Wednesday. […]
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West Columbia’s Riverwalk is a great destination to observe nature, history, and the structures placed beside the Congaree River because of its importance to the ecosystem. Riverwalk sits at the confluence of the Saluda and Broad Rivers, that forms the Congaree, at the magnificent Gervais Street Bridge. The 1,415-foot-long concrete bridge opened in 1927. It […]
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BY LIZ MCCARY, VICE PRESIDENT OF MARKETING | SOUTH CAROLINA – Ryan McCue, ALC of Colliers – South Carolina brokered the sale of a 4.75-acre parcel of land at 680 Candi Lane in Columbia, across the river from where the West Columbia Pedestrian Bridge will be built. The site is to be developed into a […]
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